Tom Davidson, formerly the diving coach at Illinois State University, served as diving coach for both the men's and women's programs at California from July 2006 through June 2009.
A former U.S. national champion and All-American at Indiana, Davidson coached at Illinois State before moving to Cal, leading one Redbird to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Davidson also coached at the club level, leading Redbird Diving (2005-06) and serving as an assistant at Twin City Diving (2003-04) and at J.P. Divers (2001-04).
Davidson worked as a head diving coach in the prep ranks at North St. Paul High School in North St. Paul, Minn., (2004), Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Conn., (2002-03) and Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden, Conn. (2002).
Davidson was a three-time All-American at Indiana and took third place on the one-meter springboard at the 2001 NCAA Championships. He also won titles at the 2002 U.S. Senior National Championships, 2001 U.S. Indoor National Championships and 2001 U.S. Outdoor National Championships.
At the international level, Davidson competed in the 2001 World University Games and the 2001 Goodwill Games.
