
=20
Joe Chirico has been named =
the diving=20
coach at Northeastern, head swimming & diving coach Roy Coates =
announced Tuesday. Chirico returns to Northeastern, where he =
coached the=20
divers from 1986-1995.
During his first tenure at=20
Northeastern, Chirico coached several divers at the NCAA Division =
I=20
National Championship and many conference champions. He mentored =
Katie=20
Mailman and Dana Kozimor, who combined own four of the school's =
six diving=20
records. Chirico earned numerous coaching honors while with the =
Huskies,=20
including NCAA Division I Zone Coach of the Year, New England =
Coach of the=20
Year and Eastern Seaboard Coach of the Year. After leaving NU in =
1995,=20
Chirico spent the next 15 years as diving coach first at Boston =
College,=20
then at Wellesley College.
Chirico has been active in the =
sport of=20
diving for over 40 years, competing as an age grouper and then for =
Boston=20
University, where he was team captain and a record holder. In =
1979, he=20
established Boston Area Diving, also known as BAD. Now in its 32nd =
year,=20
BAD continues to dominate the New England age group diving scene.=20
Chirico, who has coached several national champions, has=20
international experience, leading US National-level teams in =
Canada,=20
Mexico and throughout Europe. He has coached divers at the World=20
Championship in Sydney and other international events in many =
countries=20
including China, Austria and Slovakia.
Chirico is the =
director of=20
diving for AAU Diving and plays a major role in that organization. =
He has=20
judged many FINA and NCAA competitions. He is also the diving =
commissioner=20
for the Bay State Games, and in 2008 was inducted into the =
Massachusetts=20
Sports Foundation Hall of Fame for his work in the sport of =
diving. In the=20
1990s, Chirico held the position of Vice President of Junior =
Diving on the=20
Board of Directors of United States Diving.
Chirico is a=20
USD-certified trampoline instructor and is a USD safety =
instructor. Joe=20
lives in Dover, Mass., with his wife Carol and two sons, Matt and=20
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Mike.