Brigham Young University Men's Swimming & Diving

Coaching Career Named BYU swimming and diving head coach on May 8, 2024 BYU assistant coach (2021-24) Utah Tech (Dixie State) head women's swim coach (2018-21) BYU assistant coach (2005-18) BYU Head Coaching Accomplishments Named Big 12 Women's Swimming Co-Coach of the Year (2024-25) Coached Mackenzie Miller Lung to NCAA 200 Breast Runner-up finish, the women's program's first two All-America honors since 1990 and best finish (23rd, 29 points) since 1991 (2024-25) Coached BYU women's swimmers to nine all-conference honors, 16 school-record performances, 47 top-10 times and 113 personal bests (2024-25) Coached BYU men's swimmers to 10 all-conference honors, four school-record performances, 63 top-10 times and 119 personal bests (2024-25) Coaching Accomplishments Guided BYU men's swimmers to third-place team finish at 2024 Big 12 Championships with two individual champions. Guided the Cougars to 24 all-conference finishes at 2024 Big 12 Championships. Helped BYU men's swimming achieve a program-record eight overall and three relay entries at 2024 NCAA Championships. Sixteen-year assistant coaching tenure at BYU includes nine All-Americans, 49 individual conference titles, eight team league titles and 37 school records broken. Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2019-20) Coached Utah Tech swimmers to over 70 team records. Swimming Career Competed at BYU (2000-04), specialized in breaststroke Remains No. 5 all-time at BYU in the women's 200 breast (2:14.69, 2001

BYU Coaching Accomplishments Heading into second season at BYU, coaches sprints and backstroke Coached BYU swimmers to five All-Big 12 honors and three school records Coaching Career Newbury Park High School head coach (Newbury Park, California; 2020-24) Guided girl's team to first county championship in school history (2024) Guided boy's team to first county championship in school history (2023) Led girl's team to back-to-back league championships for first time in a decade (2023, 2024) Coached Newbury Park athletes to a high school All-American honor, multiple CIF section and state finalist spots and six broken school records Pleasant Valley Swim Team head coach (2022-24) Swimming Career BYU swimmer (2014-18) All-MPSF Second Team (200 Back, 2016 & 2017) Coached by then-BYU assistant Tamber McAllister While at BYU, served as a team captain and president of the Student Athlete Advisory Council Specialized in backstroke Prepped at Horizon High School under coach Sam Kramer and with the Arizona Marlins (now Phoenix Swim Club) under coach Mike Maczuga (Scottsdale, Arizona) Education B.S. in Biology (BYU, 2018) Teaching certificate (California State-Northridge, 2020) Personal Married Tyler Lythgoe in 2017 Gave birth to daughter Lucy in 2025 “I am thrilled to add Emma Lythgoe to the BYU Swimming coaching staff. Emma is passionate, creative and focused on providing the best experience for the athletes she works with. Not only will she play an instrumental role in our women’s recrui