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Dave Burgering
Dave Burgering is a Team USA Olympic diver, Fort Lauderdale Dive Team Diving Director and Head Coach, and is part of the United States Olympic Committee. Dave began diving at a very young age and had a very successful career, including a collegiate diving experience at Michigan State University. He had a very successful diving career and was part of the 1980 Olympic Games. However, he was unable to dive because the United States boycotted the olympics. He has been coaching for 32 years, including attending the 2008 Olympic Games as part of the coaching staff.

His Career
Dave has a long history with diving as he started diving in 1967 and finished his exceptional career in 1984. He first coached for the Missions Viejo Nadadores, as head coach, where his team won two National Team Titles in 1987 and 1988. Then, he coached in Boca Raton, FL for the Mission Bay Makos, where his team beat his old team by one point in the national championship. He nowise the head coach of Fort Lauderdale Diving Team and he began coaching there on January 15, 2007.

In 1967, he started his diving career on his school team. At Michigan State University, he found a great coach, John Narcy, and started training year round. He became an international level athlete being named to the USA National Team from 1977 – 1984, which led him to travel to countless international meets. He won international competitions in Sweden, Mexico, and Italy while placing in the finals in every other event internationally he competed in. He was part of Team USA for the 1980 Olympic Games, but the USA Boycotted the Games in Moscow that year, so he was never able to compete.

Now, he is one of the countries best diving coaches. He has coached 128 junior national finalists and 46 senior national finalists. His teams traditionally place in the top 10 at every national championship, junior or senior. He is also a Dive Safe instructor for USA Diving, that teaches instructors the proper way to teach beginning diving safely.