About MDC
Since 1989 Montgomery Dive Club (MDC) has been the premier springboard and platform diving program in the national capitol area, and one of the top programs in the US. MDC offers professional instruction for divers of all ages and abilities at four locations across Montgomery County.
We have programs for absolute beginners, young divers training for competitive success, high school divers, adults who want to test their skills, and highly focused elite athletes.
Meet the Staff
Doug Beavers - Program Director
Coach Beavers has been active in the sport of diving since 1977, and has been a professional diving coach for over 20 years.
For years he was actively involved with NVSL diving at Parliament Pool in Springfield, VA. Parliament is where he learned to swim and dive, got his first job, started coaching diving, and met his wife Beth. In 1989 he began coaching at the Northern Virginia Dive Club (NVDC) a registered USA Diving program. During his time there he played an instrumental role in the development of NVDC’s first Olympic Trials qualifier, Kristin Link. By the time he left in December 1994, the club had built a strong reputation as an up-and-coming USA Diving program. Eager to try his hand as a Head Coach, he spent two years as the Head JO Coach at South Carolina Divers and served as assistant coach at University of South Carolina. There he worked with Puerto Rican Olympian Vivian Alberty and US Olympians Melisa Moses and Michelle Davison.
In December of 1996, he was asked by the City of St Peters, Missouri to create a comprehensive diving program at the St Peters REC-PLEX. He started from scratch, and over the next nine years Lightning Diving became a nationally recognized USA Diving program, produced numerous Junior National and Senior National Qualifiers, NCAA scholarship athletes, and several National Champions. Divers Coach Beavers and his staff trained in St Peters went on to capture NCAA and Senior National Titles, compete in US Olympic Trials, and even compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
In the summer of 2004 the City of St Peters hosted the US Olympic Trials for diving, and Doug was an active part of the bid and hosting of that event. By the summer of 2005 Doug and Beth decided to sell the business and return to Northern Virginia where they could enjoy time with brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
In addition to coaching, Beavers has been active in the administrative levels of the sport, serving on the Executive Board of USA Diving and as President of the US Professional Diving Coaches Association. Coach Beavers currently lives in Burke VA, where he has worked for the last five years as a business development consultant in the healthcare industry.
Jeff Stabile - Director of Competitive Diving Programs
Jeff started diving with two-time National Age Group Coach of the Year and 2000 Olympic Team Leader Van Austin in 1980. Despite a few brief forays to other coaches in the early days, he remained with Van throughout his competitive career. As a diver, he won a then-unprecedented four NCAA Division III crowns (sweeping both springboards in 1985 and 1986) while representing University of California San Diego. After his sophomore year, he transferred to UCLA and reached the NCAA Division I Championships before graduating with a BA in Psychology. Jeff continues to compete on the Masters level, and has won nine individual titles and four synchro titles at Masters Nationals over the last 10 years.
Jeff started coaching professionally in 1990. At the collegiate level, he has produced 16 Conference Champions, eight NCAA Zone Qualifiers, five NCAA qualifiers, and 2 NCAA All-Americans at Occidental College and UC Santa Barbara.
On the club level, Jeff has developed many national-level divers, including 30 Junior National finalists and 10 Senior National qualifiers in 1996-1998. He was named Zone D Age Group Coach of the Year in 1993, serving as Southern Pacific Association President 1997-1999, and being named to the East/West All-Stars International Coaching staff in May 1999.
Over the past five seasons, Jeff has coached over 35 divers to more than 70 Aloha State Games medals, three divers to 25 top-twelve finishes at U.S. Diving Junior Regional Championships, one diver to five appearances at various East/West Championships, three divers to the finals of the AAU National Championships, and one diver to the finals of the US Junior and Senior Nationals.
He continues to be active in United States Diving on the coaching and administrative levels. Within USD, he has served on the Junior Olympic International Subcommittee and Nominations Committee from 1999-2000 and 2005-2006, the Finance Committee from 2002-2005, the Junior Rules Subcommittee in 2002-2004, the Long Range Plan Review Committee in 2003, and is currently a member of the Governance and Rules Committees.
Jeff enjoys the sport in other ways as well, providing online color commentary at the 2000 US Diving Olympic Team Trials, judging at the 2000, 2005, 2006 Junior Nationals, the 2000 and 2003, 2004, and 2006 Senior Nationals, the 2002 Junior World Team Trials, and the 2004 -2006 East/West Championships.
Ivan Bondarenko - Associate Head Coach (MAC)
Ivan is from Kazakhstan and was a Bronze Medalist in the 2001 FINA Cup and has a degree in physical education. Ivan is in his fourth year with MDC
Dennis Bonderenko - Associate Head Coach (MAC)
Dennis is recognized as an accomplished diver having represented the Republic of Kazakhstan on their Olympic Diving Team from 1992-2003. He has also coached Kazakhstan’s Junior National Team from 1995-2007. Dennis also has his Bachelor’s Degree in Coaching.
Patrick Meck - Associate Head Coach MLK
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