Meet the Team

Patrick Jeffrey was named the head diving coach at Stanford University June 11, 2014. Jeffrey comes to The Farm from Florida State where he spent the last 15 seasons leading the Seminoles’ diving program.

Oleg is a former elite diver from Ukraine, where he spent sixteen years competing in springboard and platform diving at both the National and World levels for the Ukrainian National Team and the USSR Junior National Team. His impressive achievements include being a 10-time National Champion, Gold Medalist at the USSR Junior Diving Championships, Bronze Medalist at the 1988 European Junior Diving Championships, and Bronze Medalist at the 1989 World Junior Diving Championships. Oleg’s passion for the sport seamlessly transitioned into coaching, and he now boasts over thirty years of experience in training athletes.

My diving began when I was 9 yrs old on Airforce base since my father was in the military. I dove on and off for many of my teen years as flying was my other passion.

Doug started club diving at 10 years old competing through high school in Eugene, Oregon and at Deerfield Academy, in Massachusetts. Recruited to dive at Columbia University, he helped the team’s rise to be one of the top Ivy League teams.

Megan started diving at the age of 8 in Vancouver, BC and was on the Canadian National Junior and Senior diving teams for 15 years. Some career highlights include winning 22 National titles (3 gold, 12 silver and 6 bronze), being an alternate for the 1992 Olympic Team (10 meter), placing 2nd twice at the FISU World University Games, 4th at the Goodwill Games, and 5th at the Pan American Games. She was a Founding Athlete Board Member of Athletes CAN and a Motivational Speaker for the Esteem Team. After retiring from diving, she continued to coach at all levels (Learn-To-Dive to competitive), judge and work for BC Diving. Fun fact: she used her diving skills to perform in several TV commercials including “Got Milk”, Toyota, Arby’s, Cars.com, as well as The Greg Louganis movie.

Coach Hayley came to us from Illinois. She started diving at age eleven. She spent her summers training with the divers at Indiana University where she was coached by three-time Olympic Coaches, Jeff Huber, and Drew Johansen.

Jenna is a student-athlete on the De Anza Community College Dive Team and has been swimming and diving since middle school. She first dove with Santa Clara Dive Club for a couple of years, dove for her high school team, and picked up the sport again later in college. Coach Doug became her current college coach and played a big part in refueling her excitement for the sport.

Kelly started diving at the age of 13. An easy transfer from gymnastics to diving. In 1998, she was the Connecticut high school state champion. Kelly has been coaching diving since she was 16 years young and loves coaching all levels of diving. Kelly is a Masters diver herself earning 8 World Masters titles. Diving is one of Kelly's all-time passions. She plans to continue diving to stay young. A middle school PE teacher for 15 years as a second career, she will be your biggest cheerleader at the pool. Very encouraging, positive and enthusiastic. Kelly's coaching philosophy is simple: kids should have fun learning to dive!

Coach Ivan brings over 25 years of coaching expertise, from beginner lessons to guiding national and international champions. A former member of the Kazakhstan National Olympic Team (1991–2001) and USSR Junior Olympic Team (1989–1991), he is a twelve-time Kazakhstan National Champion and a CanAmex Grand Prix bronze medalist.

Coach Matt discovered diving at age 14 after a group of swimmers spotted him doing flips on a trampoline at a neighborhood block party and encouraged him to try out for his high school team. That first season sparked a passion for the sport, and he soon joined Windy City Diving Club in Chicago. Through years of dedicated training, Matt qualified for the state finals during both his junior and senior years of high school.