Max Obermiller
Head Swimming and Diving Coach
Phone: 598-1546
Email:
mobermil@sewanee.edu
Office Phone: 931/598-1546
email: mobermil@sewanee.edu
MAX OBERMILLER is in his 14th year as swimming and diving coach at the University of the South.
During his Sewanee tenure, his teams have set all 42 school swimming and diving records, while the 1999 team set records for wins (women, 14; men, 12) and won the 1999 SCAC women's title.
In addition, Obermiller's teams have been academic All-America for 18 consecutive semesters.
Highest National Finish: At the 2000 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, the Sewanee men's and women's teams recorded their highest finish ever. The men finished 24th in the nation, led by All-American diver Jon Morris' second place finish in the 3m diving and third in the 1m diving.
The women placed 34th and boasted their first ever All-American in JH Chapman (6th in the 200 freestyle). Since 1997, Sewanee has had 10 All-American finishes at Nationals.
Obermiller has coached five athletes who have won nine SCAC Athletes of the Year Awards.
* JH Chapman - three-time Female Swimmer of the Year recipient (1999-2000-2001)
* Lizzi Land - three-time Female Swimmer of the Year(2002-2003-2004)
* Keith Salazar - 2000 Male Swimmer of the Year.
* Jon Morris - 1999 Male Diver of the Year
* Mackenzie Johnson - 1999 Female Diver of the Year
Obermiller was voted the 1999 SCAC Women's Coach of the Year.
A native of Grinnell, Iowa, Obermiller earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Beloit College (Wisc.) in 1979. He earned his master's in exercise and sports science from East Carolina in 1989.
Obermiller lives in Sewanee, Tenn.and has three children: Erik, 21, Rachel, 19, and Anna, 15.
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