The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Swimming and Diving
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- Assistant Swimming Coach
Sixth Season at Texas
Chad Mylin begins his fourth season as Assistant Swimming Coach at The University of Texas and his sixth season overall with the Longhorns' women's swimming and diving program in 2026-27. Prior to being promoted to his current role in July 2023, Mylin served as a volunteer assistant coach at Texas for two years (2021-22 and 2022-23).
In his six seasons in Austin, the Longhorns have recorded six straight top-three team finishes at the NCAA Championships and six straight conference team titles (four in the Big 12 and two in the SEC). The current streak of top-three NCAA finishes marks the longest by Texas since 1990-95, the final years of a run of 13 straight top-three NCAA results from 1983-95 which followed three consecutive top-three finishes in the AIAW Championships (1980-82). Mylin helped the Longhorns register three straight runner-up results at the NCAA Championships in 2022, 2023 and 2024, marking the program's best three-year stretch since 1990-92.
Mylin works primarily with the sprint group, aiding in the growth of Grace Cooper into one of the top sprinters in program history. At the 2023 Phillips 66 National Championships, Cooper placed 10th in the 50-meter freestyle and established a program record with a sub-25 second time of 24.90. Last season, Cooper climbed to fourth on the Texas all-time performer list in the 50-yard free with a time of 21.89, while Bridget Semenuk swam a career-best 22.06 to move into the top-10 at number eight all-time.
At the NCAA Championships, Texas has seen a dramatic improvement in the 200 free relay. The Horns placed sixth at the 2023 national meet, the best finish for Texas since 2012, with Cooper, Emma Sticklen, Kyla Leibel and Kelly Pash combining for a time of 1:27.11, the third-fastest performance in program history. Cooper opened the relay with a swim of 21.96, tied for the 13th-fastest performance ever for a Longhorn. The quartet of Cooper, Sticklen, Leibel and Pash also posted the second-fastest 200 free relay mark in UT history, teaming for a time of 1:27.05 against NC State in January. All told, over the last two seasons Texas has tallied six of the top 25 200 free relay performances in program history as well as six of the top 15 400 free relay swims.
Prior to coaching, Mylin was a four-year letterwinner at Florida State, joining the Seminoles as a walk-on in 2014 and culminating his FSU career as an All-American in 2018. He helped the Noles to a seventh-place finish in the 200 free relay at the 2018 NCAA Championships and earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2017 in the 200 free relay while also competing individually in the 50 free.
A three-time ACC Conference medalist, Mylin won bronze in 2017 in the 50 free and twice earned silver as part of the 200 free relay (2017-18). He ranks eighth on Florida State's all-time performer list in the 50 free (19.32) and is part of three of the top nine 200 free relay performances in program history.
A native of Longwood, Fla., Mylin earned his bachelor's degree from Florida State in sports management.
