2012-13 Swimming and Diving Coaches
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Jeff Boss
Head Coach- 1st Season
 

Jeff Boss becomes the second head coach of Concordia's men's and women's swimming and diving teams, and will begin his first athletic season in 2012-13 as the program enters its sixth year of existence.

Boss comes to Concordia most recently from Mission Viejo High School and Sprint Club Swimming.  He has been the head coach of the boys' swimming and diving team at Mission Viejo since 2001 and the girls' squads since 2008.  Boss is the founder of Sprint Club Swimming, a USA Swimming chartered swim club, and has been at the helm since its creation in 2010.

While at Mission Viejo, Boss' teams won the CIF-SS Division I Championship in 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2003.  They were Runners-Up in 2004 and 2002.  He coached 42 CIF Individual State Champions and tutored 154 National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association High School All-Americans.  Boss has mentored 29 NISCA Academic All-Americans.  The LA Times ranked his boys' team #1 in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2002 and his girls' team #1 in 2008.  The OC Register tabbed his squads #1 in 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2002.  Boss was the Los Angeles Times' Swimming Coach of the Year in 2002, the California Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2004, NHSADCA National Coach of the Year Finalist 2007, and OC Register Coach of the Year 2008.

At the Sprint Club, he has coached swimmers to SCS Age Group and Junior Olympics titles, and SCS and National Top 10 achievements.  He has placed swimmers on the Pacific Quad Team, had representatives in the SCS Swim Festival and the North American Age Group Challenge Cup team.

From 2003-2010 he coached the Mission Viejo Nadadores, a USA Swimming Gold Medal Club.  Boss began his head coaching career with the men's swimming team at NCAA Division I University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA from 1981-1983.  While at UNI, Boss was also an adjunct professor of physical education and aquatics.  He was the founder and head coach of Hawkeye Master's Swimming, who became Iowa State Champions.  Boss was also a member of the Executive Committee of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. 

Boss had a decorated collegiate swimming career under legendary coach James E. ‘Doc' Counsilman at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN from 1974 to 1978.  His teams competed in NCAA National Championships his first three years and won Big Ten Championships all four years.  He participated in the Olympic Swim Trials in 1972 and 1976.  After completing his degree, he became a graduate assistant and assistant coach with the men's swimming team at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. 

Boss' teaching credentials are extensive.  He was a resource specialist in special education at Silverado Continuation High School in Mission Viejo, CA, and taught physical education at Mission Viejo High School.  He was an adjunct professor at the University of Northern Iowa and taught courses in physical education at Ball State University as a graduate assistant.

He graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor's in kinesiology, and earned his Master of Art's degree in physical education from Ball State University.

Boss is certified with the NISCA, American Swimming Coaches Association, USA Swimming, Red Cross, and Heartsaver.  He maintains a membership with NISCA, ASCA, College Swimming Coaches Association of America, and the World Swimming Coaches Association.

Jeff is married to Margaret, whom he met in college.  They have two sons and one daughter.  His oldest, Tyler, 27, is a commercial diver in Houston, TX.  His other son Bobby, 24, is married to Kelly and the couple lives in San Luis Obispo and work for a mental services company.  Jeff's daughter Haley, 21, works for the Hilton Corporation in The Woodlands, TX.

 
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Rian Wise
Assistant Coach- 1st Season
 

Rian Wise joined Concordia in 2012-13 as an assistant coach for the men's and women's swimming and diving programs.

Wise has coached at Aquazot Swim Club, a USA Swimming team in Irvine, since September of 2004.  She has coached swimmers to SCS Age Group and Junior Olympics titles, as well as SCS and National Top-10 achievements.  Wise has had representatives in the SCS Swim Festival and the North American Age Group Challenge Cup teams.

Wise swam collegiately for Brian Pajer at UC Irvine from 2004-2008.  She went to Big West Conference Championships and was a Top-8 finalist four consecutive years in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events.  After completing her B.A. in social science she kept coaching at Aquazot and earned her master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University in 2012.

Wise lives in Irvine and is from Temecula, CA.  Her parents are Kirk and Debbie Wise.  She is the oldest of three siblings, Kelsey, 25, Kyle, 23, and Taylor, 16. 

 
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Jim Montrella
Assistant Coach- 1st Season
 

Jim Montrella joined the Concordia swimming and diving staff in 2012-13 as an assistant coach, and brings a legendary pedigree and wealth of knowledge to the CU program in his over 50 years of coaching.

He is best known for his 17 years as the head coach of the swimming and diving program at The Ohio State University.  His teams won five consecutive Big Ten Conference Championships (1982-1986) and he coached 48 NCAA All-Americans.  Five of his swimmers were selected the Big Ten Swimmer of the Year.  He was twice named Big Ten Coach of the Year.  Montrella coached one NCAA National Champion and one AIA W National Champion.

Montrella became an assistant coach at USC and the Trojan Swim Club (1997-2000).  He was also employed by the USA National Team from 2006-2009 as a Master Coach Consultant. 

He was awarded the ASCA Coach of the Year in 1969 and 1971, the highest honor given to swimming coaches.  He coached the 1976 USA Olympic Team and was an assistant Olympic Coach for Columbia in 1972.  Montrella has coached over 20 USA National Teams and was a coach and manager at the US Olympic Development Camps at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 1980-1983.

He was inducted into the American Swim Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005 and inducted into the Ohio State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.  He has been an ASCA member since 1959 and is a past vice president and board member.  He received his bachelor's from CSU Long Beach and master's from Ohio State University. 

Jim and his wife Bev have two daughters, Kristi and Kelly, and two grandchildren, Noah and Kalia.

 
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Ryan Larson
Grad Assistant- 1st Season
 

Ryan Larson joined the Concordia swimming and diving coaching staff in 2012-13.  He swam at Concordia for two years.  He was a volunteer coach in 2011-12.  He has taught several summer swim teams and a Masters team.   Larson graduated with bachelors in communications from Concordia and is currently pursuing his master's from Concordia.

 
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Courtney Martz
Grad Assistant- 1st Season
 

Courtney Martz joined the Concordia swimming and diving coaching staff as an assistant in 2012-13.

Martz swam at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA.  She broke six school records, was an NCAA All-American, four-time All-Conference selection, and two-time Georgia Southern Team MVP.  She graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's in general studies.

She grew up in Woodbine, GA.  He older brother, Ryan, is a high school teacher.  Her younger sister, Paige, is finishing her undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern.  Her parents are Brenda and Ray.

Martz is currently pursuing her master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia.

 
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Simon Harling
Assistant Coach- 1st Season
 

Simon Harling joined the Concordia swimming and diving program as an assistant coach in 2012-13.

Harling graduated from Concordia in 2011 with a degree in exercise science with an emphasis in coaching.  He swam for the Eagles, 2008-2011, and was a four-time NAIA All-American. 

He is from Southampton, United Kingdom.  Harling has an older brother, Richard, who works in sales in England.  His younger sister, 18, attends the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.  He is currently pursuing his master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia.