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email: jkrug@pitt.edu A fixture on the Panther athletic scene for nearly three decades, Julian Krug enters his 30th season at Pitt and his fourth year as Assistant Head Coach for Diving.
Earning his fifth Men's Diving Coach of the Year honor, last season, Krug has led Pitt's diving team to domininace in the Big East. Just this past year, Alex Volovetski became Krug's eighth All-American and second in the last two seasons. Additionally, Krug had guided four different Panthers to be named Big East Most Outstanding Divers in the last five consecutive seasons. Since his tenure began in 1979, Krug has produced 17 individual Big East Champions, 41 titles overall, eight All-Americans, numerous Honorable Mention All-Americans, seven repeat NCAA qualifiers, six school record holders and 15 Big East Championship Most Outstanding Divers. In 2000, Krug was elected to the U.S. Diving Board of Directors and also spent time on the NCAA Rules Committee. A member of the U.S. Diving Education Committee, Krug is a National Spotting Certifier and has served as a member of the Senior National Rules Committee. Two years ago, he was appointed U.S. Diving Vice President for Senior Diving. Prior to Volovetski, Jeremy Stultz garnered an All-America finish at the NCAA finals, and his third Big East Diver of the Year honor (2007). Before that, diver Dennis Nemtsanov earned Honorable Mention All-America honors under Krug's tutelage. And going back even further in 2001-02, Michael Wells was a Pitt NCAA qualifier in diving. Krug believes that preparing oneself to the best of his or her abilities is the most important thing his performers should strive for, as opposed to focusing on first-place finishes. "I believe that if you train hard with a positive attitude, winning will take care of itself," Krug said. A standout diver himself, in 1974 Krug became the first person to successfully execute a 5½ front somersault dive from 10 meters. He performed the dive at Kimball's Diving Camp in Brandon, Fla. Krug and his wife, Doe, have just returned from the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where they worked as diving advisors for the NBC telecast. They served in a similar capacity at the 2004 Athens Games, 2000 Sydney Games, 1996 Atlanta Games and 1992 Barcelona Games. From 1997-2003, Krug served as the US national team coach at the FINA Mexico Grand Prix. He additionally helped develop two Olympic divers in David Pichler (1996, 2000) and Karen LaFace (1992). Krug and his wife Dorothy reside in Kennedy Township, and are diving coaches at the Pittsburgh Aquatic Club. They have two children, Cassidy (23) and Kyle (19). Cassidy was a standout diver at Stanford University where she won the 2007 NCAA Division I Championships in both the 1M and 3M diving events, posting record scores. In 2007, Krug was joined by his wife and daughter as all three became the first family of recipients of the prestigious Whosam Inc. Award for commitment to excellence and dedication to the highest physical and spiritual ideals at the United States Aquatic Sports Awards banquet. |
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