Mathew Aaron "Matt" Scoggin (born August 17, 1963, in Saitama, Japan) is a retired diver from the United States, who competed for the University of Texas and was a Platform Diving participant at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

[1][2][3] Scoggin was born on August 17, 1963, in Saitama, Japan to father Philip, a former Airforce major who worked as a computer scientist, and mother Joan, a Secretary.

[4] He spent his teens in Great Falls, Virginia and attended Langley High School in McClean, where he took up diving in his Freshman year.

[5] During his High School years in Great Falls, Virginia at the age of 13, Scoggin began to compete and train with a diving team coached by former University of Maryland Diver Don Quesada, who would be a valuable mentor and provide outstanding training to Scoggin.

Quesada's dive team trained in Arlington, Virginia, fifteen miles Southeast of Great Falls.

[5] After a move to California, Scoggin began dive training with Hall of Fame Coach O'Brien and the Natadores, a highly competitive program where he continued to compete in 1980–81, living with a host family.

[5] From 1981 to 1985,[10] Scoggin attended the University of Texas and served as a swim team captain competing for Hall of Fame Swimming and Diving Head Coach Eddie Reese while receiving instruction from UT Diving Coach Mike Brown.

[3] He graduated Texas in 1987 with a degree in Social Work, and initially began a career in Real Estate.

In international competition, he had a long running ten-year career as a member of the US National Diving Team from 1980 to 1982 and from 1984 through 92.

[2] Scoggin injured his back before the 1984 Olympic trials, and did not make the finals, failing to qualify for the U.S. team.

[5] Continuing to train, at the 1988 Olympic trials in Indianapolis, he placed fifth in the 10-meter platform finals around August 21, 1988, and could not outperform rival Greg Louganis.

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