Happy inauguration day.
UPDATE: I forgot about Hajile “Mo” Mitchell, Head Coach of the University of Kentucky.
In 2008 Mitchell’s Cats smashed multiple school records throughout the season and put several team and individual scores in the UK record books. The Wildcats also broke two Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) records and had Kentucky’s longest winning streak of eight meets.
Last season had the Blue and White ranked No. 21 nationally, the third consecutive year Mitchell’s teams have been ranked in the GymInfo Top 25 polls. Kentucky also finished 11th in the country on floor, the team’s best finish in school history. The Cats earned a final ranking of No. 15 on both the vault and balance beam.
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Shout out to the only black Head Coach in Women’s NCAA Gymnastics.
Byron Knox
Knox enters his fifth season as the head coach of the UB women’s gymnastics program. Before his arrival at Bridgeport, he was assistant men’s gymnastics coach at Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to his stint at Southern, Knox was an assistant at Yale University for their women’s gymnastics program. In addition to coaching at the college level, Knox is also the Director and Head Coach at CATS Gymnastics in Cheshire, CT. He has helped pave the way for some 56 gymnasts to receive full scholarships at the collegiate level. Knox is also a former USA Women’s National Team Coach. He has also coached several National team members.
(via Pogo on College Gymnastics Board)
I’m often defending Artistic Gymnastics, a sport dominated by women, not men. One of the few sports where where the small, light female athlete can excel. Where Asian, Hispanic and Black gymnasts are superstars.
I’d like to think race is no barrier in our sport.
… But I’m embarrassed there’s only one black Head Coach in the Women’s NCAA.
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
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