Parliament Panthers

Coach Doug learned to swim and dive at Parliament Pool in the early 1970s. He has been active in the sport of diving since 1977 and a professional diving coach for over 30 years. After diving in the NVSL for eleven years, Coach Doug served as assistant coach at the Northern Virginia Dive Club before being hired as Head Junior Olympic Coach at South Carolina Divers and Assistant Diving Coach at University of South Carolina.

Coach Doug was then hired by the City of St Peters, Missouri to create a comprehensive diving program from scratch. Over a ten year span, he developed Lightning Diving into a nationally recognized Junior Olympic diving program, producing countless national qualifiers and numerous NCAA scholarship athletes. His students went on to capture NCAA National Titles, compete in the US Olympic Trials, and even compete at the Olympic Games.

From 2010 to 2020, Coach Doug served as the Program Director of Montgomery Dive Club in Maryland, where he worked as owner, administrator, and coach. MDC is one of the largest diving programs in the US.

In the Fall of 2023, Coach Doug was named Diving Coach for the NCAA Division 1 George Mason University Patriots. At the same time he founded the youth diving team, Nova Meteors, based out of George Mason University Aquatics Center.

Coach Doug is thrilled to return to Parliament again this summer. His goal is to create a fun and encouraging atmosphere for the Parliament Divers, with an eye on building for the future.