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Head Coach Kris Hoffman is a native of Oklahoma. He dove for the University of Kansas, where he was team captain and won the Big 8 championships in 1-meter and 3-meter springboards in 1996.

After his graduation Kris taught in Oklahoma City and coached the Oklahoma City Dive Club for three years. He was hired as an assistant coach at the Regional Training Center in Oklahoma City, where he coached for four years.

Kris took over as Head Coach of the Husker Stars in the summer of 2005. In the fall of 2007, Husker Stars became Nebraska Diving Club.

Natalya "Natasha" Chikina is a native of Kazakhstan who competed in the 1996 (Atlanta) and 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games. Other events she competed in include the 1994 Goodwill Games, the 1994-96 World Championships and the 2000 FINA Grand Prix. In college, Natasha dove for the University of Southern California, where she was PAC 10 Champion on 3 Meter Springboard and where she earned NCAA All American honors.

Natasha began her coaching career as Assistant Coach of the Trojan Diving Club and at USC. In 2001 she became Assistant Head Coach at the US Diving Regional Training Center.

Natasha took over as the University of Nebraska dive coach in 2005.

Diving for the Dominican Republic, Reynaldo Castro competed in the springboard events at the 1980 (Moscow) and 1984 (Los Angeles) Summer Olympic Games. He was a collegiate All American and 4-year letter winner (1982-1985) at the University of Nebraska.

Rey is well-known in Nebraska diving circles as he has coached for several years with the Star City Diving, Husker Stars, and other Lincoln-based clubs as well as the Lincoln Nebraska High School diving team.