Emily Howard - Head Diving Coach - Men's Swimming & Diving Coaches

Emily Howard

Title:
Head Diving Coach
Email:
eeh56@drexel.edu

Emily Howard recently completed her third year at Drexel in 2017-18. She was named the head men’s and women’s diving coach in August 2015.

Last season, Howard guided sophomore Anthony Musciano to being named the CAA Men’s Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Championships and CAA Diver of the Year for a second consecutive season. Howard was also honored as the Men's Diving Coach of the Year nod for a second consecutive season.

In her second season with Drexel, she helped guide freshman Anthony Musciano to being named the CAA Men’s Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Championships, CAA Diver of the Year and CAA Rookie Diver of the Year. Musciano and senior Madison Kramer also went on to compete at NCAA Zones for the Dragons.

In her first season at the helm, the men’s diving team saw senior David Sanchez be named the CAA Men’s Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Diving Championships as well as the CAA Men’s Diver of the Year for the third time. Howard also helped produce the CAA Men’s Rookie Diver of the Year in Michael Binkauskas.

Howard graduated with honors from Clemson University in 2014 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Athletic Leadership. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in the Psychology of Human Movement from Temple University, where she also mentors student-athletes as a Graduate Extern in the Nancy and Donald Resnick Athletic Academic Center.

Howard began her diving career at age nine in her hometown of Lower Makefield, Pa. As a collegiate athlete, Howard represented the Clemson women's diving program for four years, two of which she served as captain. Howard competed all four years in both the ACC Championships as well as NCAA Zone B Championships. During her time at Clemson, Howard was twice named the team's most valuable diver and a recipient of the Weaver-James-Corrigan ACC Postgraduate Award. Among other accolades and honors for her community service and leadership, Howard was awarded the MLK Excellence in Service award and the Undergraduate Outstanding Women Award.

Prior to this appointment, Howard served as an assistant coach for TNT Diving, a USA diving team training out of Fort Washington, Pa., and Clemson Diving Club, in Clemson, S.C. She has also worked with junior and collegiate athletes providing mental skills training to improve performance.