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VanDyken comes to the Hilltop after most recently coaching with youth diving clubs in the Northern Virginia area for the past eight years, including serving as the assistant diving coach for the Alexandria (Va.) Dive Club since 2014.

He was the head diving coach for the Rockford (Mich.) Diving Club from 2004-10, and also served as a high school and middle school diving coach in Michigan for nearly 10 years, earning 2007 Michigan High School Athletic Association (MSHSAA) Region 3 Diving Coach of the Year honors.

In his more than 15 years of coaching, VanDyken has led 35 high school All-Americans, 27 high school all-state selections, 10 national champions and seven Olympic Trials qualifiers.

VanDyken attended Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan and graduated with a major in integrated science and a minor in elementary education. He has also worked as a middle school and elementary school science teacher since 2011.