LSU gymnastics' Jay Clark named Louisiana Collegiate Coach of the Year

After leading the LSU gymnastics team to its first national title in program history this spring, coach Jay Clark is unsurprisingly bringing home some state-level honors.

On Friday, Clark was named the Louisiana Collegiate Coach of the Year by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Clark, who previously served as the head coach at Georgia from 2009-12 and an assistant at LSU from 2013-19, has been the Tigers coach since he replaced D-D Breaux. Under Clark, LSU has reached the Four on the Floor in the last two seasons and won its first national title this year.

The gymnastics championship was LSU’s lone national title from the 2023-24 athletic calendar.

Though the Tigers are set to lose several of the bulwarks from this year’s team, most notably star Haleigh Bryant, they should be nationally competitive once again as they bring back some young talent, as well.

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