Women's Swimming and Diving
Close, Lindsay
Lindsay Close
- Title:
- Volunteer Diving Coach
Lindsay Close, a 2004 graduate from Hope College, is currently in her third season as a volunteer diving coach in 2020-21. She served as the program's diving coach for three seasons from 2015-2018.
Close coached Hailee Miller to the three-meter gold medal at the 2017 America East Championships for the program's first ever diving championship. Then she coached Miller to the one-meter gold and Allison Stefanelli to the three-meter gold at the 2018 America East Championships. Miller was named the Most Outstanding Diver marking the first time a Wildcat won that honor.
Close arrived at UNH after serving as the diving/assistant swim coach at the Academy of Notre Dame located in Tyngsboro, Mass.
A 2004 graduate of Hope College with magna cum laude distinction in Psychology, Close was a four-year letterwinner and named a captain in her senior season. She consistently placed in the top 10 at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Meet during her collegiate career, including top five finishes in her last two years at Hope. In the classroom, the four-time league Scholar-Athlete was inducted into the Mortar Board and Psi-Chi Psychology honor societies.
After her collegiate career, she joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach at Hope (2004-07) while working with West Ottawa High School (2000-06) and Unity Christian High School (2004).
In 2008, Close was hired as a Spanish teacher at Bedford High School and works there today. She returned to the deck at the Academy of Notre Dame in 2014 and started building a program with beginners. After two years of training, Close had one diver qualify for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division II Sectionals and States.
Outside of the pool, she is competitive runner for the Whirlaway Racing Team in Methuen, Mass.
Close coached Hailee Miller to the three-meter gold medal at the 2017 America East Championships for the program's first ever diving championship. Then she coached Miller to the one-meter gold and Allison Stefanelli to the three-meter gold at the 2018 America East Championships. Miller was named the Most Outstanding Diver marking the first time a Wildcat won that honor.
Close arrived at UNH after serving as the diving/assistant swim coach at the Academy of Notre Dame located in Tyngsboro, Mass.
A 2004 graduate of Hope College with magna cum laude distinction in Psychology, Close was a four-year letterwinner and named a captain in her senior season. She consistently placed in the top 10 at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Meet during her collegiate career, including top five finishes in her last two years at Hope. In the classroom, the four-time league Scholar-Athlete was inducted into the Mortar Board and Psi-Chi Psychology honor societies.
After her collegiate career, she joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach at Hope (2004-07) while working with West Ottawa High School (2000-06) and Unity Christian High School (2004).
In 2008, Close was hired as a Spanish teacher at Bedford High School and works there today. She returned to the deck at the Academy of Notre Dame in 2014 and started building a program with beginners. After two years of training, Close had one diver qualify for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division II Sectionals and States.
Outside of the pool, she is competitive runner for the Whirlaway Racing Team in Methuen, Mass.
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UNH Head Coach Josh Willman America East Champions Post-Meet Interview
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