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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. |