Hite adds to coaching staff
August 04, 2011 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Aug. 4, 2011
MADISON, Wis. - Men's and women's swimming and diving head coach Whitney Hite announced on Thursday the addition of Anton Slobounov to the coaching staff. Slobounov will serve as the diving coach for both the men's and women's programs.
Slobounov comes to UW after spending four years at the University of Maryland where he was an assistant coach for divers. Under his watch, Maryland produced ACC Championship third-place and second-place finishers on the one-meter springboard as well as a finalist on the platform. He also qualified four divers to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships and sent one to the NCAA National Diving Championships, the first for Maryland since 1992.
"Anton [Slobounov] is a highly regarded coach both nationally and internationally, and we are pleased to have him on board," Hite said. "We feel that he's the right guy to take the diving teams to new heights. He's young and energetic, and while at Maryland he built that program from nothing and we're hoping he can have the same kind of results here."
A 2007 graduate of the University of California, Irvine, Slubounov majored in drama while receiving a full diving scholarship. As an undergraduate, Slobounov won six career Big West diving titles, more than any other diver in Big West history. Those titles include 2004-05 1-meter diving, 3-meter diving Big West Conference, 2003-04 1-meter diving, 3-meter diving Big West Conference and 2002-03 1-meter diving, 3-meter diving Big West Conference.
Slobounov served as the Assistant Clinic Coach at the Summer League Diving Clinic in College Park during the month of June, where he explained fundamentals of diving to high school and club coaches, conducted physical assessment, preparation, and strength training methods specifically designed for diving and also held warm ups, practice, and strength training programs. Slobounov also served as the Spring Board Diving Instructor of the Crown Valley Dive Club in Crown Valley, Calif., from 2004 to 2007.
