Wesley Mattice - Head Diving Coach - Swimming Coaches

Wesley Mattice

Title:
Head Diving Coach
Email:
wamattic@ncsu.edu
Phone:
(919) 406-4217

NC State swimming and diving head coach Braden Holloway announced the addition of Wesley Mattice as head diving coach in May 2021.

In his first season with the Wolfpack, Mattice coached six Wolfpack divers to NCAA Zone B Championships appearances. That run was highlighted by Bayne Bennett's performance as he qualified for the NCAA Championships on one-meter and three-meter. Under Mattice's leadership, NC State diving was represented at the final championships site for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Mattice came to Raleigh following three seasons as head diving coach at George Washington. Prior to his time at GW, he trained the nation's most elite youth divers as part of the staff for USA Diving's Junior National Team.

While at GW, Mattice was most notably named 2020 A-10 Men's Diving Coach of the Year. He helped coach Peter Nachtwey to Most Outstanding Diver awards in both 2018-19 and 2019-20. Mattice's divers also played key roles at the squad's conference meets, helping the men claim the team title in 2019 and the women earn their first-ever victory in 2020.

Mattice helped lead two men's divers to the NCAA Zone A Championships in 2019, with Nachtwey setting a new program record on platform at that meet. In his three years at GW, he coached the Colonial divers to two A-10 gold medals, two silvers, three bronzes and a total of 18 top-eight A-10 individual finishes.

During his time with USA Diving, Mattice served as head coach for the national team based out of the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center in Rockville, Md. He was part of the team's trip to the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in Cuba, and he played a role in preparing America's best divers for other international competitions.

Mattice also previously spent time as facility director and coach of the Montgomery Dive Club and coach of the Whirlwind Dive Club in Connecticut.

Mattice completed his collegiate diving career at Southern Connecticut State. He competed at the U.S. Masters Diving Championships in 2007 before stepping into his full-time coaching career.