Jason Glorius was added to the Kenyon College swimming and diving staff to start the 2024-25 season, joining the Owls as the program's men's and women's diving coach and Kenyon's aquatics director.
Glorius, an Ohio native, made his way to Gambier after three years in Oxford, Ohio, as the head diving coach at Miami University (OH), his alma mater. The RedHawks were his second straight stint at an NCAA Division I institution after over four years as the head diving coach at the University of Virginia.
While coaching at Miami, Glorius made an immediate impact and was recognized as the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Men's Diving Coach of the Year for his efforts. The RedHawks hauled in one MAC Diver of the Year award and two MAC Freshman of the Year awards under Glorius's tutelage, and the program won three straight MAC Championships from 2021-23. At Virginia, Glorius was part of even more success as the Cavaliers won Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) crowns in 2015, 2015, 2016, and 2018 while also securing top-five finishes in the NCAA standings in 2015 and 2016.
With the Owls, Glorius will be returning to the NCAA division and conference where he began his collegiate coaching career. Prior to his stint at Virginia, Glorius spent four years at nearby Denison University, serving as the Big Red's head diving coach from 2009-2013. Glorius was part of a swimming and diving program that won North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championships from 2010-2013, and he was named as an NCAC Diving Coach of the Year on both the men's and women's sides multiple times over that stint. With the Big Red, Glorius coached seven NCAC Divers of the Year, 14 NCAC champions, nine NCAA qualifiers, two national runner-ups, and one national champion. In 2013, Glorius was recognized as NCAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Glorius has also been an owner and coach of two diving organizations, the Virginia Diving Academy and the Thunderbird Diving Club. Before starting the Thunderbird Diving Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, Glorius was an assistant coach at Tri State Diving and head coach at Indian Hill High School.
Glorius’s diving experience extends to his high school and college days, as he dove at both the University of Illinois and Miami (OH), where he helped MU win the 1997 MAC Championship. He graduated from Miami (OH) in 1997 with a degree in anthropology.
