Mathew Aaron "Matt" Scoggin (born August 17, 1963, in Saitama, Japan) is a retired

diver Diver or divers may refer to: *Diving (sport), the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water *Practitioner of underwater diving, including: **scuba diving, **freediving, **surface-supplied diving, **saturation diving, a ...

from the

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. He competed for ''Team USA'' at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, finishing in tenth place in the Men's 10m Platform event. Scoggin won a silver medal in the same event at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

. Since 1994, Scoggin has been the Diving Coach for his alma mater, the

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. He is often called one of the greatest diving coaches in the country.

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* * 1963 births Living people Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of the United States Texas Longhorns men's divers American male divers Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games {{US-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub

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