Frank Pipitone - Head Coach
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Head Coach, Frank Pipitone, has been involved with diving for over 40 years as an athlete and coach. His coaching experience includes coaching at the youth, high school, club, and college levels. He has coached state and national champions, Olympians and Olympic hopefuls. Coach Frank’s philosophy is that the process is more important than the results. The goal-driven process includes strong fundamentals as a base upon which a diver can add more difficult dives. In addition to his coaching responsibilities at Phoenix Dive Club, he is also the Dive Coach at both Brophy College Preparatory and Xavier College Preparatory.
When not at the pool, Coach Frank can be found pursuing his passion for aviation, golf, or the World Champion Chicago Cubs! |
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Justine Bachner - Coach
Justine's Bio coming soon!
Alyssa Largay - Coach
Alyssa is from Paradise Valley, Arizona. She started diving at the age of 12 with Coach Frank Pipitone. She dove in high school for Xavier College Preparatory and in college for the United States Naval Academy and Towson University. During her time in college, Alyssa attended NCAA Zones diving competition on both 1m and 3m. Additionally, she placed 3rd on 3m and 4th on 1m in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference Championships. Largay finished her diving career at Towson University and received Academic All-American Honors for the 2021-2022 season. Alyssa is currently attending Arizona State University as a Psychology major and is hoping to attend graduate school for Clinical Psychology.
Youssef Selim - Guest Coach
Our sport requires a unique set of skills in a coach. Obviously an understanding of the mechanical aspects of our sport is very important; however, an ability to relate to and build trust with an athlete is even more important. It is these qualities that brings Youssef Selim to Phoenix Dive Club. Youssef, pictured here on the occasion of one of his multiple springboard and platform PAC-12 championship victories, recently graduated from ASU and is currently in graduate school.
Youssef is originally from Cairo, Egypt. He is the first diver to represent Egypt in an Olympic games since the country's appearance in Los Angeles thirty-two years earlier. He finished as Africa's top-ranked springboard diver at the 2015 FINA World Championships to secure the country's Olympic berth for Rio 2016. Selim was selected by the Egyptian Olympic Committee to compete in the men's 3 m springboard at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, he collected a total of 360.95 points to secure a twenty-fifth spot. Youssef has already qualified for The 2021 Olympics in Tokyo on platform and will be training to make another appearance on springboard.
Youssef is originally from Cairo, Egypt. He is the first diver to represent Egypt in an Olympic games since the country's appearance in Los Angeles thirty-two years earlier. He finished as Africa's top-ranked springboard diver at the 2015 FINA World Championships to secure the country's Olympic berth for Rio 2016. Selim was selected by the Egyptian Olympic Committee to compete in the men's 3 m springboard at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, he collected a total of 360.95 points to secure a twenty-fifth spot. Youssef has already qualified for The 2021 Olympics in Tokyo on platform and will be training to make another appearance on springboard.