He knew the Utes would be left in the hands of two coaches they already knew and trusted, but when he went to tell his gymnasts he was retiring he couldn’t hold back his emotions.
A day after the Red Rocks returned from the NCAA championships, the team had an end-of-season meeting, the kind that’s usually consumed by talking about goals for the next season, but Greg Marsden had a different topic to discuss.
As the longtime Utah coach started to speak he got choked up, and his team knew then that something was happening. As Marsden revealed the news that he was stepping down and that his wife, Megan Marsden, and assistant Tom Farden would take over as co-head coaches, there was one common emotive reaction: shock.