Bentley University

The 2026-27 season will be Rich Danehy's 31st as Bentley's diving coach.

Danehy is a 10-time NE10 Women's Diving Coach of the Year, most recently in 2024-25, which was his sixth straight season winning the award. He is a five-time Men's Diving Coach of the Year, most recently in 2018-19.

He has coached the NE10 Women's Diver of the Year eight times in his career and the Men's Diver of the Year three times.

In his career, the men's team has won the NE10 Championship on four occasions (2009-10, 2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20).

Most recently, Danehy coached Hilla Almog '25 to back-to-back NE10 Diver of the Year honors (2024 & 2025), including NCAA bids in both seasons. The 2023-24 season saw Almog named a second team All-America.

During his time at Bentley, Danehy has coached four different men to New England championships, including two-time All-America Matt Cupps and honorable mention All-America Jon Andrews, and five-time women's All-America Nicola Mancini. Over the years, he has also coached several high school All-Americas and a national Junior Olympic qualifier. In addition, he has worked with many Massachusetts state champions and several New Hampshire state champions. 

Danehy has been recognized by the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association as the 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2012 recipient of the Charles Batterman Men’s Diving Coach of the Year, and was the organization's 2007 Women's Diving Coach of the Year. 

A native of Billerica, Danehy has also coached diving at Weston High School and Billerica High School and was the head coach of Mass Pike Diving.