Swimming & Diving Coaches
The Jeff Hegle Story
Jeff Hegle completed his seventh season on the deck as the head swimming and diving coach for the men’s and women’s programs at St. Cloud State University in 2007-08.
In his seven seasons with SCSU he has led the Huskies to numerous NCAA Champioship meets consistantly finishing among the best in the country. This year, the Husky women earned a 20th place finish after earning 50 points at the NCAA Division II Championships. SCSU's men's team placed 15th at the Championships with 98 points.
Coach Hegle, along with diving coach Nate Brisley, helped coach SCSU's junior diver Nate Jimerson to national titles in both the one-meter and three-meter boards in 2008. Jimerson tallied a 520.75 score on the one-meter and two nights later completed the Championship sweep witha 546.15 on the three-meter. Jimerson's three-meter score was only 10 points away from the national meet record of 556.40 set in 1994. To add to his list of accolades, Jimerson was also named the 2008 NCAA Division II Male Diver of the Year at the conclusion of the Championship Meet.
In the final North Central Conference Championship meet, the Husky men gave their best effort, but met up with a very strong North Dakota team that was able to hold off the Huskies and claim the NCC Title. The SCSU men finished in second place for the second year in a row. The SCSU women's also posted th same finish as last season when they took foruth in the team competition.
Coach Hegle also led three Husky individuals to NCC Championships in 2007-08, and for the second year in a row, Nate Jimerson was named the NCC Diver of the Year. Academically, the Huskies posted a league best 23 student-athletes on the NCC Commissioners Academic Honor Roll.
During the 2006-07 season the women’s team finished 19th at the championship meet while the men fell just outside the top twenty at 21st. The best finish for the Husky women came in 2004 when they finished 11th at the NCAA meet. Coach Hegle also guided them to 12th place finishes in 2005 and 2006 as well as a 13th place finish in 2003 and a 16th in 2002. The men had their best finish in 2006 when they finished 19th, and also recorded 21st place finishes at both the 2004 and 2005 NCAA’s.
Two seasons ago at the North Central Conference Championship meet the SCSU men finished in second place for the second straight season, while the women finished in fourth place after finishing third in 2006. The University of North Dakota swept the meet taking home top honors for both the men and the women.
Hegle is a familiar name to SCSU athletics, as he was a graduate assistant coach to the swimming and diving program for two seasons (1993-95) and is a former Husky swimmer. Hegle captained the SCSU men’s swimming and diving team during the 1991-92 season. He received an undergraduate degree in social studies and secondary education in 1993. He earned a master’s degree in special education at SCSU.
At St. Cloud State, Hegle was an Admissions Ambassador for three years and a University Award of Excellence in Leadership nominee.
From 1997 until his appointment at SCSU, Hegle had been the girls swim coach at Monticello High School. He joined the Monticello program in 1995 as the assistant swim coach for boys and girls. He has also coached the Monticello Swim Club.
Along with his duties as head swimming and diving coach, Hegle also works in the SCSU Compliance Office.
Hegle, a native of Melrose, Minn., is married to former SCSU volleyball standout Christin Broich. Together they have three daughters, Caitlin, Tessa, and Molly.
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