Holy Cross Athletics

Wil Aybar is in his 24th season as the men’s and women’s diving coach at the College of the Holy Cross in 2026-2027.

During the 2025-2026 campaign, Luke Parada set a new men’s program record on the one-meter board against Providence (316.80). Aybar’s divers also broke a pair of school records in 2024-2025, with Parada eclipsing the men’s three-meter record at the Harold Anderson Invitational (345.20) and Brenna Short breaking the women’s one-meter mark at the Worcester City Championship (292.70).

Aybar previously coached Abby Bryant to two straight appearances in the NCAA Zone Diving Championship in 2022 and 2023, and Casey Sherman to three consecutive NCAA Zone Diving Championship appearances from 2016-2018. Sherman also set numerous school records, and still holds the women’s marks in the one-meter (11 dives) with a score of 429.15 and the three meter (six dives) with a score of 321.90.

In 2008, Aybar coached Adam DeVito to new school records on the three-meter and one-meter diving boards. DeVito narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Championship and took fifth on the three-meter board at the Patriot League Championship.

Aybar has also multiple divers earn Worcester City Championship Diver of the Meet honors.

A 1999 graduate of Clark University, Aybar was a four-year member of the swimming and diving team. He received the Most Improved Diver award in 1996 and holds the record for the one-meter and three-meter springboards. He also served as the head diving coach for Clark University and WPI from 2000 to 2003, and the Nashawtuc Country Club team from 2000 to 2020. He also instructs area high school divers at the Central Massachusetts Diving Club.

Aybar is a Spanish teacher in the Worcester Public School System at Doherty Memorial High School. He makes his home in Webster, Mass., with his son (Wil, Jr.) and daughter (Mia).