Lindsie Micko enters her sixth season at the helm of the women’s swimming program at Augustana in 2021-22. Micko was named the first ever head coach on July 8, 2015 and spent the 2015-16 academic year building the inaugural team, which made its debut in 2016-17.
In the 2021 season, Micko led three swimmers to the NCAA Division II Championships including the first-ever AU men’s swimmer. She also led Taylor Beagle to two All-America finishes at the NCAA Championships and also helped Beagle be named NSIC Swimmer of the meet for the fourth consecutive season.
The women’s team had its best finish at the NSIC Championships by placing third.
In the 2020-21 season, Micko led Taylor Beagle to three school records enroute to one first team All-America finish and three second team All-America finishes. She also led Augustana to a fifth place finish at the NSIC Swimming and Diving Championships where Taylor Beagle repeated as Swimmer of the Year and NSIC Swimmer of the Meet.
In the 2019-20 season, Micko and the Vikings attained their first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top-25 ranking, checking in at No. 22. Micko led two swimmers to CSCAA All-America accolades in Destini Oehlertz and Taylor Beagle. She also led Augustana to a fourth place finish at the NSIC Swimming and Diving Championships, where Taylor Beagle was named Swimmer of the Year and Swimmer of the Meet, along with Ruth Huffman being named Freshman of the Year. The remainder of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were canceled due to COVID-19.
In the 2018-19 season, Micko and the Vikings had their first All-American in Taylor Beagle. Beagle earned All-America status in the 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle. At the NSIC Championships, the Vikings placed fourth as a team and had their first relay conference championship in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
In the 2017-18 season, the Vikings improved on their NSIC Swimming & Diving Championships, earning fourth place in the second season of competition. Micko had 32 top-eight finishes at the championship meet, along with Taylor Beagle earning NSIC Freshman of the Year also winning the 1600-yard freestyle.
In the 2016-17 season she led Augustana to a fifth-place finish at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championship in the first year of competition and led freshman Emma Miller to become the first Viking swimmer to earn postseason honors. Miller won individual conference titles in the 1,650 and 1,000-yard freestyle and was named the NSIC Freshman of the Year.
Micko led Augustana to five dual victories during the program’s inaugural season while guiding the team to a first-place finish at the Morningside Invitational on Nov. 12.
Micko, a native of Brookings, South Dakota, spent four years as the head age group coach with the First Colony Swim Team in Sugar Land, Texas. With the First Colony Swim Team, Micko oversaw 9-14 year-old swimmers for a gold medal swim club, including the management of staff, coaching of two groups and the development of an IMX program. During her time with the First Colony Swim Team, she was nominated for Gulf Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year and coached athletes to multiple USA Swimming Top 10 performances. She was also a member of the USA Swimming Age Group Development Committee.
From 2008-12, she was the senior team coach and head age group coach for the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club in Houston, Texas where she coached two relay teams that were ranked No. 1 in the country and several USA Top 10 individual swimmers. Micko led the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club to Gold Medal Status as one of the top teams in the country. She was responsible for the day-to-day coaching of high-level swim group with swimmers ranging from 13-18 years-old as well as staff training, mentoring and administrative duties of a 400-plus member club.
Micko led the Sioux Falls Swim Team during two stints from 1999-2001, and again from 2004-08, where she led numerous state championship teams and USA Top 10 individuals. She helped coach athletes from state championships to Olympic trials and was twice named coach of the year. In between her time with the Sioux Falls Swim Team, Micko spent three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico where she was responsible for the recruitment of student-athletes at the Division I level and day-to-day workouts.
Micko graduated from South Dakota State University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in HPER with an emphasis in fitness and wellness and was also a three-year letterwinner for the SDSU swimming and diving team.
