Hobie Billingsley is regarded as the greatest diving coach in the history of this sport producing 132 Olympic and National Champions starting with no divers or a facility in his first year. He overcame insurmountable odds in a family homeless and penniless during the Great Depression to become the Pennsylvania State Diving Champion going on to become the first four-time All-American at the diving dynasty of Ohio State. After a short stint in WWII and graduation, he and a partner performed vaudeville-like clown diving shows all over the country. In 1958 he became only the second diving coach ever hired by a college or university. The next year he accepted the same position at Indiana University and started a program with no divers or a facility for his first year. Then he went on to produce 132 Olympic and National Champions and helped Indiana win six NCAA and 23 Big Ten Championships, and be selected Olympic Diving coach five times!
