Coaches

Ted Everett - Head Coach (Not Pictured)

Ted is the Head Coach of both the University of Wyoming and the Wyomong Diving Club.  He came to Wyoming in October of 2019 after 7 years of coaching in the Salt Lake City area with the Utah Diving Club and the University of Utah.  He has over 30 years of coaching experience with divers of all levels of experience.  One of the highlights of his career is that 4 divers that he coached when they were younger all went on to represent the U.S.A in the 2004 Olympics

Ben Herdt - assistant Coach

Formerly a diving coach at the University of Wyoming has also coached at the University of California, Berkley, and at Diving South Australia, in Adelaide, Australia. Herdt has coached numerous NCAA Zone qualifiers, NCAA Championship qualifiers and Mountain West Conference champions. He also served as a Finland national team assistant coach, at the 2007 FINA USA Diving Grand Prix.

Coach Ben is the current Laramie High School diving coach and has worked at various collegiate diving camps, including the Texas Longhorns Camp, as well as, coaching the Minnesota Diving Club and the Twin City Diving Club in Minneapolis, Minn., from 2000 to 2004.

A native of East Lansing, Mich. and 2004 graduate of Minnesota, Herdt served as co-captain of the Golden Gophers as a senior during the 2003-04 season. He earned academic All-Big Ten accolades in his last two years at Minnesota.

Trent Weitzel - Founder and Senior Coach

Coach Weitzel founded the diving club in Laramie in 2004 formerly known as 307 Diving. Around the same time, he started coaching the Laramie High School diving team. He was named State Assistant Coach of the Year seven times, including the 2015 Lady Plainsmen season when he was also nominated by Green River coach Colleen Seiloff for the Sportsmanship Award. He also won the Sportsmanship Award as an athlete when he won state as a LHS junior in 2001.

Coach Trent has produced state champions including brother Brock Weitzel in 2004; Kevin Shumway (2006); Garrett Kirk (2012); Jake Rehmeier (2013); Morgan Hobbs (2004); Kari Campbell (2009-10); Emily Williams (2011); and Ryleigh Kobbe (2012-13, 2015).

Weitzel was the Wyoming State diving champion in 2001 and was the runner-up in 2002. He is the current Laramie High School record holder for the one-meter in both six and eleven diving events. Weitzel was named both All-State and All-Conference for three years. He was also a Junior National Qualifier in his last season. Weitzel recently stepped down as the Laramie Plainsmen diving coach to pursue a career in the food industry making hot wings. You can try his delicious wings from his his food truck, called Double Dubs, which travels the streets of Laramie for lunch and dinner.