


Indiana University Head Diving Coach
Widely regarded as the finest diving coach in the nation, Dr. Jeff Huber is in his 20th year as the men's and women's diving coach at Indiana University and his 33rd year of collegiate coaching. During his tenure, Indiana divers have flourished under the eight-time U.S. National Coach of the Year. In Huber, Indiana divers work daily with a mentor who served as a coach for the United States at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 2004 Olympics in Athens and 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He has been recognized as the Big Ten Coach of the Year on 13 occasions (six for women's and seven for men's), has coached student-athletes to 38 Big Ten titles and 16 Big Ten Divers of the Year in his 20-year tenure at IU.
Jeff Huber has a long list of accomplishments during his 33-year coaching career:
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Indiana University Assistant Diving Coach Todd Waikel is in his second season as the assistant diving coach at Indiana University.
"I feel very fortunate to have Todd on our coaching staff," Huber said. "He and I share a common vision for the future of the IU program, and the goals we want to accomplish within the next 5-10 years. He brings 17 years of coaching experience and a familiarity with United States diving and diving within the state of Indiana. He is well-known and extremely well liked and respected by the coaching community and brings new ideas and a great deal of enthusiasm to our program."
Prior to joining the Hoosiers, Waikel served as the head diving coach for Northern Indiana Diving in Fort Wayne, Ind., from 2001-05. In 2005, Waikel guided Daniel Freble to the U.S. Open, Andrew Krafft to the U.S./Canadian All-Star Meet and the Junior Open Winter Nationals' silver medal. He also served as a judge at both the men's and women's Big Ten Championships. In 2004, Waikel tutored Krafft to All-American honors on both the one- and three-meter, and he helped Freble to the U.S./Canadian All-State Meet Bronze Medal on the one-meter in 2003.
Before working with Northern Indiana, Waikel worked with Fort Wayne Community Schools in 2000, and at Michiana College from 1999-2000. He also served at Central Ohio Diving/Columbus Creed from 1995-99.
During that time period, Waikel coached Burkley Show to a Junior Open national title in 2000 after helping Show to All-America honors in 1998 and 1999. Meanwhile, another of Waikel's pupils, Adam Barker, snared All-America recognition in the same years, while John Donovan earned an All-America nod in 1997.
On the administrative side of the sport, Waikel is a member of the U.S. Diving Committee for Continued Excellence sub committee, and is a senior representative for the Indiana Diving Association. He also is the Junior Olympic Chairperson for the IDA, and a voting delegate for U.S. Diving.
Previously, Waikel operated as the vice president of the Ohio Diving League from 1995-99, and chaired the U.S. Diving Grassroots Committee from 1996-2002. Additionally, Waikel chaired the Junior Olympic Committee for the Ohio Diving Association from 1995-99.
Internationally, Waikel served as the team leader for the 2005 U.S./Canada Challenge, the 1999 Alpine Diving Tour in 1999 and the 1997 Italian Diving Tour. He also hosted the Denmark National Team in 1999.
Waikel also is certified by U.S. Diving to travel throughout the nation certifying coaches in safety policies and procedures. Additionally, Waikel teaches for U.S. Diving's Grassroots and Dive Safe. He also instructs the U.S. Diving Spotting Training courses.
The Warsaw, Ind., native graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Purdue University. |
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