Coaches:
Kaeden Cogbill (Head J.O. Coach, Technical Director)
Kaeden dove for Cypress College in 2012, previous to that, he dove for a local Southern California diving club. Kaeden has been the diving coach for Marina High School, since 2011. He coached diving at Cerritos College from 2014-2016, and co-founded H.B. Divers in 2014. At Marina, Kaeden has had huge success with 5 varsity Sunset League Championships, and 3 J/V Sunset League Championships. In 2015, he was named Marina's "Coach of the Year." He has also taken divers to CIF in 8 of his 9 years coaching at Marina. At Cerritos College in the 2016 season, Kaeden trained the top 3 South Coast Conference female divers, and was awarded the "South Coast Conference Diving Coach of The Year Award." Kaeden started serving as the diving coach at Whittier College, a 4 year division 3 school in 2016. During his first year, Kaeden coached divers to NCAA D3 regionals, NCAA Nationals, as well as breaking the 25 year old 1 and 3 meter records.
In March of 2018, Kaeden took over as the diving coach for Orange Coast College, in Costa Mesa California. In his first year, Kaeden helped to lead the Orange Coast College swim and dive team, to a state championship. In his second year, Kaeden led one of the male divers to a 6th place finish on 1 meter in the state meet. Kaeden has a M.S. degree in Psychology, and is working on his teaching credential in Health Science.
In December of 2020, Kaeden took over as the diving coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu CA, and helped lead the Division 1 swimmers and divers to a second place finish in the PCSC in April of 2021.
In August of 2021, after a successful one season at Pepperdine, Kaeden left the D1 institution for a teaching job, and to concentrate on the continued success of Coast Divers, Orange Coast College, and to coach the divers in the Newport-Mesa and Huntington Beach Union High School districts.
Coast Divers Coaching Accomplishments:
-Qualified divers for 2018 AAU Nationals
-Qualified 3 divers and attended 2019 AAU RWB Nationals
-Qualified several divers for 2019 AAU Nationals
-Qualified divers for the Zone F championship meet 2021
-Qualified 2 divers to the USA Diving National Championships in 2022
-Coached Allison McNichols to a win at the AAU National Championships in 2022 in her 1m event and invitation to the AAU National Team
Chris Boyd (Substitute Coach - All Levels)
Chris has been helping out with Coast Divers since 2015. He is a former diver and coach for University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as the former head coach of another local Southern California diving club.
Kaeden dove for Cypress College in 2012, previous to that, he dove for a local Southern California diving club. Kaeden has been the diving coach for Marina High School, since 2011. He coached diving at Cerritos College from 2014-2016, and co-founded H.B. Divers in 2014. At Marina, Kaeden has had huge success with 5 varsity Sunset League Championships, and 3 J/V Sunset League Championships. In 2015, he was named Marina's "Coach of the Year." He has also taken divers to CIF in 8 of his 9 years coaching at Marina. At Cerritos College in the 2016 season, Kaeden trained the top 3 South Coast Conference female divers, and was awarded the "South Coast Conference Diving Coach of The Year Award." Kaeden started serving as the diving coach at Whittier College, a 4 year division 3 school in 2016. During his first year, Kaeden coached divers to NCAA D3 regionals, NCAA Nationals, as well as breaking the 25 year old 1 and 3 meter records.
In March of 2018, Kaeden took over as the diving coach for Orange Coast College, in Costa Mesa California. In his first year, Kaeden helped to lead the Orange Coast College swim and dive team, to a state championship. In his second year, Kaeden led one of the male divers to a 6th place finish on 1 meter in the state meet. Kaeden has a M.S. degree in Psychology, and is working on his teaching credential in Health Science.
In December of 2020, Kaeden took over as the diving coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu CA, and helped lead the Division 1 swimmers and divers to a second place finish in the PCSC in April of 2021.
In August of 2021, after a successful one season at Pepperdine, Kaeden left the D1 institution for a teaching job, and to concentrate on the continued success of Coast Divers, Orange Coast College, and to coach the divers in the Newport-Mesa and Huntington Beach Union High School districts.
Coast Divers Coaching Accomplishments:
-Qualified divers for 2018 AAU Nationals
-Qualified 3 divers and attended 2019 AAU RWB Nationals
-Qualified several divers for 2019 AAU Nationals
-Qualified divers for the Zone F championship meet 2021
-Qualified 2 divers to the USA Diving National Championships in 2022
-Coached Allison McNichols to a win at the AAU National Championships in 2022 in her 1m event and invitation to the AAU National Team
Chris Boyd (Substitute Coach - All Levels)
Chris has been helping out with Coast Divers since 2015. He is a former diver and coach for University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as the former head coach of another local Southern California diving club.