Coaches

COACHING TEAM:

Monique Collin - Head Coach

Monique has been diving with HUDA since she was 7 years old and qualified for her first Age Nationals Competition when she was 8 years old.  Monique has been diving for more then 10 years and has represented HUDA and her school at a local, state and National level. Monique is a Level 2 Accredited Coach. 

Ty Swadling

Ty has been involved in diving since he was a competitive diver in the early 2000s. Ty has competed at both state and national level and is also a high level trampoling coach and PDHPE at Cessnock high.

Layney Wilkins

Has been a competitive diver for a number of years. While still competing Layney has been completing her coaching accreditation.

Eric Brooker (Retired)

Eric has been in diving most of his life, firstly as an athlete in the 1970s and then as a coach, administrator and official for the rest of his 40 (ha ha!) odd (yes) years. Eric is a Level 3 accredited coach responsible for the overall development of the club. With many quality athletes under his charge Eric has helped to develop many athletes including Olympic Silver medallist Mathew Helm. In 2012 Eric was the Australian Judge at the London Olympic Games. Now on World Aquatics Technical Diving Committe Eric dedicate many hours to the development of judges worldwide and is a former Preseident of Diving NSW and board member of Diving Australia. In 2023 Eric was awarded Life Membership of Diving Australia.

GUEST COACHES:

Charlotte Moore

Charlotte has been coaching diving for over a decade. Charlotte is a NSW age representative diver, a level 2 accredited coach & a level 5 judge. She has won many State & Local titles and is a senior member of Diving NSW. While she works now in Sydney she is always keen to get back to Newcastle.

Jie Tang

Jie comes to Hunter Diving after a career as a diver and coach in China. He has lived in Australia since 2011.  Jie has many qualifications within sport and fitness. Jie graduated from Yunnan Province University in 2007 specialising in Sports Training and Coaching. Apart from coaching diving Jie is a Gymnastics coach and Swimming instructor, he is also a qualified masseur.