Michigan Swimming and Diving Proclaims Yost as Assistant Diving Coach

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan swimming and diving program introduced the hiring of Lyle Yost as an assistant diving coach on Thursday (Aug. 28).

Yost joins the Wolverines after serving one yr because the assistant diving coach at Ohio State, the place he coached six divers throughout the lads’s and ladies’s groups to the NCAA Championships throughout the 2024-25 season.

Yost entered the teaching ranks after a embellished profession as a collegiate diver at OSU. He gained the one-meter nationwide championship in back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024 and captured CSCAA Diver of the Year honors in 2023 after incomes first-team All-America honors in all three diving occasions on the NCAA Championships.

“Lyle will be an incredible asset to the Michigan team,” stated head diving coach Brandon Loschiavo. “Not only will he be a leader on the boards himself and a pro athlete, but he will have the ability to guide our athletes through years of experience on the competition and coaching sides. I couldn’t be happier having him be a part of this program and I’m excited to see where we’re able to take Michigan in these proceeding years.”

Yost additionally shined on the worldwide stage, profitable the one-meter dive competitors on the 2022 U.S. Open and the 2024 Winter Nationals. Yost additionally competed in two World Aquatics Championships and certified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2024.

Out of the pool, Yost excelled within the classroom, incomes CSCAA Scholar All-America and Academic All-Big Ten honors 4 occasions. Yost was additionally acknowledged with the Big Ten Medal of Honor and the Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year award. Yost was tabbed to the CSC Academic All-America second workforce.

Yost graduated from Ohio State with bachelor’s diploma in Spanish and a grasp’s diploma in world language schooling.