Larry May
Larry May enters his 15th season at Drexel as perhaps the most decorated diving coach in Colonial Athletic Association history. In his eight years since the Dragons moved to the CAA, May has had women divers claim nine of the 16 individual titles and Drexel men claim seven of the 16 titles at the conference championships. He is the four-time reigning CAA Women’s Diving Coach of the Year and earned the Men’s Diving honor in 2004 and 2007. Prior to Drexel joining the CAA, May was anointed the America East and ECAC Diving Coach of the Year in 2001. Under May, Drexel had the 1- and 3-meter diving champion in each of his final four seasons in the America East.
While May has developed many of the region’s top divers during his tenure, his top pupil may have been Kate Hynes. The 2009 graduate finished her career undefeated in dual meets and claimed the CAA title on both boards and Most Outstanding Diver of the CAA Championships in each of her four seasons. She earned Honorable Mention All-America status in each of her final two seasons, including a first-place finish in the consolation final of the NCAA 1-meter diving championship to take ninth place overall. Hynes was the third Honorable Mention All-American under May as both Kevin Coogan and Anthony Perry reached the consolation finals in the NCAA Men’s Diving Championships.
In addition to Hynes’ big season in 2008-09, Ian Jevnick claimed CAA Men’s Diver of the Year honors after placing seventh on both boards at the NCAA Diving Zone Regionals. The seventh-place finishes were higher than any other conference diver at the meet. Jevnick also earned All-CAA honors on the 1-meter board while Jake Roberson nabbed All-CAA accolades on the 3-meter board. In the 2007-08 season, Roberson earned All-CAA honors on both boards as he followed Brett Molash’s outstanding campaign in the 2006-07 season. As a senior, Molash claimed the Men’s Diver of the Year award in the conference as he won the 3-meter title and took second on the 1-meter board as he joined Hynes to sweep conference Diver of the Year awards.
May led the 2005-06 squad to a pair of first-place finishes and five other top-eight finishes at the 2006 CAA Championship. As a freshman, Hynes broke Drexel's pool and school record in the 3-meter dive and went on to set a CAA meet record in the 1-meter event at the CAA Championship.
On the men's side, May coached Molash to strong performances, including second-place finishes in the 1- and 3-meter diving events at the 2006 CAA Championship that earned him All-CAA honors. His performance in the 3-meter event at the CAA Championships broke Drexel's all-time record. That same season, Roberson showed flashes of his bright future when he picked up fifth-place finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the CAA Championships and was named the Men's CAA Rookie Diver of the Year. In 2003 May, coached Kara Boate to a CAA individual title which also earned her CAA Rookie Diver of the Year honors and the following year Evamarie Guerrieri was a runner-up in the 1-meter diving event at the CAA Championships, and a fifth-place finish in the 3-meter dive.
One of May's early stars was Michael Savicky who was named the America East’s Outstanding Male Diver for four consecutive years and was Drexel's first diver to compete in the NCAA Championships. Brigid Mitchell won the women's award for two consecutive years, as well as the ECAC Female Diver of the Year in 2001.
May, a former University of North Carolina diver, has overseen equal success in the CAA. In the team's first two seasons in the CAA his divers placed first and second in four events with Kevin Coogan and Anthony Perry winning Diver of the Year awards in 2002 and 2003, respectively. In 2002 Coogan and Perry both qualified for the NCAA Championships with Coogan earning Honorable Mention All-America honors for his 15th-place finish in the 1-meter event after winning both events in the CAA for three consecutive years. Anthony Perry's 16th-place finish at the NCAA Championship earned him Honorable Mention All-America in the 3-meter event.
In 2000, Mitchell won the 1-meter dive at the America East Championships, which also garnered her Most Outstanding Diver in 2000. Under May's instruction, Mitchell came back in 2001 to win the 3-meter dive at the America East Championships.
In addition to coaching, May is currently a member of the NCAA Diving Rules Committee. A 1975 graduate of North Carolina, May was an NCAA qualifier and Eastern Interscholastic Diving finalist. He has two children, Allison (29) and Parker (18).
Brett Wilmot
Brett Wilmot’s seventeen-year diving career began at age six at the Martin's Dam Swim Club in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Over the years, he competed for Conestoga High School, the LaSalle Diving Age-Group Team and lastly for the University of Michigan under the legendary five-time Olympic coach, Dick Kimball. Wilmot earned a spot in the Big Ten Championship finals in each of his four years at Michigan, and in his final Big Ten platform event, he won his first and only individual Big Ten Championship. During his four years at Michigan where he majored in statistics, Brett was a four-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American. After his collegiate eligibility expired in 1999, Wilmot qualified for his first US National Team with an eighth place finish in the 10 Meter Platform event at the US Indoor National Championships in Orlando. His performance earned him one point toward qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Trials. Needing two points to qualify, Brett placed eighth on platform at the 2000 Spring Nationals, earning his second point, along with an invitation to the 2000 Olympic Trials. His second National Team berth also resulted in an invitation to an international competition at the Torneo Internacional de Clavados in Juarez, Mexico. There, Brett competed against some of the world's best divers, including 1996 Springboard Olympic Gold Medalist Dmitry Sautin of Russia. Wilmot finished his career at the 2000 US Olympic Trials by placing 11th in the platform event.
Brett and his wife Allison live in Westmont, NJ. Brett enjoys his career as Director of Institutional Research for Barrack, Rodos & Bacine in Philadelphia. He spends two nights a week assisting Coach May and the Spinner Diving Team.
