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Lisa A Gibbs
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Dive Coach
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Memorial Field House
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Phone: 802.443.5250
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Email: lgibbs@middlebury.edu
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Alma Mater: Syracuse '81
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Years at Midd: 12
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Gibbs begins her 12th season at Middlebury as head men’s and women’s diving coach. Since taking over the diving duties, Panther divers have gained national prominence. In 2001, Middlebury boasted its first NCAA diving champion in school history, Derek Chicarilli. Two years later, the women did the same as Tessa Truex captured a title. As a results, Gibbs was named the National Diving Coach of the Year in ’01, while earning NESCAC honors five times.
Gibbs competed as a collegiate diver and cheerleader for Syracuse from ’77-’81, where she earned her degree in nursing. After moving to Vermont, she began her coaching career at the University of Vermont as head coach from ’85-’96. As a competitive athlete and coach, she brings with her a wide assortment of experience to draw upon as she continues to lead the Panther divers.
As a mother of three, Gibbs balances her coaching responsibilities with her job as a neonatal intensive care nurse in Burlington, where she resides with her husband Scott.