Kyle Friesenhahn was hired as the head diving coach in June 2024.
In 2025-26, Friesenhahn's divers made history during the America East Championship with a male placing fourth in the one-meter, the highest placement in the America East era, and had a female become the first woman diver since 2023 to place in the top eight.
In his first year, Friesenhahn changed the perspective of VMI diving during the 2024-25 campaign. Friesenhahn coached an America East Diver of the Week, and led the first female Rat diver to a top-10 finish at a conference championship in team history, and the first female VMI diver to place in the top 16 in both one- and three-meter diving events as a freshman.
Friesenhahn comes to the Institute after spending 10 years as the Head Diving Coach and Assistant Swimming Coach at Delta State University. Since 2013, Friesenhahn has coached 48 NCAA Division II National Qualifiers and was named NSISC Men’s Diving Coach of the Year six times, earning the feat the last three seasons. During his tenure, the Statesmen have earned eight conference titles and a second-place mark in the 2019 NCAA D-II National Championships.
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Before Delta State, Friesenhahn led the Lindenwood University Diving program for four seasons. While with the Lions, Friesenhahn was a part of the NAIA and LAC Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff of the Year in 2010 after leading Lindenwood to a conference championship, his first of three titles. He was also dubbed LAC Championship Women’s Diving Coach of the Meet in 2012.
A graduate of Lindenwood, Friesenhahn earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Radio & Television in 2009 and later secured a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Sport Management in 2010.
