
Title: | Diving Coach |
Email: | gmyer@cerritos.edu |
Previous College: | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
Glen Myer will be assisting the swim teams for the sixth year as
the diving coach. He has been named the South Coast Conference
Diving Coach of the Year for in four of those years. Myer began his
career with the Cerritos College women’s water polo program
in its inaugural season in 1998 as their head coach. During that
time, he has also served as the head coach of the women’s
swimming team. In addition, Myer has coached at Occidental College,
Warren High, Fountain Valley High and at Gahr High, where he
coached both water polo and swimming.
Myer was a member of the 1973 and 1974 Cerritos College water polo
teams, where he was a goalie and field player, and on the swimming
team specializing in springboard diving and the butterfly. As a
student at Warren High, Myer was a goalie as a junior and a field
player his senior season. Myer learned to swim just one year before
he entered high school and made himself into a fine polo player and
swimmer. He matriculated to Cal State Los Angeles, where he was an
Honorable Mention All-American as a senior and was named 1st
Team All-Conference. In addition, he was named his team’s
captain his senior year on the water polo team.
Myer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Physical Education at
California State University at Dominguez Hills. He earned his
Master of Science degree in Physical Education at Azusa Pacific
University.
Myer and his wife Audrey have been married for 29 years and have
two children—Marci (27), a graduate of the University of
Colorado at Boulder and Nick (24). Both Myer children are avid
swimmers and polo players. Coach Myer is still active in water polo
and has played on various club and master’s leagues in the
Orange County and Los Angeles areas.