Matt Tynan - Staff Directory
Matt Tynan
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- Joined Brown:
- Third Season
- Alma Mater:
- George Mason '16
Matt Tynan was named an assistant coach for the Brown men's swimming & diving team in July 2019 and was promoted to associate head coach in June of 2026.
In 2025-26, Marton Nagy qualified for the NCAA Championships and was named a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American. Nagy also took home a gold medal at the 2026 Ivy League Championship in the 400 IM, while Will Cicco broke the 1000-yard freestyle program record with a time of 8:55.94. As a team, the Bears finished in fourth place at the 2026 Ivy Championship.
In 2024-2025 the team finished fourth at Ivy Championships, broke 12 school records and crowned three Ivy League Champions: Jack Kelly (100 Breaststroke), Marton Nagy (400 Individual Relay) and Rowland Lawver (1 Meter dive). On the national stage, Jack Kelly and Rowland Lawver qualified for NCAA Championships and Kelly went received All America honors in both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke. Brown finished 26th at NCAA’s, their highest finish in school history.
During the 2023-2024 season, Jack Kelly won an Ivy League title in the 100 Breaststroke and earned All American honors in the 200 Breaststroke with an 8th place finish at NCAA’s, Brown’s highest individual finish at NCAA’s since 1944.
In 2023, sophomore Jack Kelly qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 200 breaststroke, the program's first NCAA qualifier since 2015.
In 2021-22, Tynan helped guide the Bears to their best finish at the Ivy League Championships since 2002, placing fourth overall. Brown broke a total of seven program records at the championships and Cody Cline earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in the 100 freestyle. Additionally, two school records were also set during the regular season.
Before Brown, Tynan was the volunteer assistant coach at Stanford for the 2018-19 season. In his role, Tynan planned workouts for sprint and mid-distance swimmers and was accountable for video recording and analysis of stroke mechanics and race strategy. He also held responsibilities in on-campus recruiting, CARA/RARA, planning meet-lineup and coordinating a lifting plan with the strength coach.
Prior to Stanford, Tynan served as a graduate assistant at Texas Christian University from 2016-18 after working as a student assistant coach at George Mason from 2014-16. Tynan's role with the Horned Frogs included working with all groups as well as coordinating student-athlete workouts. At George Mason, Tynan worked primarily with the distance and middle-distance groups while also handling administrative duties.
As a student-athlete, Tynan swam at Maryland in 2011-12 before transferring to George Mason for the 2012-13 season – he owns top-ten times in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyles as well as the 200-yard butterfly at George Mason.
Originally from Westford, Mass., Tynan earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from George Mason in 2016 where he received the John R. Linn Award for the graduating scholar-athlete in the School of Recreation, Health and Tourism who had achieved the highest overall grade point average while participating in an intercollegiate sport. He also obtained his master's in kinesiology with a concentration in sports psychology from TCU in 2018.
In 2025-26, Marton Nagy qualified for the NCAA Championships and was named a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American. Nagy also took home a gold medal at the 2026 Ivy League Championship in the 400 IM, while Will Cicco broke the 1000-yard freestyle program record with a time of 8:55.94. As a team, the Bears finished in fourth place at the 2026 Ivy Championship.
In 2024-2025 the team finished fourth at Ivy Championships, broke 12 school records and crowned three Ivy League Champions: Jack Kelly (100 Breaststroke), Marton Nagy (400 Individual Relay) and Rowland Lawver (1 Meter dive). On the national stage, Jack Kelly and Rowland Lawver qualified for NCAA Championships and Kelly went received All America honors in both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke. Brown finished 26th at NCAA’s, their highest finish in school history.
During the 2023-2024 season, Jack Kelly won an Ivy League title in the 100 Breaststroke and earned All American honors in the 200 Breaststroke with an 8th place finish at NCAA’s, Brown’s highest individual finish at NCAA’s since 1944.
In 2023, sophomore Jack Kelly qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 200 breaststroke, the program's first NCAA qualifier since 2015.
In 2021-22, Tynan helped guide the Bears to their best finish at the Ivy League Championships since 2002, placing fourth overall. Brown broke a total of seven program records at the championships and Cody Cline earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in the 100 freestyle. Additionally, two school records were also set during the regular season.
Before Brown, Tynan was the volunteer assistant coach at Stanford for the 2018-19 season. In his role, Tynan planned workouts for sprint and mid-distance swimmers and was accountable for video recording and analysis of stroke mechanics and race strategy. He also held responsibilities in on-campus recruiting, CARA/RARA, planning meet-lineup and coordinating a lifting plan with the strength coach.
Prior to Stanford, Tynan served as a graduate assistant at Texas Christian University from 2016-18 after working as a student assistant coach at George Mason from 2014-16. Tynan's role with the Horned Frogs included working with all groups as well as coordinating student-athlete workouts. At George Mason, Tynan worked primarily with the distance and middle-distance groups while also handling administrative duties.
As a student-athlete, Tynan swam at Maryland in 2011-12 before transferring to George Mason for the 2012-13 season – he owns top-ten times in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyles as well as the 200-yard butterfly at George Mason.
Originally from Westford, Mass., Tynan earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from George Mason in 2016 where he received the John R. Linn Award for the graduating scholar-athlete in the School of Recreation, Health and Tourism who had achieved the highest overall grade point average while participating in an intercollegiate sport. He also obtained his master's in kinesiology with a concentration in sports psychology from TCU in 2018.
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