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STAMFORD, Conn. Byron Knox has been named the director of gymnastics and head girls team coach at Chelsea Piers Connecticut. The facility is scheduled to open in July in Stamford.
Knox serves as the head coach of the University of Bridgeport women's gymnastics program. He has led the program to USA Gymnastics national championship titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Under his guidance, the team also won the ECAC team championship in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Knox previously served as the assistant mens gymnastics coach at Southern Connecticut State University and assistant women's gymnastics coach at Yale University. Knox also owned and ran the CATS Gymnastics center in Cheshire. He will continue as head coach at Bridgeport.
In addition to his success at the collegiate level, Knox was director and head coach at CATS Gymnastics in Cheshire and also is the head varsity girls coach for Southington High School. The Southington High girls team has been named the team and all around state champions from 2004-08 and again in 2010. He helped pave the way for 70 gymnasts to receive full scholarships at the collegiate level. Knox is also a former USA Womens National Team Coach.
Knox has received many coaching awards, including USA Gymnastics National Coach of the Year (09, 10), NCAA Regional Collegiate Coach of the Year (08, 09, 10), ECAC Collegiate Coach of the Year (08, 09, 10), and Fairfield County Sportsman of the Year (11).
Before coaching, Knox made his mark as a gymnast, competing for Southern Connecticut State University. He was also a member of the 1982 USA Gymnastics national team, winning a gold medal on high bar and all-around and a silver medal in the vault.
The Gymnastics Center at Chelsea Piers will have more than 14,000 square feet of gymnastics equipment, with competition spring floors, deep foam training pits, tumble tracks, in-ground trampolines and multiple sets of bars, beams, rings, pommel horses and vaults. In addition to after-school and weekend programs, it will offer a selection of recreational and competitive summer camps. Rounding out the activity list will be a cheerleading program, Parkour classes, birthday party rooms, a toddler gym and a separate trampoline center.
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