Lyle Yost - Staff Directory
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Lyle Yost is entering his second season as a Michigan assistant diving coach in 2026-27 and his third season coaching at the Division I level.
Prior to joining the Wolverines, Yost spent one season as a diving coach at Ohio State, where he helped guide the Buckeyes to a first and second-place finish in the women's one-meter springboard at the 2025 Big Ten Championships. Yost has also coached junior divers at ACES Diving in Columbus, Ohio, since 2021.
As an athlete, Yost enjoyed tremendous success at the collegiate, national and international levels. A two-time NCAA champion, Yost captured back-to-back national titles on the one-meter springboard in 2023 and 2024 while competing for Ohio State. He was also named the 2023 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Diver of the Year. In 2020, Yost claimed the Big Ten title on the 10-meter platform and earned Diver of the Championships honors.
On the national stage, Yost won two USA Diving national championships on the one-meter springboard in 2023 and 2025, in addition to capturing the 2022 U.S. Open title in the event.
Internationally, Yost has represented the United States at three World Championships, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in the team event at the 2024 World Championships. He also competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and is a current member of the USA Diving National Team.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Yost graduated from Ohio State in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in Spanish before earning a Master of Education with a focus in World Language Education in 2024. While completing his graduate studies, he taught Spanish at Hilliard Darby High School during the 2023-24 academic year.
The oldest of five children, Yost enjoys reading, hiking and cooking in his free time.
