Yahya Radman - Head Diving Coach - Swimming Coaches

Yahya Radman

Title:
Head Diving Coach
Email:
yaradman@ncsu.edu
Phone:
(919) 513-7833

Yahya Radman was named NC State diving head coach in October of 2014.

In a 2019-20 season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Radman's divers still managed to make their mark. Madeline Kline and James Brady both punched their tickets to the NCAA Diving Championships after securing top-eight platform finishes at the NCAA Zone B Championships. Those performances went on to earn the pair All-America honors, the first such designation for Wolfpack diving since 2015.

Brady took home gold on three-meter at the 2020 ACC Championships, becoming the program's first men's diving titlist since 2000. He was also honored as the ACC Men's Diver of the Year and the ACC Championship Most Valuable Men's Diver. He ended his career as the first men's diver to become an All-American since 1978.

During the 2017-18 season, Radman helped Kline and Brady advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time in their careers. Under his guidance, Kline captured an ACC Championship on platform, and Brady earned a third-place finish on the three-meter board and reset the men’s program record. Five divers qualified for the NCAA Zone B Championships in what was an impressive year for the Wolfpack diving program under Radman’s tutelage.

Madeline Kline went on to repeat as ACC Champion on platform during the 2018-19 season.

In his first season with the Pack, Radman helped Rachel Mumma earn a coveted place on the USA Diving National Team for the 2015 Gwangju University World Games after she finished fourth in the one-meter competition at the USA Diving Winter National Championships. He was selected as the head women’s coach for the Gwangju Team USA, but he turned it down as he and his wife were expecting their second child that summer. Mumma became the first Team USA diving member in NC State history, as well as being one of three members to final in any event at the Games. Radman also guided Mumma to qualifying for all three events at the 2015 NCAA Championships, where she collected the first All-America mention of her career in the one-meter diving event.

Coached by Radman, Mumma went on to win an ACC title in the one-meter diving event during the 2015-16 season, the first diving title for the program since 2009.

Radman came to the Wolfpack after two seasons as the head diving coach at the University of Wyoming. In his time there, he coached a total of seven all-conference performers. Under his guidance, Derek Campbell claimed gold and silver in the three-meter and platform events, respectively, at the 2014 WAC Championships and was named WAC Diver of the Year. Radman also helped send five divers to the 2014 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships, the most representatives for the program since 2010.

Prior to his time at Wyoming, Radman spent two seasons (2010-12) as the assistant diving coach at Florida State. During the 2012 season, he assisted one ACC Champion, two runners up and three third-place finishers. As a team, the Seminoles sent eight student-athletes to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. In addition, he assisted in coaching one All-American during the 2012 season.

Radman arrived at Florida State in time for the 2010 USA Diving Winter Nationals, where he assisted the Seminoles men to the team championship.

A native of Bloomington, Ind., Radman began his coaching career as an undergraduate volunteer assistant coach. He assisted in coaching six All-Americans and three Olympians at Indiana. As a volunteer assistant, he helped coach the 2003 and 2007 women’s Big Ten champion teams and the 2006 men’s Big Ten champion team. During summer competition, he helped the Hoosiers to the 2003, 2004, and 2006 USA Diving Women’s National Championships.

Radman also owns a wealth of international experience. In 2012, he was the United States team leader for the FINA Diving World Series in Dubai. He also coached the 2011 United States men’s team in Shenzhen, China at the Summer Universiade. Prior to his time at Florida State, he spend a year and a half in Egypt and two years in China as an ESL teacher and diving consultant. In 2006, he was a guest coach to China’s national and regional training centers in Beijing and Xi’an.

Radman is the program director of Red Wolf Elite Diving Club, Camps and Educational Clinics that develops coaches’ education as well as judging training. He is a USA Diving Full Coach and is a certified FINA judge and official. He sits on the NCAA Championships committee that oversees the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in March.

Radman earned a double bachelor’s in French Literature and Language and Near Eastern Cultures, Societies and Politics from Indiana in 2005. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sport psychology and exercise science.

He is married to Anisa Radman, and the couple has two daughters.