The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Swimming and Diving
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
Contact Wyatt Collins
Phone: (512) 484-6420
E-mail: wyatt.collins@athletics.utexas.edu
Wyatt Collins, who served as assistant coach for the Texas men's swimming and diving program for five seasons, was promoted to associate head coach on Nov. 15, 2021.
"Wyatt is an exceptional person and that makes him an exceptional coach," said UT head coach Eddie Reese upon Collins' promotion. "His knowledge of the sport is, for somebody his age, amazing. He loves it. He has great connection with the student-athletes and is really good at reading body language. Wyatt gets along great with the recruits and knows how to connect with them, so we get a lot of great talent that way."
In his 11 years on UT's staff, including eight as an assistant and three as a volunteer coach, Collins has been an integral part of the Longhorns success. In those 11 seasons, Texas has won five National Championships and was the runner-up in three. The national championship was not held in 2020. The Longhorns also win 11 Big 12 Conference Championships during that time.
Collins earned a promotion to assistant men's swimming and diving coach after serving as a volunteer coach for the previous three seasons (2013-16) with the Longhorns. Collins joined Reese and former UT associate head coach Kris Kubik to lead UT to a NCAA runner-up finish in 2014 and NCAA titles in 2015 and 2016.
"Eddie has been a coach that I have looked up to, a colleague from whom I have learned a lot and a friend who has always supported me during my time at UT," Collins said when hired as an assistant. "It truly is an honor and a dream come true to continue working with him and to represent this great University and amazing program together."
Under the tutelage of Reese and Kubik, Collins assisted in creating and supervising workouts, aided with on-campus recruiting, handled meet entries and planned team travel. Collins also has served as a coach during summertime Longhorns swimming camps, where he provided video analysis and stroke mechanic corrections.
Collins served as an age group coach with Nitro Swimming in 2013 before assuming his duties as a volunteer coach in advance of the 2013-14 season.
Collins swam two seasons at Boston University (2008-10) before transferring to Texas and competing for one season with the Longhorns (2011-12). A two-time member of the Athletics Director's Honor Roll at UT, Collins earned a bachelor's degree in history from Texas in 2013.
