Michael Retcher – Girls’s Swimming & Diving Coach

Michael Retcher joins the Bowling Green Swim and Dive workers after spending 13 seasons because the Head Diving Coach at Napoleon High School and the Napoleon Diving Club. In his time at NHS, 43 student-athletes certified for the OHSAA State Diving Championships, with 17 inserting within the prime 10. His most profitable season was the latest one, because the Wildcats noticed divers place 2^nd, 3^rd, 7^th, 14^th, 21^st, and 24^th on the 2021-22 state meet. In the final eight seasons, Retcher has guided eight divers to NCAA Division I packages. In the final 5 years, the Napoleon Diving Club has despatched 27 divers to AAU Nationals, with 12 ending within the prime 12.

 

Retcher additionally served because the Ohio Diving League President and Napoleon High School Assistant Athletic Director. He has expertise as an AAU National Event Coordinator, working three nationwide qualifying occasions and overseeing yearly nationwide meets. Retcher was the Head Coach of the BGSU Club Water Polo crew in 2021-22 and has been an assistant coach for the Napoleon Water Polo crew since 2009. He was chosen by USA Diving to be the meet director for the 2022 USA Senior Winter Nationals Meet in December and was just lately named Vice President of Membership of the Professional Diving Coaches Association.

 

Retcher is a 2009 graduate of Napoleon High School and is at the moment pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in Business Administration from Western Governors University. He is licensed as a USA Diving Competition Coach, AAU Diving Youth Coach, and lifeguard teacher. He has spent the earlier seven summers because the Assistant Waterfront Director and Kitchen Manager for Camp Walden, situated in Cheboygan, Michigan.