Rachel Pearson joined the UNLV swimming and diving staff as an assistant diving coach in September 2023.
Pearson jumps into the collegiate coaching ranks after serving as an assistant coach for local club Team Rebel Aquatics Diving since 2022. Additionally, she has been a judge at several USA Junior Diving competitions.
Originally from Los Angeles, Pearson brings over four years of coaching experience to the Scarlet & Gray springboards. Along with her recent role, she spent two stints (2007-09; 2016-17) as an assistant coach under Olympic bronze medalist Deliang Li for Arrow Dive Club in El Monte, California.
In addition to coaching, Pearson was a professional high diver for an 11-year period spanning 2009-20 on cruise ships and overseas. Among her career roles, she created, was captain of and performed for four of Royal Caribbean's largest cruise ships, The House of Dancing Water in China and Cirque Du Soleil at Creactive in the Dominican Republic.
A former student-athlete, Pearson competed as a diver collegiately at UC Irvine, where she was a three-time NCAA qualifier and named a U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete in 2005. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in psychology and social behavior in 2009.
