Josh Arndt 2026-27 Swimming and Diving Staff

Josh Arndt joined the Irish as head diving coach in October 2024 and has seen immense success with the program over the course of his first two seasons. In total, Arndt has sent three divers to NCAA Championships while at Notre Dame, including a pair of back-to-back participants. In 2026, Arndt coached senior Daniel Knapp to a 13th place NCAA finish in the men’s 3-meter, the best men’s diving NCAA finish in program history.

Arndt arrived in South Bend with an impressive list of coaching and personal accolades. He was most recently at Virginia as head diving coach and was part of a pair of national titles with the Cavaliers. While in Charlottesville, Arndt coached Elizabeth Kaye to an eighth-place finish in the 3-meter at NCAA Championships. She was the first Virginia diver to earn First-Team All-America honors.

Prior to his time at Virginia, Arndt served as the head diving coach at UConn for three seasons where he was named the Big East Women’s Diving Coach of the Year twice. In 2021-22, he guided Julia Pioso to conference titles in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, and she was named the Big East Women’s Diver of the Year. Arndt also coached UConn’s Elizabeth Drab to the 3-meter diving title and runner-up in the 1-meter at the 2020-21 Big East Championships to earn Most Outstanding Women’s Diver.

Prior to his time at UConn, Arndt spent two years with UMass as the head diving coach. Both seasons he was in Amherst, Arndt took home Atlantic 10 Women’s Diving Coach of the Year honors while sending a qualifier to NCAAs. His divers produced two school records and one Atlantic 10 Conference record and took home four Atlantic 10 Championships.

Arndt graduated from one of the top diving schools in the country, Indiana University, in 2017. While diving as a Hoosier, he earned All-American status in 2016 with a fourth-place finish in the 3-meter and was a 2016 Olympic Trials Diving Qualifier. He secured sixth place in the 2015 USA Diving Nationals 1-meter event and was a two-time US National Championship finalist.