Men's Swimming & Diving
Payne, Brian
Brian Payne
- Title:
- Diving Coach
- Email:
- brpayne@davidson.edu
Brian Payne, a 39-year veteran of the coaching ranks in diving, gymnastics, and cheerleading, was hired to lead Davidson's diving program, swimming and diving head coach John Young announced Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.
"We are thrilled to welcome Coach Payne to Davidson College," said Young. "Already, his enthusiasm and approach has energized our divers. It is apparent to me that he is a methodical teacher, and his ability to draw on various disciplines to teach new skills is already paying dividends."
Prior to his appointment at Davidson, Payne spent a year as the head diving coach at the University of Delaware where two divers qualified for the 2015 NCAA Zone A Championships.
Payne is no stranger to the greater Charlotte area. He coached 12 high school diving teams in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system between 2003-05, helping several divers advance to the state meet. In 2006-10, he coached diving at Fletcher High School in?Jacksonville Beach, Fla, and led his teams to five conference championships while producing a district and regional champion and helping several boys and girls divers advance to the state meet. He also coached diving at Seabreeze High School in Ormond Beach, Fla., in 2005-06.
Before that, Payne was a 10-time Central Maryland Diving League Coach of the Year with the Waugh Chapel Swim Club Diving Team in Gambrills, Md., between 1984-99, a three-time Sullivan Trail Conference Coach of the Year for gymnastics at Horseheads (N.Y.) High School in 1980-83, was an eight-time U.S. Sports Acrobatics and Tumbling nationals coach, was a delegate to the U.S. Olympic Training Center, and has judged numerous major events both nationally and internationally. He also coached diving at the Empire State Games in 1980-81, becoming the youngest coach ever to serve for the Central Region.
Payne holds national judging and safety credentials in gymnastics, springboard diving, sports acrobatics, trampoline, power tumbling, cheerleading, and dance. His teams have won numerous championship titles in a multitude of acrobatic related sports and he has trained athletes that have competed in World Championships in three different sports.
Payne, a native of Horseheads,?N.Y., is former standout diver at State University College at Cortland (N.Y.) where he was a four-year NCAA Championship qualifier and served as team captain as a senior. He earned his degree in physical education with a concentration in aquatics, gymnastics, biomechanics, and psychology in 1980 and studied at the graduate level in education and business administration at Bowie (Md.) State.
Coach Payne and his wife, Layne Thompson-Payne, currently live in Huntersville, NC. In addition to his diving coach duties, Payne also lectures on tumbling safety at National and International conferences and runs a successful youth tumbling program at area preschool and daycare locations.
If you are a prospective-student interested in diving for Coach Payne, or an alumnus that wants to send a welcome, Coach Payne can be reached at brpayne@davidson.edu.
"We are thrilled to welcome Coach Payne to Davidson College," said Young. "Already, his enthusiasm and approach has energized our divers. It is apparent to me that he is a methodical teacher, and his ability to draw on various disciplines to teach new skills is already paying dividends."
Prior to his appointment at Davidson, Payne spent a year as the head diving coach at the University of Delaware where two divers qualified for the 2015 NCAA Zone A Championships.
Payne is no stranger to the greater Charlotte area. He coached 12 high school diving teams in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system between 2003-05, helping several divers advance to the state meet. In 2006-10, he coached diving at Fletcher High School in?Jacksonville Beach, Fla, and led his teams to five conference championships while producing a district and regional champion and helping several boys and girls divers advance to the state meet. He also coached diving at Seabreeze High School in Ormond Beach, Fla., in 2005-06.
Before that, Payne was a 10-time Central Maryland Diving League Coach of the Year with the Waugh Chapel Swim Club Diving Team in Gambrills, Md., between 1984-99, a three-time Sullivan Trail Conference Coach of the Year for gymnastics at Horseheads (N.Y.) High School in 1980-83, was an eight-time U.S. Sports Acrobatics and Tumbling nationals coach, was a delegate to the U.S. Olympic Training Center, and has judged numerous major events both nationally and internationally. He also coached diving at the Empire State Games in 1980-81, becoming the youngest coach ever to serve for the Central Region.
Payne holds national judging and safety credentials in gymnastics, springboard diving, sports acrobatics, trampoline, power tumbling, cheerleading, and dance. His teams have won numerous championship titles in a multitude of acrobatic related sports and he has trained athletes that have competed in World Championships in three different sports.
Payne, a native of Horseheads,?N.Y., is former standout diver at State University College at Cortland (N.Y.) where he was a four-year NCAA Championship qualifier and served as team captain as a senior. He earned his degree in physical education with a concentration in aquatics, gymnastics, biomechanics, and psychology in 1980 and studied at the graduate level in education and business administration at Bowie (Md.) State.
Coach Payne and his wife, Layne Thompson-Payne, currently live in Huntersville, NC. In addition to his diving coach duties, Payne also lectures on tumbling safety at National and International conferences and runs a successful youth tumbling program at area preschool and daycare locations.
If you are a prospective-student interested in diving for Coach Payne, or an alumnus that wants to send a welcome, Coach Payne can be reached at brpayne@davidson.edu.
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