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Megan Marsden Named Co-Head Coach
7/23/2009 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
July 23, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY--
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Megan Marsden, an assistant/associate gymnastics coach at the University of Utah since 1985, has been promoted to co-head coach. She will share the title and duties with longtime head coach and husband Greg Marsden.
"This has been a partnership for many years and this is the next logical step," says Greg Marsden, who is preparing to undertake his 35th season at the helm of the program. "Megan and I have been partners in our marriage, raising our children and running this program. Over the years, she has assumed more and more responsibility, and in many ways, she is the face of this program. She has earned this title and I am grateful that (athletics director) Dr. Chris Hill was willing to take this step."
Regarding her new title, Megan Marsden said, "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."
Marsden, who has served as Utah's balance beam coach for the past 25 years and also assists with the floor routines, has had gymnasts earn 108 All-America honors and win seven NCAA Championships on those events. Along with her coaching responsibilities, Marsden heads up Utah's community relations efforts and is involved in the recruiting and strength and conditioning aspects of the sport.
The 2005 co-National Assistant Coach of the Year, she was also selected as the 2005 and 2007 NCAA North Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
Marsden has played a major role in Utah's 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--winning the NCAA all-around championship in 1983 and 1984, and the 1984 vault title. 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.
In 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.
She joined Utah's coaching staff immediately after the conclusion of her competitive career, serving as the program's assistant coach from 1985-96 and becoming the associate head coach in 1997.
In 1996, Marsden became the first Ute gymnast inducted into the Crimson Club Hall of Fame, and in 2003, she was inducted into the Utah Hall of Fame.
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