By the time they left the University of California at Berkeley, Justin Howell and Liz Crandall-Howell had come to define the school’s women’s gymnastics team.
The husband-and-wife coaching team had taken the squad from the brink of being cut in 2012 to a perennial national power, including a runner-up finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships. …
So, when the co-head coaches announced they were leaving northern California to take the helm of Clemson University’s women’s gymnastics team, the move turned heads. …
But something shifted on their visit to the campus as part of the interview process, and by the time they were heading back home, Howell says he knew it was the right move.
“We were headed to the airport, and I remember turning to Liz and saying, ‘We gotta do this,’” he recalled. …
