Trish Salvatore, a Master Diver and Massage Therapist, is in her third season as Diving coach.

The Vaqueros were dominant in their first season of 2017, led by Gina Jacobson and Ashley Dettmann. Jacobson went unbeaten on the way to two WSC titles and won the State 1-meter springboard with a State-record 246.85 points.

Trish has served as Assistant Dive Coach and Head Dive Coach at St. Mary’s High (Stockton, CA) where she launched the school’s first Northern California Diving Invitational in the 140-year history of the school. That invitational continues to be an on-going event at St Mary’s. She has also served as Head Dive Coach, Turlock High School (Turlock, CA) and as Assistant and Head Dive Coach for Santa Barbara High School, the league champions last year with three divers qualifying for CIF competition.

"Trish is extremely passionate and the perfect person for this job," said SBCC swim coach Chuckie Roth. "She is a technically sound coach with a passion for the sport of diving. She understand athletes and wants to help each student become the best in the classroom and on the boards."

Trish, a Master Diver and member of USA Diving, has competed at Far Western Conferences and other California diving events and has been a fundraiser and assistant to several dive teams including Capital Divers (Sacramento), Delta Valley Divers (San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton) and St. Mary’s High dive team. She has also been involved with the University of the Pacific’s athletic training program, providing muscle therapy to help the athletes achieve maximum performance.

She has also helped coach her daughter who dove for Tokay High (Lodi, CA); St. Mary’s High; San Joaquin Delta College and Cal Poly, where she was captain of the dive team.

Trish is a graduate of Mills College (BS) and Bancroft School of Massage (Certified Massage Therapist). and is a State of California Licensed Massage Therapist. Trish is also certified as a labor assistant (Doula), and is certified in Yoga Afloat, aqua aerobics, infant/child/adult CPR, pregnancy and infant massage, Pilates based mat work and is becoming a certified USA diving coach. Her private practice specializes in sports massage, injury recovery/prevention and women’s health.