Missy Bernosky

Biography

Missy Bernosky joined the Massachusetts men's and women's swimming and diving staff as a diving coach in September of 2023, bringing over 25 years of coaching experience. During the 2024-25 season, coached Andrew Bell to 20 first-place finishes across both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, while breaking two previous pool records at the Justin Jennings Invitational from 1987 and 1994. At the Atlantic 10 Championships, two divers claimed three medals. Bell picked up two gold medals in both the one-meter and three-meter dive, breaking an A-10 Championship meet record in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 428.15. Khrystyna Yaremyn earned the bronze medal in the three-mater dive with a score of 281.85. Bell earned A-10 Performer of the Week four times this season, leading to being named the league's Men's Diver of the Year in back-to-back seasons, while Bernosky tabbed the A-10 Men's Diving Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. Bell's honor marks the fourth in program history, as Bell is the only Minuteman to achieve the status twice. Along with Bell earning second team honors in 2024, Marc Surrette earned second team status in 1986, while Peter Koback was selected to the third team in 1990. Six divers in Bell, Danielle Guerin, Salem Howes, Alex Kreidler, Shreeya Sinha and Yaremyn qualified for and competed at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Bell qualified for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships after becoming the champion in both the