Kyle Hunt is in his first season as an assistant swimming coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He is an assistant for both the Prairie Wolves women’s and men’s programs and brings over 24 years of swim coaching experience with him.
Hunt comes to NWU after serving as the head swimming coach at Lincoln Northeast High School from 2004-19. As head coach at Lincoln Northeast, his swimmers and divers broke 30 school records and he coached three state champions, four All-Americans and was named the 2015 Nebraska Swimming Coach of the Year. He also had numerous Academic All-State and Academic All-Conference recipients.
In addition to his duties as head coach at Lincoln Northeast, Hunt was also the head swimming coach for Club Husker Swimming from 2014-19.
He also worked in the past as head age group coach at both Heartland Aqautics and the Great Plains Aquatic Club. Hunt was a two-time Midwestern Swimming Head All-Star coach, a two-time Midwestern Swimming Head Zone Coach and Midwestern Swimming Coach of the Year nominee.
During his 24-year coaching career, Hunt has coached, trained and produced 116 All-Star, Central Zone and Regional 8 Sectional qualifiers, three state champions, two NCAA II champions and Olympic Trials qualifiers in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
A graduate of Lincoln East High School, Hunt rejoins his former high school coach Greg Fleming to work with the NWU swimming program. Hunt earned a bachelor’s degree in Historical Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002
Hunt is currently a History teacher at Lincoln Northeast High School. Kyle and his wife Tiffany have three children, Ava, Owen and Finn.
