MEGAN MARSDEN NOW CO-HEAD COACH FOR GYMNASTICS
An assistant/associate Utah gymnastics coach since 1985, Megan Marsden has been promoted to co-head coach. She will share the title and duties with longtime head coach and husband Greg Marsden. “Greg and I have been doing this together for a long time and it is exciting to be accepted by the administration as an equal partner in the coaching pyramid,” she says. Megan has played a major role in Utah’s gymnastics success for nearly three decades—first as the nation’s best collegiate gymnast, and then as a coach. As Megan McCunniff, she led Utah to its first four national championships from 1981-84. She finished her career as a 12-time first-team All-American and the school record-holder on the vault, beam, and floor. Her senior year, she received the Broderick Award, recognizing her as the country’s top collegiate woman gymnast. Under her balance beam coaching for the past 25 years and assistance with floor routines, Utah gymnasts earned 108 All-America honors and seven NCAA Championships in those events. During her 29-year affiliation with the program, the Ute gymnastics team has finished in the top three 21 times, winning 10 national championships, placing second seven times and recording four third-place finishes.
—From a story on KSL.com, July 21, 2009
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