The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Swimming and Diving
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Diving
Second Season at Texas
Reed Merritt begins his second season as Assistant Diving Coach at The University of Texas in 2026-27. A former Longhorn diver, Merritt joined the Texas staff in May 2025 after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Stanford from 2021-25 while also working with the Stanford Diving Club.
In his first season in Austin, Merritt helped the men's program sweep the NCAA Championship and SEC Championship while the women placed third at the NCAA Championship and claimed the SEC title.
During his time at Stanford, Merritt coached Jack Ryan, a six-time NCAA finalist who earned five appearances in NCAA A finals. Under Merritt’s guidance, Ryan finished runner-up in the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Ryan also placed third in synchronized diving at the Diving World Cup in Windsor, Canada, in April. Merritt also coached Anna Lemkin and Misha Andriyuk at the NCAA Championships, where Lemkin finished fifth on platform and Andriyuk placed eighth on platform.
As a student-athlete at Texas from 2016-20, Merritt helped the Longhorns capture NCAA team titles in 2017 and 2018. As a junior in 2019, he competed on the 1-meter and platform at the NCAA Championships. The Palo Alto, Calif., native placed sixth on platform, 11th on 1-meter and 13th on 3-meter at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships.
