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OU gymnastics: K.J. Kindler has loads of success, four national titles and one big unmet goal

NORMAN — K.J. Kindler came to Oklahoma with lots of goals.

Needless to say, she's achieved tons of them.

The OU women’s gymnastics coach has transformed the program over the past decade-plus. She demanded better facilities and additional funding, then went out and showed what could be done with them. She turned the Sooners into a national power, winning four national team titles and upsetting a national hierarchy that didn't often allow in newcomers.

And yet, one of Kindler’s hopes and dreams remains a work in progress.

“One of our goals as a staff was to build Lloyd Noble Center,” she said.