Colorado State University Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving
Bergere, Chris
Chris Bergere
- Title:
- Head Diving Coach
- Email:
- chris.bergere@colostate.edu
- Phone:
- (970) 732-0789
Chris Bergere, a mentor whose career spans four decades of success, joined the staff as the head diving coach in July 2019.
The 2023-24 season was a strong followup to the season prior, when he had a pair of divers score on all three boards at conference. His duo did it again, only better, as Maggie Di Scipio earned All-Mountain West recognition on 1-meter by placing seventh. Di Scipio worked her way into the program top 10 on all three boards during the season, qualifying for NCAA Zones on both springboards. All three of his divers posted top-10 marks, with Jozie Meitz reaching highest with the third-best platform performance in school history.
In 2021-22, Bergere coached a second diver to a school record, freshman Lindsay Gizzi, with a 335.05 on the 1-meter springboard. Gizzi finished the year ranked second on the 3-meter at 338.00. By the end of the campaign, all five divers on the roster ranked in the top 10 in school history on one of the three boards.
In his first season guiding the CSU divers, Skylar Williams broke a pair of school records (1-meter springboard and platform), qualifying for the NCAA Zone E meet on all three boards. Rachel Holland qualified for Zones, as well, with both placing at the Mountain West Championships. In his second season, he helped Katie Leonard establish personal bests on all three boards as she placed in each event at the Mountain West Championships, with Holland placing in a pair.
Bergere began his career as a collegiate head coach in 1986, since leading national teams and coaching a national champion.
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Bergere’s prior collegiate coaching experience includes nine years at Yale as the head coach of both men’s and women’s teams. During his tenure he had multiple competitors qualify for NCAA Zones and win Ivy League Championships.
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Prior to coaching at Yale, Bergere served as head coach for eight years at Michigan, where he coached the 2003 NCAA platform diving champion. His coaching career as a head diving coach began at his alma mater, LaSalle, where he spent his first 17 seasons. As a competitor, Bergere was a four-year scholarship athlete and qualified for NCAA Zones all four seasons at LaSalle.
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In international competition, he has coached the United States' team at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia and at the 2003 games in Daegu, South Korea. In 2004, he served as a coach at the US Olympic Trials and judged the 2008 US Olympic Trials. In 2000, he was the Junior Olympic coach in Munich, Germany.
The 2023-24 season was a strong followup to the season prior, when he had a pair of divers score on all three boards at conference. His duo did it again, only better, as Maggie Di Scipio earned All-Mountain West recognition on 1-meter by placing seventh. Di Scipio worked her way into the program top 10 on all three boards during the season, qualifying for NCAA Zones on both springboards. All three of his divers posted top-10 marks, with Jozie Meitz reaching highest with the third-best platform performance in school history.
In 2021-22, Bergere coached a second diver to a school record, freshman Lindsay Gizzi, with a 335.05 on the 1-meter springboard. Gizzi finished the year ranked second on the 3-meter at 338.00. By the end of the campaign, all five divers on the roster ranked in the top 10 in school history on one of the three boards.
In his first season guiding the CSU divers, Skylar Williams broke a pair of school records (1-meter springboard and platform), qualifying for the NCAA Zone E meet on all three boards. Rachel Holland qualified for Zones, as well, with both placing at the Mountain West Championships. In his second season, he helped Katie Leonard establish personal bests on all three boards as she placed in each event at the Mountain West Championships, with Holland placing in a pair.
Bergere began his career as a collegiate head coach in 1986, since leading national teams and coaching a national champion.
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Bergere’s prior collegiate coaching experience includes nine years at Yale as the head coach of both men’s and women’s teams. During his tenure he had multiple competitors qualify for NCAA Zones and win Ivy League Championships.
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Prior to coaching at Yale, Bergere served as head coach for eight years at Michigan, where he coached the 2003 NCAA platform diving champion. His coaching career as a head diving coach began at his alma mater, LaSalle, where he spent his first 17 seasons. As a competitor, Bergere was a four-year scholarship athlete and qualified for NCAA Zones all four seasons at LaSalle.
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In international competition, he has coached the United States' team at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia and at the 2003 games in Daegu, South Korea. In 2004, he served as a coach at the US Olympic Trials and judged the 2008 US Olympic Trials. In 2000, he was the Junior Olympic coach in Munich, Germany.
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