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Norman native, Olympic silver medalist Guard Young named gymnastics coach at BYU

PROVO, Utah — Olympic silver medalist Guard Young, who grew up in Norman but was a gymnastics star at Brigham Young, is returning to his alma mater. Young has been named head coach of the BYU women’s program.


Guard Young of the United States competes in the parallel bars during the men's gymnastics qualifying round at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Young has been an OU men’s assistant since 2011 and also was on the Sooner staff from 2000-05. The Sooners won NCAA titles in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2015.