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My motivation in coaching is to see what I can get an athlete to do. I focus on teaching body awareness and skills rather than tricks. Learning how to spin, twist, spot, and control the body in flight will allow the athlete to take what I can teach them and apply it in an activity of their choice.



John E. Smith

Coaching Experience

Diving

· Head Coach and Director of Pro-Action Sports Teams 2006- present
· Head Diving Coach Middletown, Urbana, Brunswick, 2007-8
· Head Coach for Brunswick, Linganore, Middletown, Urbana,   

   Walkersville, 2005-7
· Head Coach Sky High Trampoline 1997- 2005
· Interim Head Diving Coach at the University of Maryland, College Park.

   1995-96
· Assistant Diving Coach for Team Orlando Diving under Kongzheng Li

   1994
· Strength Coach for Team Orlando Diving. 1994
· Coach of Senior National Championship qualifier. Indoor Nationals

   1993
· Coach at Ron O’Brien Diving Camp. 1992,93,96
· Assistant Coach for Montgomery Dive Club. 1991-93
· Head Diving Coach of Frederick Area Divers. 1988-91,95, 2008
· Coach for Frederick High School. 1986-87,92-93,96-98
· Coach for Thomas Johnson High School. 1986-87, 1992-93
· Coach for Walkersville High School 1996-98
· Coach for Linganore High School 1996-98

Trampoline
· Maryland State Trampoline and Tumbling Coach Education Chairman

   2002-05
· Maryland State Trampoline and Tumbling Board member since 1999
· Head coach of Sky High Trampoline to USATT National Championship

   1998-2006
· Coached the Level 10 Regional All-star athlete girls 15-16 DMT at

   National Champs. 2003
· Coached the level 10 Regional All-star Athlete men’s 17-over DMT and

   Trampoline 2002
· Coached Level 7 DMT National Champion at USAGTT Nationals 2002
· Coached Level 10 Bronze medallist in two events at the USAGTT

   National Champs. 2002
· Coached US National Champion Casey Moore (Level 10: 17 and over 

   women’s event) and several other medallists at the USAGTT National

   Trampoline Championships 1999
· Coached Level 9 National Silver Medallist in boys trampoline at the

   USAGTT Nationals 1999
· Coordinated and operated the Multisport Gym Bus program in

   Frederick Maryland for the

   Multisport Sport School directed by Brian Payne 1996-97
· 1 Finalist at the USATT National Championships 1997
· 2 USATT National Championship Qualifiers 1997
· 8 USATT Region 1 Champions in trampoline, Double-mini trampoline,

   and synchronized trampoline. 1997
· 20 MD/VA State champions on trampoline, double mini-trampoline, and

   synchronized trampoline. 1997
· Founded and coached Sky High Trampoline Team 1997
· Assisted the University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe with trampoline, 

   double-mini trampoline, tumbling. 1995-97

Competitive Experience

Diving

· First diver in the world to perform 5353D (split twist) in competition.

  1995
· Competed in the Pan Am. International Invitational, Winnipeg, Canada

  1996
· Trained as a member of Team Orlando Diving senior team. 1994
· Finalist at Senior National Preliminaries. (indoors) 1993-95
· First diver in the world to perform 5172D in competition. 1991
· Collegiate Varsity Letter 3yrs at University of Maryland, College Park.

  1989-92
· Collegiate Varsity Letter at West Virginia University. 1988
· Frederick High School, Varsity Letter 3yrs. 1984-86
· Frederick County Diving Champion 2yrs. 1985,86
· Frederick High School, 10 team and county records 1986

Trampoline

· Silver medallist at the USAGTT National Championships Trampoline

  Level 10. 2001
· USAGTT National Qualifier DMT (Jr. Elite), 2000
· USAGTT National Championships Trampoline Level 10 4th place 2000
· USATT National Trampoline Championships Trampoline Level 10 3rd

  place 1998
· USATT National Trampoline Champs. Level 10 Synchro Trampoline

  2nd place 1998
· Maryland State Champion level 10 double mini and Trampoline 1998
· USATT National Champion in level 10 Double-mini trampoline 1997
· USATT National Champion in level 10 synchronized trampoline 1997
· Finalist on trampoline USATT National Championships 1997,98,00,01
· 1st place on trampoline and synchronized trampoline at the New York/

  New Jersey State Championships 1997
· USATT National Championship qualifier on trampoline and DMT 1996-

  01,03

Professional/ Miscellaneous Experience

Professional Experience

· U.S. Diving Safety Certification Instructor 2008

· Diving Judge at the U.S. Diving Spring National Championships (Senior

  Nationals) 2007
· Started Pro-Action Sports Teams with dry-land diving, trampoline and

  tumbling, and aerial sports training area at home 2006
· Organized and Directed Pro-Action Sports Team summer Adventure

  Camp 2005-7
· Re-certified American Sports Education Program Instructor in Coaching

  Principles New Course. June 2004
· USAGTT Trampoline and Tumbling Level 1 Coaches Course Certifier 2

  2001
· Certified American Sport Education Program Instructor in Coaching

  Principles and Drugs and Sport 1996
· Judge at the HTH Classic Diving meet. 1996
· U.S. Diving Dive Safe Coordinator Certification. 1995
· Diving Judge at the J.O. National Diving Championships 1994
· Senior National Judge Certification. 1993
· Certified Conditioning Specialist by the National Sports Performance

  Association. 1992
· Employed as Personal Trainer by Bally’s Holiday 1993
· U.S. Diving Safety Certification. 1990,(renew)1995,99
· Nationally selected to attend Hobie Billingsley’s Diving

  Coaches Camp. 1990
· Taught swimming and diving lessons for The City Of Frederick Rec.

  Dept. 1988-91,95
· Founded Frederick Area Divers summer league diving team. 1988
· Established Annual 4th of July Frederick County Diving Championships

  1987

Performances and Shows
· Performed as comedy diver at the AT&T Grand Prix of Diving in Ft.

  Lauderdale Fl. 2008

·Trampoline Show at the Antietam Recreation Park 2008

· Motivational Speaker and trampolinist for The Pro-Action Team

  performing as lead character as well as comedian. Performed in Md,

  Va, Pa, Nj, Ny, Ne, Co, Conn, Sd, De, Oh, 2000- 8
· High Dive Show performances San Bernadino Ca., Long Island NY

  2005
· High Dive Show performances Long Island NY 2004 -5
· High Dive Show performances Michigan, Long Island NY, NY State

  Fair 2003
· High Dive Show performances London England 2002
· High Dive Show performances Knoebles Park PA, Japan 2001
· High Dive Show performances in Atlanta and Japan 2000
· Motivational Speaker and trampolinist for Positive Air 1999-2000
· High Dive Show performer Japan and New Mexico 1999
· High Dive show performer for Watershow Productions Inc. owned by

  Dana Kunze 1997-present.  Performances included springboard diving, 

  trampoline, tumbling, fire-dive, and character acting.

Education

West Virginia University 1987-88

University of Maryland 1988-92

Major: Physical Education Graduated May 1992

Frederick High School

Graduated June 1986







Divers that I have coached who continued on to college. List does not include the members of Team Orlando, Montgomery Dive Club, or divers at the Ron O’Brien Diving Camps that I coached.

Name                 High School                College attended.                         Sport competed

Andy Kastello          FHS                 - St. Mary’s College                              Diving/ Swimming

Susan Lewis           LHS            University of North Carolina Wilmington       Diving

Loriann Cashman   WHS               Virginia Tech                                            Diving

Beth Hanna         Williamsport HS    East Carolina                                         Diving

Carey Mulhern       BHS                 West Virginia University                          Diving

Jason Burkett           FHS                 U.S. Naval Academy                            Diving

Jason Clipp             FHS          North Carolina State University                    Diving

Jennifer Jachowski  -FHS     George Washington University                          Diving

Luke Mulhern               BHS                 Virginia Tech                                   Diving

Jessica Etzler                WHS               Towson State University                   Diving

Michael Kelly               TJHS               University Of North Carolina            Diving

Frankie Hewitt             BHS                 Towson State University                   Diving

Zach Wolfe                  MHS                Towson State University                   Diving

Andrew Vogl                LHS                 Bucknell University                          Diving

Caroline Baker            THS                 Towson State University                    Diving

Colin Patrican               UHS                University of Buffalo                         Diving

John Shmitz                  Dematha          George Mason University                 Diving

Jennifer Engle -             LHS        University Of Maryland                          Gymnastics (Recruited diving)

Casey Moore                           University of Maryland                                 Gymkana

Became President of Gymkana Troupe

Jon Engle                    LHS         University of Maryland                            Gymkana

Became President of Gymkana Troupe

Jeff Hardin from MHS continued his diving career as a professional diver with Watershow Productions High Dive Shows.


Athletes That I have coached who have gone on to Coach at the Collegiate Level

Ben Eicher. Former Frederick High School Diver coached Lincoln College in Normal Ill.  He is currently Coaching High School Diving in Illinois.

Casey Moore Sky High Trampoline Team Member coached Diving for American University and The University of Maryland College Park


Frederick County Public Schools Diving Coaches who were former athlete that I coached.

Ida Harren, Gary Staley, Carey Mulhern, Andy Low


With the help of Jack Griffin and Bill Talley I started the Frederick Area Divers dive team in 1988. The team just celebrated its 20th season in 2008. The intention of creating this team was to introduce new divers to the sport to feed the high school programs, and to give high school divers an additional season to train. Hopefully some of these divers could pursue diving at the college level.


The Head Coaching position for Frederick Area Divers has been handed down to another former F.A.D. Diver for 20 years.


F.A.D. has had an average of 40 divers per year for 20 years.  Smallest team in 1988 had 8 divers. Largest team in 1995 had 78 divers.


Frederick Area Divers attended the Maryland State Games for 4 years winning more than 20 medals.


Sky High Trampoline was started in 1997 to give local divers another sport to participate in. With the lack of public pools in the area, divers went to the gym to continue their training. In the process Sky High Trampoline produced several State, Regional, and National medallists. Since 1997 most of the high school divers who have won County Diving Championships and gone on to dive in college were Sky High Trampoline Team members.

Sky High Trampoline Team members in 9 years won over 30 State Championship medals and 12 Regional Championships Medals. National Medallist list below.


Sky High Trampoline Team

National Champions

John E. Smith 2 National Titles, Level 10 Synchronized Trampoline and Double Mini Trampoline

Andy Low National Champion Double Mini Trampoline Level 6

Casey Moore National Champion Trampoline Level 10

David Anders National Champion Double Mini Trampoline Level 7

Silver Medallists

John E. Smith and Peter Smith Synchronized Trampoline Level 10

John E. Smith Trampoline Level 10

Katie Hammond Tumbling Level 9

Andy Low Trampoline Level 6

Michael Kelly Trampoline Level 9

Frankie Hewitt Double Mini trampoline level 7 and Trampoline Level 6

Bronze Medallists

John E. Smith Trampoline Level 10

Luke Mulhern Level 10 Trampoline and Double Mini Trampoline

Pro-Action Sports, Frederick, Maryland