University of Miami Women's Swimming

Ableman has developed the Hurricanes diving team into the nation's premier program, while making his mark as one of the nation's most respected diving authorities on the collegiate and national level, respectively. Ableman, the 2013 ACC Women's Diving Coach of the year, is a nine-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year, earning the national honor six consecutive years from 1995-2000 and was named the BIG EAST Conference's Men's Diving Coach of the Year in 2000, 2002 and 2003. Alongside that, he was selected as the Women's Coach of the Year four consecutive times from 2000-2003. In 2002, Ableman was honored by U.S. Diving as he was awarded the Phil Boggs Award, presented annually to honor those who have achieved individual excellence in diving and have given back a part of themselves to assure the sport's continuation and success. Ableman, who coached the South African diving team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, served on the U.S. coaching staff for the 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), 2004 (Athens), 2012 (London) and 2016 (Rio de Janeiro) Olympic Games. Most recently, Ableman coached then-senior Sam Dorman to a record-breaking performance in the 3-meter event at the 2015 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. Dorman's score of 529.10 was the highest total in NCAA history for the six-dive version of the event, which earned him the first national championship by a Miami men's diver since Reuben Ross in 2008. Dorman's storybook journey at Miami was far from over; Ableman would go on to coach Dorman at the 2016 Rio Olympics as a member of the Team USA staff, and led his protégé to a silver medal as a member of the 3-meter synchro team. All three of Ableman's active divers qualified for the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Championships in Indianapolis. Kara McCormack, the 2013 ACC Women's Diver of the Year, earned All-America status in the platform event, while Lindsay Lester was named All-America in the 3-meter. Ableman has coached 12 National Champions to a NCAA-record 23 individual national titles, including four-time NCAA Champions Dean Panaro, Rio Ramirez and Tyce Routson. Recently added to his list of national awardwinners were Brittany Viola and Reuben Ross who each collected individual titles in 2008. From 1991-2002, in one of the most impressive streaks in NCAA diving history, the Miami men's and women's diving teams combined for 20 individual NCAA Championships. During which time, the Hurricanes won at least one national title for 12 consecutive seasons, naming at least two NCAA Champions in six seasons. Miami swept the field at the 1997 Men's NCAA Championship, winning the 1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform and in 1996 the Hurricanes placed first, second and third in both the 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform. Ableman led the Hurricanes to another NCAA record in 1996 with the trio of Tyce Routson, Brian Gillooly and Chris Mantilla becoming the first freshman in NCAA history to sweep the 10-meter platform at the NCAA Championships. Under Ableman's guidance, 24 Hurricanes have garnered All-America honors with at least one (1) UM diver earning All-America status every year since 1989. In 1995, the Hurricanes became the first school in NCAA history to have five divers - Jose Gil, Brian Ramos, Chris Mantilla, Brian Gillooly and Tyce Routson - earn All-America honors in the same year. National title holders Viola and Ross were added to the long list of All-Americans coached under Ableman in 2008. Hurricane divers have also excelled on the Olympic level during Ableman's tenure, with a total of 11 divers, representing seven different countries, competing at the Olympic Games since 1992, including U.S. Diving Team member and former Hurricane Kyle Prandi. In 2004, Ableman made his third trip to the Olympic Games as a member of the U.S. Olympic Diving Team coaching staff. He also served on the 1996 and 2000 Olympic teams and in the summer of 2003, Ableman served as the U.S. Pan Am Games head coach. More recently, Ableman served as head coach of the diving team for the Republic of South Africa and coached two more Hurricanes in Summer Olympic Games. Jenna Dreyer (South Africa) made her second trip to the Olympic Games to represent her home country under the guidance of Ableman in 2008 in Beijing, China. Also participating for the Hurricanes as a member of a national team was Dreyer's teammate Reuben Ross--representing his home country of Canada. Dreyer was also a member of the South African national team in 2004 during the Olympic Game sin Athens, Greece. Ableman came to Miami in 1989 after a five-year stint as the head diving coach at the University of South Carolina from 1985-1989 and a one-year stay as the head coach at Wright State in 1984. A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ableman graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's of science in recreation and education in 1983. A four-time All-America diver at Iowa, Ableman was the 1981 NCAA Champion in the 1-meter springboard and still to this day holds the Hawkeyes school record in the 3-meter springboard. Ableman was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005 and the UM Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1980, Ableman was named to the U.S. Olympic Diving Team, but was forced to miss the 1980-Moscow games due to an American boycott. From 1978-1984, he was a member of the U.S. National Team. He is married to the former Karen Gorham, who was the 1980 U.S. Indoor champion in the 1-meter springboard.

Kershaw's arrival to Coral Gables in 2013. Most recently, Miami posted seven dual meet wins in 2015-16 - its highest win total in five seasons - witha team that featured an NCAA Swimming Championships qualifier (Angela Algee) and two U.S. Olympic trialists (Algee and Christina Leander). Miami's win total has increased in each year since his arrival, and Kershaw spent the 2016 offseason as head manager of USA Swimming at the Rio Olympics, where USA hauled in a world-leading 33 medals, including 16 golds. Kershaw joined the Hurricanes in the summer of 2013 after spending the previous 10 years with Southern Methodist University. After seven years as an assistant coach, Kershaw served as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for his final three seasons with the Mustangs. Kershaw has been a force for U.S. Swimming as head manager. In additional to serving in the role at the 2016 Olympics (Rio), he has been head maanger for the 2015 World Championships (Kazan, Russia), 2012 Summer Olympics (London), the 2011 World Championships (Shanghai), the 2010 Pan Pacific Games (Irvine, Calif.) and the 2009 Duel in the Pool (Manchester, U.K.). Prior to his time with U.S. Swimming, he served as an assistant coach for the Slovenian national swimming team from 2004-06. I think he is an incredible person, said Teri McKeever, who served as head coach of the U.S. womens swimming team for the London Olympics. He is very people-oriented, a great communicator, proactive and very driven. Andy is committed to the sport and to developing young people. During his time at SMU, Kershaw coached 79 NCAA All-Americans and helped the Mustangs finish in the top 25 in the country six times. The Mustangs had six Conference USA Swimmers of the Year and 35 NCAA Academic All-Americans under his watch. In 2012, Kershaw was recognized as Honorable Mention NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year bycollegeswimming.com. Kershaw's coaching career began as a student assistant for the men's and women's team at Ohio and continued in that role until 1998, when he became the graduate assistant for the 1998-1999 seasons. In 1999 he was hired as the head assistant coach for both programs, a role he served until 2003. As the assistant, he was primarily responsible for the distance group and oversaw the organization of the recruiting efforts. During his four years as the assistant, Kershaw helped lead the women's team to back-to-back Mid-American Team Championships, while guiding two Ohio swimmers to NCAA All-America performances. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Kershaw earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in athletic administration from Ohio University. Kershaw and his wife Elizabeth have one daughter, Emma.

Maxvill spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach on the TCU Horned Frogs swimming & diving staff beginning in 2013. A four-year letterwinner at Texas A&M, Maxvill helped lead the Aggies to two Big 12 titles (2008, 2010) and was an Academic All-American in 2010. Under her guidance as assistant coach, the Hurricanes posted seven dual meet wins in 2015-16 - its most in five years - and featured an NCAA Swimming Championships qualifier (Angela Algee) and two U.S. Olympic trialists (Algee and Christina Leander). Head swimming coach Andy Kershaw announced the hiring of Maxvill to the position of assistant swimming coach in April 2015. When I started the search for a new assistant, I knew I wanted someone that was loyal, sharp and who had great experience in swimming and recruiting, Kershaw said upon her hiring. Caroline fit that bill perfectly.  There is no doubt in my mind that she is one of the top young coaches in this sport and has a career full of success ahead of her. She joined the Horned Frogs after serving as head swimming & diving coach at Athens High School during the 2012-13 season. I am honored to be joining Coach Kershaw and the Hurricanes family, Maxvill said upon her hiring. From the minute I stepped on campus, I knew there was something special about The U! There is an excitement and a drive within the athletic department that is contagious. Kershaw said Maxvill will help Miami on its journey towards the top of the ACC and beyond. I believe our program is one that is on the rise, and I think Caroline is going to take us another step in that direction, he said. She is going to help Miami swimming & diving continue to work its way up the ACC and NCAA ladder, and I cant wait to start working with her. The coaches that she has coached with and swam for had such great things to say about Caroline, I know this is the right fit for our team. A Dallas, Texas native, Maxvill attended J.J. Pearce High School where she captured the 2007 Texas 4A State title in the 100-yard breaststroke. She went on to a stellar career with the Aggies, including a time in the 200-yard breaststroke that ranks eighth-best in school history. It is definitely a program on the rise and I am ready to help Coach Kershaw and the Hurricanes women continue to improve and reach new heights in the ACC, Maxvill said. Coach Kershaw has seen much success in the two years he has been at Miami, and I am excited to be a part of continuing that momentum.