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Coaches

Anna Dacyshyn: Head Coach, Canadian Diving Institute- Toronto

 Anna  has been involved in diving for over 30 years, first as a high  performance athlete, now as a coach.  During her competitive  career, Anna competed for Canada  on both the Junior and Senior  National Teams. Highlights of her career include:

  • 6 time Sr. National Champion on 10m platform
  • Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist (10m platform)
  • ​1991 FINA World Championship Finalist (10m)
  •  World Cup Finalist (4th place)
  • Silver Medalist World Jr. Championships

 In  her coaching career, Anna has coached divers at all levels of  development, including Junior National, Senior National, and  International competitors. 

Anna  holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physical and Health Education (University  of Toronto) and a Master’s degree in Exercise Science (University of  Toronto) with a specialty in Sport Psychology.  She  has Competition Development  certification (NCCP program)  and has completed the Advanced Coaching Diploma program from the  Canadian Sport Institute Ontario.

 One  of the things Anna loves most about coaching is seeing the smile on her  athletes’ faces when they learn a new dive or when they achieve  things they never thought possible.

 Anna is the mother of two wonderful daughters and enjoys spending time with her family.

José Guerra: High Performance Coach, CDI- Toronto

José is a CDI Coach, based out of the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center. José comes to us from Cuba, where from 2016-2017 he was the head coach of the Cuban Junior National Diving team, and from 2017-2019 the head coach for the Cuban Senior National team. Under his program, his junior athletes won over 36 national and international medals (including a Gold and Bronze at the 2017 Jr Pan Am games in Victoria BC.) He was named "Best Junior Coach" for Cuba both years. 

While he was head coach of the Senior Team, his athletes found tremendous success, winning 78 medals at the National and International level- including Gold and Silver at the Central American Games in 2018, two Bronze medals at Grand Prix events in 2019, and several Medals at CCCAN and Jr Pan Am games with his A divers. 

José was named Best Senior Coach from 2017-2020

He holds a degree from Havana University  “INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CULTURA FISICA MANUEL FAJARDO” in Sport and Physical Culture. 

 

José was a world class diver whose career highlights include: 

· Four-time Olympic finalist (2000/2004/2008/2012) 

· 22 years on the Cuban National Team 

· Over 100 International Podium performances 

· Two-time Pan American Champion, and three-time silver medalist 

· Multiple World Cup and World Championship medalist

· Ranked # 1 in the world in 2005


In his spare time he enjoys reading, watching movies, playing chess, listening to music, watching/playing a variety of sports, and most of all spending time with his wife and young son. 


Brian Anderson: Coach

Brian’s  experience in the sport of diving is extensive and includes both  personal experience as an athlete and 15 years of coaching experience.  In his own athletic career, Brian competed at the Jr. & Sr. National  level and competed in the 1992 Olympic Trials.  
 

Brian’s  coaching career has taken him across Canada. He was the Head Coach in  Lethbridge, Alberta and coached with Boardworks Diving Club in Victoria,  BC. Over the years, Brian has coached many Jr. & Sr. National  medalists and was a member of the Canadian Jr. Worlds Coaching staff  (2002).
 

While coaching in Victoria, Brian also worked with  divers who were at the beginning stages of their career. He successfully  identified, recruited and trained many young athletes who went on to  the National Training Center in Victoria. Several of the athletes he  worked with have gone on to achieve tremendous national and  international success and are now in Diving Canada’s High Performance  Athlete Development Program.
 

Brian’s signature style is to  connect to the athletes with humor.  In addition to coaching Brian  is studying to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant.​ 

Terri Breen: Coach

Terri  started her coaching career over 20 years ago as a learn to dive instructor at the Fredericton Diving Club, where she was a competitive  diver.  In 2003, while pursuing her B.Sc in Biology at the University of New Brunswick, she took on the role of Head Coach at the Fredericton Diving Club.  In 2010 Terri moved to Kitchener Waterloo in order to pursue coaching full time and joined  the Kitchener Waterloo Diving Club, where she coached the provincial/tier II team up until 2016.

Terri  has her NCCP Competition: Development Certified status in diving, as well  as many NCCP multi sport modules and gymnastics foundations. 

In  addition to coaching divers, Terri is involved in training and  mentoring new coaches. She has been facilitating coaching clinics for over 10 years. 
As anyone who has worked with Terri at a club or training camp can tell you, she has a high energy and positive coaching  style and is always encouraging divers to push themselves out of their comfort zones. 

Outside of diving Terri has recently taken up figure skating, reads excessively, and paints (watercolour and alcohol ink). She is  the mother of one school-aged daughter, Emilia, who reminds her every day how  great it is to explore the world around you.

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