John Sirmon was hired as Birmingham-Southern's Assistant Diving Coach in August 2014.

Sirmon, a native of Mobile, Ala., was the Associate Head Coach at Port City Diving in Mobile, Ala., from 2012-2014, helping lead the team to back-to-back state titles and multiple qualifiers to both the AAU National Championship and USA Diving Junior National Championship.

Sirmon currently works with the Hoover Dive Club in Hoover, Ala., as a coach. He also volunteered at University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla., as the Dive Meet Coordinator, and served as Head Diving Coach at Spring Hill Swim Club in Mobile prior to coming to the Hilltop.

Sirmon received his Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in 2008, and went on to earn his M.F.A. in Book Arts from the University of Alabama.