2008 U.S. Olympic diving team head coach John Wingfield is the director and associate head coach of USA Diving’s National Training Center in Indianapolis. He has served in that role since 2005, when the training center moved to Indianapolis.

John coached three divers on the 2008 Olympic Team – Then 19-year-old David Boudia, 18-year-old Thomas Finchum and 15-year-old Mary Beth Dunnichay. He has been key in developing most of those divers up from the junior ranks, as they have been with John for the most of their careers.

In 2007, John was selected as a coach for USA’s World Championship and Pan American Games teams, as well as several Grand Prix and World Series events.

At the World Championships, he coached Boudia and Finchum to a bronze medal in synchronized 10-meter at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, and Boudia won bronze individually on 10-meter at the 2008 World Cup. Boudia and Finchum also won gold at the Pan American Games and had a medal streak of 10 consecutive meets (2 gold, four silver, four bronze) from 2006-2007.

John served as head coach of the U.S. Team at the 2006 World Cup, where the U.S. had its best finish since 1988. Boudia and Finchum claimed the silver in the 10-meter synchronized diving event at the World Cup.

He was named USA Diving’s Coach of the Year in both 2006 and 2007 and was selected by USA Diving’s Committee for Competitive Excellence to attend the first FINA World Diving Conference in Athens, Greece that same year in 2006. He has written several educational articles for USA Diving’s quarterly magazine. In 2006, John worked to create Jump-start, an interactive CD that uses video and 3D animation to teach coaches and divers the basic fundamental skills and conditioning exercises needed in the developmental stages of the sport. He also presents educational seminars at USA Diving’s annual convention.

John is also actively involved in the community. A safety-certified coach member of USA Diving, he is a first aid and CPR instructor for the American Safety and Health Institute. He consulted with architectural design and construction teams for the development of a natatorium at Fishers High School, a new school in the Indianapolis area. John also volunteers a number of hours a year to non-profit organizations.

He is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, as well as the American Red Cross and the YMCA.

John has bachelor’s degrees in management information systems and health & physical education and a master’s degree in sport science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He spent 10 years coaching and teaching at Ball State University before moving to Indianapolis in 1998 to begin working with USA Diving, primarily as the coach of the Regional Training Center until 2005, when Indianapolis became the home of the National Training Center and he became director and associate head coach.

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