Head Coach Kyla Lupo is a USA Triathlon certified coach with a Master's in Education from George Washington University. She brings years of experience in coaching people in a variety of situations, including triathlon.
Kyla is also a US Masters Level 1/2 certified swim coach and a Roadrunners Club of America certified run coach.
As a coach, Kyla believes that anyone can tri in the body they have right now and works with athletes on a personal level to overcome their fear and doubts while getting fit and ready for the start line. Actively advocating for a radical level of body acceptance in sport and society, Kyla started Team Go Big as a place where all bodies would feel welcome and supported.
As an athlete herself, Kyla represented Team USA at the 2019 ITU Multisport Championships in Pontevedra, Spain as an age-group Long Course Aquabiker. In 2019, Kyla was a nationally ranked Age Group short course triathlete and finished second in the Athena division at the Illinois Triathlon Championships. In 2021 Kyla qualified for and competed at the Age Group Sprint National Championships in Milwaukee.
​Kyla lives in Central Florida on the Atlantic Coast with the Banana Man, hundreds of board games, 4 bikes, and 3 adorable cats. She is currently training to qualify for Team USA in 2024.