Tom Farden’s days start as they have for many years now, with an 8-mile bike commute from his home in Holladay to the University of Utah. Outside of those solitary moments, everything else in Farden’s world is spinning like a bike tire on a steep downhill path.
Farden has been on the go since given autonomy over the Utah gymnastics program when Megan Marsden retired as co-head coach shortly after the Utes’ seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships.
Since then, Farden has hired three coaches, overseen some major renovations in the team’s training facility and continued his high-paced recruiting habits, which became even more urgent when star MyKayla Skinner announced she was leaving school a year early to pursue her Olympic dream.