Head Coach:  Emily Austin

Email: emily.austin@bvsd.org

Phone:  303-883-5469

Biography: 

I began swimming competitively at the age of 9 after moving from Iowa to Breckenridge, CO- it was either try out for the swim team or join the ski team....and I didn’t have a clue how to ski!  I did learn how to ski, and was on the swim and ski teams throughout 4th & 5th grades….only in Colorado! After moving back to Iowa at age 11, I joined the local YMCA team.  I made some great friends who I’m still in touch with now!  Swim team is the best way to make friends….in my opinion☺I was Iowa All-State for 4 years in high school and team co-captain my senior year.  I got a taste for coaching during my junior year when I was side-lined for the first half of the season with severe anemia and pneumonia.  To stay in touch with and stay close to my teammates, I came to daily practices- my coach wanted me to make good use of my time, so I was enlisted to help out the newer more novice swimmers….I was hooked!

After graduating from Marshalltown High School in Iowa, I went off to swim for the next 4 years for the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.  I set school records in 4 relay events, the 50 free and both backstroke events.  I made the Mid-East Conference team all 4 years and was voted as team co-captain my senior year.  I loved swimming in college and I truly believe that I was a successful student because of my commitment to the team.  I graduated in 4 years with a B.A. in Community Health Education. Immediately after graduating from UNI, Chad and I got married and we moved to Greeley 3 weeks later so that I could pursue my Masters degree in Sport Management from the University of Northern Colorado.   While I was in grad school I coached the Eaton Red Waves USA Swim Team.

We moved to Broomfield in 1997 & I began coaching for the Broomfield girls swim team as an assistant in 1998.  That quickly followed with the 1999 boys season.  I took over the head coaching position in 2000.  So the 23-24 season begins my 26th year of coaching with Broomfield- my 51st season! Also, from 1999-2013 I coached for the Broomfield Swim and Tennis Center Sharks- a team in the Boulder Valley Summer Swim League.  I was also the BVSSL President from 2013-2018.

I met my husband in high school. He was the team manager of the girls swim team my senior year- but we waited until the season was over to start dating:) Seriously though- people never believe me on that one!! Chad and I have 2 awesome kids: Lane was a successful swimmer for Colorado Mesa University for 5 years (got an extra Covid year). He's now working on his masters degree and living in Salt Lake City, UT.  Kaylee went to Broomfield High School & had 4 years of successful high school swimming. She is now a sophomore at the University of Arizona & is a member of the Alpha Phi sorority- she's living her best life! We’ve also got 3 dogs - Kodak is 18 months (husky, border collie, lab? mix that Kaylee brought home as an 8wk old); Theo is 12 (a rescue who thinks he’s a cat), 14 y/o Lulu (a chocolate lab). 

I am the oldest of 3 kids- my brother Patrick lives in Broomfield & is the owner of and runs SkateStart; the youngest is Elizabeth, who was also a swimmer & she lives in Pennsylvania as a civil & chemical engineer.