Azusa Pacific University Women's Swimming

Kyle led the squad to a program-best fifth-place NAIA finish at the 2011 and 2012 national championship meet. Last season he coached Rosalee Mira Santa Ana to the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference 500-yard freestyle championships; the school's first-ever league swimming title. Santa Ana went onto the NCAA Championships were she competed in four events. Kyle came to Azusa Pacific from Citrus College, where he coached the Owls' men's swimming and diving program for 12 seasons and was named the 2009 Western State Conference Coach of the Year. He led Citrus to second place at the WSC Championships, which was the program's best conference finish since it won the league title in 1992. Kyle took over the women's swimming and diving program for three seasons through 2010, and he was also the women's water polo head coach for four seasons (2007-10). He has taught physical education courses at Citrus College and Azusa Pacific, and he is the head swim pro at Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena. "Tim has a proven track record as a college coach, and we are excited to see how he continues to develop our swimming and diving program," Azusa Pacific's incoming Director of Athletics Gary Pine said. "He is already familiar with the area and with Azusa Pacific University, and we are fortunate to bring an accomplished coach like him into our athletics program." "I am very focused on helping provide the entire student-athlete experience Azusa Pacific offers," Kyle said. "I want the student-athletes who compete here to know they made the right decision to come to Azusa Pacific, because it helped them become a stronger athlete, a stronger Christian, and that they are able to be more successful in life as a result of being part of the program." Kyle participated in swimming and water polo as a student-athlete at Citrus College, transferring to University of La Verne to complete his undergraduate degree in 1997. He then earned a master's in education from Azusa Pacific in 1998 while he began his collegiate coaching career. Kyle, who also played soccer during his two years at La Verne, coached the Citrus women's soccer team for six seasons (1998-2003).