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