Coaching Staff
Molly Hebzynski | Assistant Coach
Hebzynski was hired as Assistant Coach in June of 2023 after a stint with the University of Northern Colorado as a volunteer assistant coach.
While with the Bears, Hebzynski oversaw 11 NCAA qualifying standards, 83 swims qualifying for the CSCAA National Championships, and 92 all-time marks in program history through the 2021-23 seasons. Prior to joining Oakland, UNC finished third at the Western Athletic Conference Championships with five top-three performances in February of 2023.
The Minnesota native swam a stellar career with St. Cloud State University, joining the workforce as a Marketing Coordinator upon graduation before returning to the pool deck as Head Development Coach at Minnetonka Swim Club, making her way to Northern Colorado soon after.
Hebzynski graduated from UNC in 2023 with a Master's in Sport and Exercise Science, Social Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity following a Bachelor's in Mass Communication Advertising from St. Cloud State in 2017.
Larry Albright | Diving Coach
Larry Albright enters his 12th season as the diving coach for men and women after joining the program in 2006. Albright arrived at Oakland after a three-year stint as a club coach for Starz Diving in Indianapolis where he worked with John Wingfield, the USA national team coach/director.
Albright was awarded the 2016-17 Men's Diving Coach of the Year award after guiding Joe Smith (2015-pres.) to the first-ever sweep of the men's diving events at the Horizon League Championships. Albright has garnered the award on the men’s side for three straight seasons.
Under Albright’s guidance, Smith has earned back-to-back Diver of the Meet awards at the Horizon League Championships in 2017 and 2018. Smith became the 2018 1-Meter Horizon League individual champion with a score of 388.55, a school record while also becoming the first male diver in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships. With Albright’s leadership, Smith earned Horizon League Diver of the Week honors a league-best four times.
In 2014 and again in 2015, Albright earned Horizon League Women's Diving Coach of the Year honors after mentoring Tricia Grant to stellar junior and senior campaigns. Grant became the first diver in Horizon League history to advance to the NCAA Championships in 2014, where she finished 31st on the 1-meter board and 25th on the 3-meter.
In 2012-13, Albright tutored Grant to a 13th place finish on the 1-meter board and a 15th place finish on the 3-meter board at the NCAA Zone C Regionals.
He coached and administered the Starz Diving Satellite Program and was responsible for coaching the techniques and mechanics of diving while also overseeing the strength and conditioning component of the program. Albright also served as the head diving coach at Franklin Community High School for both the boys and girls programs.
A native of Walled Lake, Michigan, Albright has also coached diving at his high school alma mater, Walled Lake Central. He has also worked with former Oakland diver and coach Buck Smith, who is now the head diving coach at Eastern Michigan and head coach of the highly successful Legacy Diving Program. During his time in the coaching ranks he has coached four high school All-Americans and six all-state performers. He has also had a pair of high school regional champions under his tutelage.
Darin Abbassee | Assistant Coach
Paul Karas | Assistant Coach
Jonny Simoes | Assistant Coach