MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving head coach Brent MacDonald announced that Matt O'Neill will join the staff as the head diving coach.
 
"I am deeply grateful to (Vice President and Director of Athletics) Wren Baker and head coach Brent MacDonald for giving me this incredible opportunity to return to WVU and help lead this program into the future," O'Neill said. "As a career coach and lifelong Mountaineer, there is nothing more exciting than giving back to the program that shaped who I am today. I am eager to work with our student-athletes and staff in this world-class facility to continue building this program's legacy."
 
O'Neill has been at Harvard since 2019, leading 15 individual NCAA Championships qualifiers and three NCAA All-Americans for the Crimson. During this time, Harvard has won four Ivy League men's championships and one Ivy League women's title. O'Neill has also coached Harvard divers to 57 Ivy League top eight finishes and five Ivy League champions.
 
"It was clear from the beginning of this search that the best person to lead our diving program and provide it the stability it deserves was going to be Matt O'Neill," MacDonald said. "He is not only a coach with proven success but a true Mountaineer. With the tools we can provide at WVU, Matt is going to have our diving program at an elite level very soon."
 
Prior to his time with Harvard, O'Neill was the head diving coach for Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 2015 to 2019. During his career, O'Neill has coached 53 NCAA Zone Diving Championships qualifiers and over 40 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Academic All-Americans.


 
O'Neill also served as the head diving coach for American Flyers Diving in Cleveland, leading the team to a fifth place overall finish at the 2018 USA Diving Junior National Championship.
 
O'Neill dove for the Mountaineers from 2008-12, earning Second Team All-Big East recognition on the three-meter springboard in 2012. O'Neill also placed second on 3-meter at the Big East Championships in 2012. He was also named the most valuable diver for WVU for the 2010-11 season.
 
During his freshman season, O'Neill set the program record on 3-meter with 329.78 points. As a junior, he also placed seventh on 1-meter and 3-meter at the Big East Championships. During his career, O'Neill also held the 1-meter program record.
 
O'Neill earned a B.A. in athletic coaching education from West Virginia University.
 
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