Mr. James SM Yap has had more than 18 years experience coaching 7 different swimming clubs in the Klang Valley and Seremban. Currently he is the Head Coach of Sunway Swimming and also the appointed coach of the Aqualites Swimming Club (of Sunway University College and Monash University Malaysia).
His students has participated in age-group swimming championship and has won numerous awards at state and national level. Among his notable achievements lately came in the form of his offsprings Leanne, Quentin and Livvy who among them have collectively won 70 gold, 28 sliver and 10 bronze through the years of 2005 - 2008 at the National School Sports Council Swimming Championship (MSSMNS).
Mr. James SM Yap is also a certified coach by the Association Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) and a sports science candidate certified by the National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSC).