Matt O'Neill

Biography

Matt O’Neill enters his second season with the West Virginia University swimming and diving program after joining the staff as the head diving coach in August 2025. 2025-26 In his first season at the helm of the diving program, Matt O’Neill overcame various injuries to send three divers to the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. At the 2026 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships, two divers placed in the top eight. Sophomore Levi Hellmann placed fourth on 3-meter, and senior Abigail Sullivan finished eighth on platform. Both divers earned their first career medals at the Big 12 Championships for their performances. Three divers competed at the Zone A Diving Championships, with Hellmann qualifying for his first career NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on platform. Prior to West Virginia O’Neill was at Harvard from 2019 to 2025, leading 15 individual NCAA Championships qualifiers and three NCAA All-Americans for the Crimson. During this time, Harvard won four Ivy League men’s championships and one Ivy League women’s title. O’Neill also coached Harvard divers to 57 Ivy League top eight finishes and five Ivy League champions. 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