TOWSON, Md. – Sergey Meshcherskiy has been named an assistant coach of the Towson University men's and women's swimming & diving teams, he will serve as the diving coach. Swimming & Diving Head Coach Anthony Bruno made the announcement Friday afternoon.
 
Meshcherskiy grew up in Russia and started diving at the age of five. He was a highly successful diver who placed first and second in numerous national and international competitions including the Junior National Championship, the Russian Cup, and claiming gold in the 3-meter dive and silver on platform at the 1995 Junior European Championships.
 
Meshcherskiy has been coaching in the United States since 2005, he started as a varsity diving coach at Salem State College and as a volunteer diving coach at Harvard University from 2006-2007. He then began age-group coaching and served in head coaching roles at Whirlwind Diving Club (2007-11), Northeast Elite Diving Purchase (2011-12), High Dive Champions Purchase (2012-18), and Montgomery Dive Club (2018-20). In 2020, Meshcherskiy became head coach and owner of Alliance Diving where he has coached elite youth divers such as 2021 Junior National Champion on 3-meter and platform Delany Hsu.
 
In 2021, he represented Team USA as a National Team coach at the UANA Pan-American Junior Diving Championship. In 2024 Meshcherskiy served as a National Team coach for Team of Kyrgyz Republic at the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships.
 
"Sergey brings with him a wealth of knowledge with over 20 years of coaching some of the top young talent in the country- including a national JR team member. Sergey has also coached for team USA and was himself a high-level international diver for Russia." Coach Bruno stated, "It was clear during the hiring process that Sergey will not only elevate our diver's performance on the boards, but he also values building relationships and seeing the holistic growth of student athletes. With the talent we have on the boards returning this season- I am excited to see our divers take another step at CAA's and zones."
 
 
Meshcherskiy graduated from Ural State Technical Institute in 2002 with a degree in sports management.