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		Joe Suriano Head Diving Coach United States Naval Academy
		Joe Suriano begins his 28th season as Navy's diving coach. Under his tutelage, nine divers on Navy's men's team and two divers on the women's team have qualified for 19 NCAA Division I Championships. All told, his divers have earned 14 Division I All-America accolades. One of the highlights of his coaching career came in 1991 when he was named as the Division II Coach of the Year after Stacia Johnson captured the NCAA title. Suriano earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan in 1970 and a master's degree from Eastern Michigan in 1978. Prior to coaching at Navy, he served as the diving coach at Eastern Michigan (1971-72) and Vanderbilt (1973-78). Suriano was named an International Olympic Committee diving expert in 1985 and conducted a 21-day clinic for 30 diving coaches in New Delhi, India. In 1994, he was named an official and an assistant diving coach for U.S. Diving at the Dive Canada International Championships. He also served as an official in 1995 at the World University Games in Fukouka, Japan, and at the World Military Games in Rome, Italy. He also served as a diving coach at two U.S. Diving National Training Camps and was named to the 1995-96 U.S. Diving national coaching staff. Most recently, he directed the American diving team at the 1999 World Military Games in Zagreb, Croatia. Suriano completed a term as the chairman of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Rules Sub-Committee on Sept. 1, 2001. In addition to his '91 honor from the NCAA, he also has been named the Patriot League Diving Coach of the Year and the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Diving Coach of the Year during his tenure at Navy.

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