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Hayden Palmer

Hayden Palmer

TitleAssistant Coach

BYU Coaching Accomplishments

  • In second season at BYU (24-25), coached mid-distance and individual medley
  • Coached BYU swimmers to five All-Big 12 honors and four school records

Coaching Experience

  • BYU volunteer assistant (2018-19, 2021-22)
  • University of La Verne (La Verne, California) graduate assistant (2017-18)
  • Timpview High School (Provo, Utah) assistant coach (2015-16)

BYU Swimming Career

  • Ranks No. 2 all-time at BYU in the 200 fly (1:45.91, 2014) and 400 individual medley (3:45.38, 2013)
  • Ranks No. 9 all-time at BYU in the 200 individual medley (1:46.91, 2013)
  • Competed at 2014 NCAA Men's Swim & Dive Championships in Austin, Texas, reaching the preliminary rounds of 200 and 400 IM competition
  • MPSF 400 IM Champion (2015)
  • Mountain West 400 IM Champion (2010)
  • Eight-time All-MPSF honoree

Before BYU

  • Prepped at Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California
  • Three-time CIF individual champion, winning the 200 IM in 2008 and 2009 along with the 500 free in 2009
  • Competed in club swimming for Riverside Aquatics Association under head coach Rodney Pilman
  • 2009 Riverside Aquatics Association Swimmer of the Year
  • Competed at the 2008 North American Challenge Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Education

  • Graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching and coaching (2016)

Personal

  • Parents are Dean and Kim Palmer
  • Brother, McKay, swam for BYU (2012-13, 2015-17)
  • Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Apia, Samoa
  • From Moreno Valley, California