Jeffrey J. Smith
Coaches’ Biography
Philosophy
Helping kids realize their full potential in life through the sport of diving. While learning the fundamentals of the sport, kids will learn: self-respect, self-reliance, how to carry themselves and how to compete. These skills will benefit them going forward in whatever they pursue in life. Certified Positive Coaching Alliance: Double Goal Coach-Winning and Life Lessons.
Coaching History
Head Coach/ Owner: Dive 5280, 2014-present
Named AAU National Team Coach 2022
Coached Multiple National Qualifiers, USA Diving, AAU Diving
Coached Multiple National and International Competitors
Judged both National and International Competitions
Coached 9 All-Americans (top 100 in USA)
Positive Coaching Alliance/ AAU Double-Goal Coach®: Coaching for Winning & Life Lessons-2023
Multiple State 5A State Champions
Head Diving Coach: Arapahoe High School Girls and Boys teams, 2013-2021
Individual accomplishments
· Attended University of Oregon on a full ride scholarship 1978-1980
· Transferred to Metropolitan State University and became their first National Champion in any sport, 1984
· NAIA 3 Meter Springboard National Champion 1984
· NAIA 1 meter Second Place 1984
· Inducted into the Metropolitan State University Hall of Fame 2006
· Intermountain Swim League Athlete of the Year in 1983
1983-84 NAIA All-American