Paris Olympic success has men’s college gymnastics coaches ‘optimistic’ for the sport’s future
,,, the United States’ performance at the Paris Olympics – with a team entirely composed of NCAA products – has college coaches feeling hopeful; team members and alternates represented Stanford, University of Michigan, Penn State and University of Minnesota’s defunct program.
The Olympians represented a fifth of all current programs, but that’s because there are only 15 active programs, 12 Division I and three Division III. Those numbers were nearly even lower – William & Mary planned to discontinue its team after the 2020-21 season but reinstated the team just a few months later.
Another ray of hope for the sport came in the fall of 2021. Simpson College and then Greenville University announced they would be launching men’s gymnastics programs. …
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