David Boudia of the U.S. celebrates winning the silver medal for the men's 10m platform diving final at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai July 24, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SPORT DIVING AQUATICS)
Shocking news today as Adam Soldati, the head coach of Purdue Diving has announced he’ll step down and Purdue Diving legend David Boudia will take over as the new head coach.
🖤💛 Thank you, Coach Soldati! We owe you everything.
To focus on his health and family, diving head coach Adam Soldati will pass the torch of leading Purdue to protégé & Olympic champion David Boudia due to Soldati’s recent diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). pic.twitter.com/EwfN7mdLNR
— Purdue Diving (@PurdueDivers) May 16, 2024
Soldati has been at Purdue since 2005 had has led a long line of champions and olympic divers here at Purdue. According to Purdue, Soldati plans to coach the Boilermakers through the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June and will assist Boudia as needed through the Olympic Games in the late summer.
For his part, Boudia has been an assistant for some time now at Purdue. The former boiler came on board the staff back in 2021 with the plan always being he would take over the team.
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