Coaches:
Kaeden Kraft (Head 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.
H.B. 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
Jaclyn Funke (Assistant Coach)
Jaclyn competed at the national level qualifying for USA Diving nationals and was a 3 x All American Diving Team member, ranking in the top 30 divers in the US. Coming from an extensive gymnastics background by age 12, diving came naturally for Jaclyn and she quickly became a Junior Olympic diver. While at Marina, Jaclyn competed at CIF placing 3rd Place on 1 meter for Sunset League her senior year. Among many awards, Jaclyn received the Larry Doyle Hall of Fame award for Marina High School. Today, she holds the Marina HS record of scoring the highest points in a single 1 meter competition. Her skill level brings her great experience in the technique and fundamentals of the sport of diving.
Jenna Nelson (Assistant Coach)
Jenna is a 4 time CIF-SS qualifier for Marina High School. She started diving with HB Divers the summer after her 8th grade year, and continued diving for HB Divers and Marina High School until the end of her senior year. Jenna now attends UCI, and is excited to be a part of Coast Divers.
Chris Boyd (Assistant Coach)
Chris has been helping out with H.B. Divers since 2015. He is a former diver and coach for UNLV, 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.
H.B. 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
Jaclyn Funke (Assistant Coach)
Jaclyn competed at the national level qualifying for USA Diving nationals and was a 3 x All American Diving Team member, ranking in the top 30 divers in the US. Coming from an extensive gymnastics background by age 12, diving came naturally for Jaclyn and she quickly became a Junior Olympic diver. While at Marina, Jaclyn competed at CIF placing 3rd Place on 1 meter for Sunset League her senior year. Among many awards, Jaclyn received the Larry Doyle Hall of Fame award for Marina High School. Today, she holds the Marina HS record of scoring the highest points in a single 1 meter competition. Her skill level brings her great experience in the technique and fundamentals of the sport of diving.
Jenna Nelson (Assistant Coach)
Jenna is a 4 time CIF-SS qualifier for Marina High School. She started diving with HB Divers the summer after her 8th grade year, and continued diving for HB Divers and Marina High School until the end of her senior year. Jenna now attends UCI, and is excited to be a part of Coast Divers.
Chris Boyd (Assistant Coach)
Chris has been helping out with H.B. Divers since 2015. He is a former diver and coach for UNLV, as well as the former head coach of another local Southern California diving club.