BYU Coach Guard Young Appointed To NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee
May 14, 2020, 4:55 PM
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PROVO, Utah – BYU gymnastics head coach Guard Young has been appointed to the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee.
Young’s role on the NCAA Gymnastics committee is a four-year commitment beginning on September 1st, 2020, and will conclude on August 31st, 2024.
BYU gymnastics head coach Guard Young has been appointed to the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee governing the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship.
His term of service begins Sept. 1 and continues through Aug. 31, 2024.
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“I am really looking forward to the opportunity to serve on the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee,” Young said. “I was on a men’s gymnastics roll committee at the NCAA level during my time at Oklahoma, so I have gotten to experience a little bit of what it is like. I’m really excited to be at the ground level where decisions are made. Hopefully, I can share insights from my years as a gymnast and coach, and have unique opportunities to learn from this appointment.”
This past year was Young’s fifth season as BYU’s head gymnastics coach and it was his best work yet. BYU won its first-ever Mountain Rim Conference team Championship.
A former gymnast at BYU, Young had a Hall of Fame career with the Cougars from 1996-2000 and then later went on to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens where he won a silver team medal.
“This is a great opportunity for a coach with Guard’s background as a former collegiate gymnast and Olympian to serve in this leadership role with the NCAA,” said BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe. “We are excited to have him represent BYU on this important committee.”
Gymnastics has been in Guard Young’s family since he was a child. Guard’s father, Wayne Young, was considered to be one of the best male gymnasts in the 1970s.
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