Alicia Gorman
Alicia Gorman
  • Title:
    Diving Coach
  • Phone:
    412-268-2627
  • Email:
    aliciag@andrew.cmu.edu
  • Previous College:
    Univ. of Tennessee
  • Bachelor's Degree:
    Sports Management
  • Graduate School:
    Univ. of Tennessee
  • Master's Degree:
    Human Performance and Sport Studies

Bio

Gorman earned her fifth University Athletic Association (UAA) Diving Coach of the Year award on the men's side following the 2023 season when two divers earned All-UAA honors. Her previous UAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year honor came in 2019 when Gabe Bamforth was the 1-meter champion for the second time in his career. Gorman also mentored Bamforth to the NCAA Championships in four straight seasons where he became the first male diver in program history to earn All-America distinction. In 2019, Bamforth was joined by freshman Judson Kyle at the NCAA meet, each earning a top-16 finish. In 2022, Gorman mentored James Kyle to a fourth-place finish on the 3-meter diving board at the NCAA Championships.

In Gorman's final season leading the divers, the Kyle twins achieved All-America status with James placing fifth on the 3-meter and sixth on the 1-meter while Judson was third on the 3-meter to mark the highest placement for any diver under her leadership. Two women also achieved All-America status with Kelli Kuramoto placing fifth on the 3-meter and sixth on the 1-meter and Emilia Schwallie earning seventh place on the 3-meter.

In total, Gorman's divers earned 30 All-America honors throughout her 19 years of coaching.

Gorman is originally from Knoxville, Tenn. where she graduated from The University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in sport management and a Master of Science degree in human performance and sport studies with a concentration in sport administration. Alicia was a diver at UT for four years and qualified for the SEC Championships three years and the NCAA Zone meet all four years of competition. She was both a springboard and platform diver.

Her coaching background includes age group, high school, camps and collegiate experience. Gorman became the volunteer assistant coach for Tennessee while finishing her master’s degree and at completion became the program director and age group coach for Tennessee Diving, the competitive age group team in Knoxville. While program director at Tennessee, she developed and implemented a high school diving program for all high schools in the greater Knoxville area.

Gorman lives in Bethel Park, Pa., with her husband Tom and daughters Amelia and Chloe.