The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Texas Women's Swimming & Diving head coach Carol Capitani welcomed Chad Mylin as an assistant coach in July 2023. Mylin joined the full-time staff after serving two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with the Longhorns.
During his time first two years on the Forty Acres, the Longhorns have posted back-to-back NCAA national runner-up finishes, the best two-year stretch for Texas since 1994-95.
Mylin worked 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 national 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.
