Greg Marsden Through the Ages

Greg Marsden is one of the foundational coaches of NCAA women’s gymnastics. He pioneered the Utah program, and his Utes have never missed a nationals, even since his departure in 2014. He is also a big part of building gymnastics into the popular (in our circles, anyway) sport we know and love and for packing Huntsman over the years. We’ve all seen Marsden enjoying mountain hikes with his dogs on Twitter of late, but let’s stroll down memory lane and remember his gym days.

1981

Greg: The Early Years

1982

Casual leg swing.

1983

Greg! We hardly recognized you! Snazzy outfit too.

1984

What a young whippersnapper.

1987

The ‘stache in its prime.

1988

Eyes on the prize.

1990

We…have no words. None.

1991

If we can count on one thing in life, it’s Greg’s mustache. At least in the ‘90s.

1992

Sweaters over polos. So fashionable. Greg always had style.

1993

IT’S SWEATER VEST TIME.

1994

Who are you, and what did you do with Greg?

1995

Back to the fancy clothes. A special occasion, NCAAs.

1996

Where did the sweater vests go? We were given false hope in 1993.

1998

The style may change, but the Greg stays the same.

2000

We spy a vest (no, we’re not obsessed).

2001

THERE’S the sweater vest.

2002

He’s probably saying something about how terrible byes are.

2003

Observant Greg.

2004

Pensive Greg.

2005

The mustache is really going strong at this point.

2006

An old timer at this point.

2007

“Been there, done that.”

2008

A very tan shirt.

2009

Chant it with us now: Sweater vest! Sweater vest!

2010

Pause for a Megan appreciation moment.

2011

When you have to start the Super Six on beam.

2012

Those accomplishments? NBD.

2013

2013 was really a golden year in NCAA gym.

We’ll leave you with this:

And this:

Don’t worry, we’ll dig deeper into that. Stay tuned.

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Article by Emily Minehart and Elizabeth Grimsley

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