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Matt
was an NCAA All-American for the Longhorns and was named
NCAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and
NCAA Women's Diving Coach of the Year in 1997, 1998, and
1999. 1992 USA Olympian Matt Scoggin has been the diving
coach at his alma mater, the University of Texas since 1994.
Matt
has clearly established Texas as one of the nation's top
men's and women's diving programs. A former U.S. Olympic
diver and a 2000 USA Olympic assistant diving coach, Scoggin
has been recognized nationally for his outstanding efforts.
Including being the first-ever recipient of the Benjamin
Foundation Coaches Performance Award by USA Diving.
In
2001 and 2002 he was voted the Men's NCAA Diving Coach of
the Year. He has also been selected both the NCAA Division
I National Women's Diving Coach of the Year and the Big
12 Conference Women's Diving Coach of the Year in 1997,
1998 and 1999 as well as adding league honors again in 2003.
The
Longhorns diving program has set the standard of diving
excellence for national and international competitions alike.
Former Longhorn Laura Wilkinson, a two-time Olympian, earned
a gold medal on the 10-meter platform at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics and placed fifth at the Athens Games in 2004. She
also claimed a gold medal on the 10-meter platform at the
2005 World Championships. She also captured gold medals
in the 10-meter platform and the women's synchronized platform
at the 2005 Speedo National Diving Championships.
Texas-Ex
Verya Ilyina (who competed for Russia) has also excelled
on the international level, winning the gold medal on the
three-meter synchronized springboard at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics and capturing the silver in that event at the Athens
Games in 2004. Additionally, Texas-Ex Troy and Justin Dumais
won bronze in the 3-meter synchro at the 2005 World Championships.
Troy won silver and bronze medals at the 2006 FINA World
Diving Cup in China. The tradition of excellence is a mainstay
as Texas diving continues to surpass all expectations.
Scoggin's
men's and women's diving corps excelled at the 2008 NCAA
Championships. Junior Kathryn Kelly placed third in the
three-meter event and fourth in the one-meter, and senior
Mary Yarrison took second in the one-meter event and ninth
in the three-meter event with a score that would have won
the competition had she reached the finals. Freshman Matt
Cooper placed sixth on the platform while junior Jonathan
Wilcox took seventh and earned All-America honors in the
three-meter event and added an honorable mention All-America
showing in the one-meter event.
At
the 2007 NCAA Championship, one male diver and four female
divers earned All-America honors under Scoggin's tutelage.
Freshman Mike Wong garnered honorable mention All-America
honors on the platform, while junior Jessica Livingston
claimed the NCAA platform title and added a third-place
finish in the three-meter event.
Junior Mary Yarrison earned All-America honors by placing
seventh on the three-meter; sophomore Kathryn Kelly placed
eighth in the one-meter event to earn All-America honors
while sophomore Kara-Jayne Salamone tallied honorable mention
All-America honors on the platform.
At
the NCAA Championship in 2004, Scoggin steered Nicole Pohorenec
to the platform title, earning her first national championship
of her career. Pohorenec, who earned All-America and All-America
Honorable Mention accolades as a freshman and sophomore,
respectively, became the fourth diver under Scoggin's tutelage
to capture an NCAA individual championship.
As
director of the Longhorns' men's and women's diving program,
Scoggin's divers have claimed 15 individual NCAA championships,
29 individual Big 12 titles, while also producing a four-time
Big 12 Conference Women's Diver of the Year, three SWC champions
and a two-time SWC Diver of the Year. In 2004 alone, the
Longhorns men and women's teams combined to win three of
the six events at the Big 12 Conference Championships. The
women's squad was victorious on the platform, while the
men's team posted first-place finishes on the three-meter
and the platform and Jonathan Linette was the Big 12 Male
Diver of the Year for the second-straight year.
Scoggin has been named the conference Coach of the Year
six of the 12 years he has been at Texas.
Among
the other honors Scoggin's divers have earned, Ilyina was
a two-time NCAA Diver of the Year who was named the 1997-98
Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year, as well as the 1998 NCAA
Woman of the Year for the state of Texas. Ilyina also was
selected as a recipient of the prestigious 1998 NCAA Today's
Top Eight Award, which honors eight distinguished student-athletes
from the preceding calendar year for achievement in athletics,
academics and leadership. In addition to coaching such Longhorn
greats, Scoggin was named Head Coach of the 2001 U.S. World
Championships Team.
Scoggin, a veteran Longhorn who competed for Texas from
1981-85, has succeeded at every level of the sport. His
world-class diving career came to a close in Barcelona 1992,
where he reached the finals of his specialty event, the
platform. Perhaps even more telling of his world-class success
was his selection as team captain at those Olympic Games
and the recognition he received by the U.S. Olympic Committee
when they voted him 1992 Athlete of the Year for diving.
Two
of the key traits that helped Scoggin reach the world-level
ranks of success are his intense dedication to the sport
and a keen technical eye. As a coach, he continues where
he left off as an athlete. Scoggin, a native of Great Falls,
Va., began his coaching career in 1986 as an assistant coach
for the Longhorn Diving Club. In 1993 Scoggin became head
coach for the Texas Diving Club and in less than a year,
two of his junior divers claimed state diving titles. In
1994, Scoggin returned to The University of Texas, taking
over the program he helped establish as a national power.
Source:
http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/scoggin_matt00.html
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