Utah State Gymnastics Coach Nadalie Walsh Receives Contract Extension

Utah State University Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes announced Wednesday [April 15, 2015] that head gymnastics coach Nadalie Walsh has received a contract extension to remain with the Aggies through the 2018-19 academic year.

“Nadalie and her staff have done a great job of cultivating an environment of success both on the floor of competition and in the classroom," Barnes said. "She has clearly re-engerized our gymnastics student-athletes and we are excited about the future of the program under her leadership."

In her first two seasons at the helm, Walsh led the Aggies to consecutive appearances in the NCAA Regional Championships.

"I'm very thankful and excited," Walsh said of the contract extension. "I was a little surprised because my prior schools didn't do contracts, so it's nice to have some security and to feel like having the faith and belief that Scott Barnes believes in me and what we're doing with the program, so that makes me pretty happy.

"It's really natural and easy here. It's a really good quality of life and I'm super happy, my family is happy and it's easy to bring that into the gym. To do any sort of encouraging for any of the girls, that goes a long way just investing in their lives beyond gymnastics. The whole culture here makes it easy to do well."

(Read much more in the full announcement on the Athletics website.)

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