On Monday, Auburn University announced the hiring of Olympic gold medalist and alumnus Tyler McGill to the coaching staff as the Director of External Engagement and Performance Science.
McGill was a gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, swimming the butterfly leg on the prelims 400 medley relay for the United States. In the individual 100 fly final, he finished 6th overall. He attended Auburn from 2006-2010, where he was a two-time NCAA Champion in the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay, and his team record in the 100 fly (44.63) still stands today.
He spent some time as a member of the Auburn staff after his retirement from the sport, coaching from 2013 until 2018 when he left the program to become the head coach at the Opelika Swim Team in Opelika, Alabama, just outside of Auburn.
McGill’s new role with the program will have a few different responsibilities. His primary role will be “building bridges and partnerships with [the] community, local businesses, camps and clinics, Auburn’s USA Swimming LSC, and Alumni who will benefit the student-athletes in the Name, Image, and Likeness Space.”
He will also have some coaching responsibilities in “areas such as daily practice video and competition race analysis, lactate testing, individual technical instruction, and more.”
“I am blessed beyond measure to be returning to Auburn,” said McGill. “This university and community have provided me, my wife (Julianne) and our children (Amelia and Tenny) with far more than we could ever repay. Auburn is made special by people who love it and by the relationships forged here. I’m excited to be in a position where I can help foster those relationships, build new ones, and make an impact both on and off the pool deck.”
Auburn head coach Ryan Wochomurka said, “I am very excited to welcome Tyler and Julianne back to Auburn and the Auburn Swimming & Diving Family in an official capacity once again as Director of External Engagement and Performance Science. Tyler’s story is uniquely ‘Auburn being Auburn.’ He reached the very pinnacle of sport while fully embodying what it means to live the Auburn Creed. His impact on our student-athletes, insights for our staff, and innovative approach for external connection points within the Auburn-Opelika community and our proud Auburn Swimming and Diving Alumni will be immeasurable.”
Coach Marsh is also there, interesting team, great hire, exited to see any other program is trying to rise not only the usual ones ….. that is called healthy competition
No he isn’t
“Performance science”, did Brett Hawke cook up that job title ?
Who concocted this job description? Anyone else that has a similar job in the sport of swimming?
Virginia has somebody dedicated to their tech and data analytics. This seems to be an adjacent role with some other responsibilities as well.
https://virginiasports.com/sports/swimming/roster/season/2025-26/staff/logan-redondo
Guy built an amazing club program to return to Auburn for a hodgepodge job to fund raise (shake down fellow alumni) and do graduate assistant tasks?
Define amazing club program. AUB was eating their lunch at every meet
Seen this movie at Auburn before. Yawn.
Great fit for the job. Nice guy and great student of the sport.
The War Eagle has become the Turkey Buzzard for many years BUT maybe Tyler can help.
Nice! Congrats Tyler.