COACHING US TO VICTORY
Meet Scott Pierson
As a competitor, Scott began diving at age five and continued year-round until age 23. During that time, he became a Fairfield County and High School State Champion in Connecticut. At the University of Miami, under Olympic Silver Medalist coach Tom Gompf, Scott was a qualifier for Division I NCAA competition on both the one-meter and three-meter boards, a National AAU Finalist on the 10-meter platform, and qualified for, and competed in the US Olympic Trials in the 10-meter platform event.
As a coach, Scott worked as Head Coach for the University of Houston where he recruited national and international divers for Division 1 NCAA competition, was voted Diving Coach of the Year in the Southwest Conference by fellow coaches, trained international divers for Olympic participation, and concurrently ran a children’s diving program, the Houston Diving Club, which had over 80 members and was the undefeated Texas State Champion three years in a row. One diver who started as a beginner became a National Age Group Champion in a four-year period. Many divers received college scholarships. Their success was due in part to the training methods he developed stressing the importance of correct fundamental skills and dive progressions.
Feel free to email Scott at: scott@cornerstonediving.com