U.S. PDCA
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Swim & Dive Adds Nora Westkott as Diving Coach
Coast Guard Athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of Nora Westkott as the swim & dive team’s newest diving coach.
Westkott returns to coaching for the first time since 2010, when she served as a substitute diving coach for Coast Guard swim & dive during their annual winter training trip to Sarasota, Fla.; she took up the same role for the team’s 2008 trip as well. Prior to that, Westkott was the head diving coach at Connecticut College from 2001 to 2006 and head diving coach at the University of Rhode Island from 2000 to 2001, coaching NCAA Championship and NCAA Zone-qualifying divers at both schools. Westkott was also the Assistant Diving Coach at Rider College from 1999 to 2000.
Magyar returns as diving coach
Head swimming and diving coach, Eric Murray, has announced the hiring of Emily Magyar, ’10, as the team’s diving coach. Magyar is still the most decorated female diver to come through Albion College.
Magyar was a two-time All-American diver for the Brits, earning the highest of accolades as both a junior and a senior. As a senior, she was selected as the 2010 MIAA Diver of the Year and was a three-time All-MIAA selection.
Reynolds Named Diving Assistant Coach
The University of Denver men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs have named former Pioneer Chloe Reynolds an assistant diving coach, head coach Aaron D’Addario announced on Thursday.
Reynolds graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from DU’s Daniels College of Business, and most recently completed a summer internship with Coldwell Banker. The four-year diver is currently working on her Master of Accountancy from Daniels that she is set to complete in March, 2025. While taking her master’s classes, Reynolds is serving as a graduate teaching assistant in the University of Denver School of Accountancy.
about
The Professional Diving Coaches Association (PDCA) is a non- profit incorporated organization founded by Ron O’ Brien, Steve McFarland and Scott Pyle in January of 1983.
Mission
The mission of the PDCA is to support Competitive Diving Coaches.
Vision
5000 PDCA Trained Competitive Diving Coaches by 2030.
Strategy
Help Competitive Diving succeed in the 5 areas of Diving.
events
the 5 areas of diving
coaches
Coaches education is the central mission for the US PDCA
facilities
Maintain and expand facilities available for diving.
Insurance
Affordable insurance for Diving coaches to protect their programs.
MARKETING
Comprehensive national marketing that helps coaches bring in new divers.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
A competitive structure that allows coaches and divers grow and succeed at each level.