When you rip it, it’s so satisfying.”īinning starred for the diving team at W.T. I enjoy spinning and twisting and getting high. “Over time, all dives have smacked many times. “I like the risk that you can still completely bellyflop,” Binning said. He didn’t like it at first, but it grew on him and he joined the local Dominion Dive Club. “I still had the muscle memory from before, so why stop now?”īinning began diving seven years ago when his parent wanted him out of the house in the summer. “I always wanted to get back into diving as soon as possible, especially when I was going through rehab,” Binning said. 5, 2019, he dove into the pool for the first time since his surgery. That, of course, wasn’t his goal and on Sept. After all, the muscle memory was all still there, he just had to start over.Īfter he was cleared to get back in the water, Binning remembers the doctor telling him swimming only. Now I wasn’t even able to walk, speak, or even breathe without a trach.”īut he kept telling himself he was going to get back in the pool, back on the board. “The worst is that I used to be active, working out, and diving almost every day.
“It was frustrating and I was struggling,” Binning said. He had the second of two surgeries in April of 2019 to remove the AVM and replace his skull and then a Cranioplasty in November of 2020 to remove the damaged skull and replace it with plastic. He had lost 40 pounds and couldn’t raise his right arm past his shoulder. (Courtesy of Rider University)īasic life functions - speaking, walking, eating, even breathing on his own - all needed to be relearned.īinning underwent physical therapy in Washington, not far from his Annandale, Va., home, for about a month. Binning is a MAAC champion three years removed from emergency brain surgery. Rider freshman Sean Binning goes into the pool during a meet this season. In March of 2019, Binning underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured arteriovenous malformation (AVM) the required doctors to remove the left side of his skull to relieve pressure from the rupture. After everything, I’m still a DI athlete, still diving, but now I know what I need. “I think it’s just the beginning now,” Binning said. Three years after major brain surgery, Binning is not only competing at a high level, he is a conference champion after winning the 1-meter dive and helping the Broncs capture a 10th consecutive MAAC championship. The chart below compares the amount of money made (or lost) for each of the men’s sports offered at Rider.When Sean Binning arrived with the Rider University men’s swimming and diving team at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, he wasn’t really thinking about winning an individual title.Īfter everything he’s been through, just getting back on the diving board at the Division I level was worthy of celebration. For example, sports like basketball and football are often moneymakers for a school while other sports could be operating at a deficit. The net profit or loss can vary with each sport. That’s not a profit, but then again, it’s not a loss either. The sports teams at Rider brought home $15,145,029 in revenue while shelling out $15,145,029 in expenses. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach. The average salary is $67,793 a year for assistant coaches of men’s teams and $54,320 for assistant coaches of women’s teams. That breaks down to 14 assistant coaches of men’s teams and 14 assistant coaches of women’s teams. There are also 28 assitant coaches of sports at Rider. The head coaches of men’s teams make about $103,897 on average, and the yearly average salary of women’s team head coaches is $97,311. There are 18 head coaches at Rider, 9 of whom lead men’s teams and 9 of whom head up women’s teams.
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