Garrison Named Head Coach at Kentucky

Lincoln, Neb. - Nebraska Head Coach Dan Kendigannounced on Thursday that assistant coach Tim Garrison will be leaving the NU women's gymnastics program to take the reins as head coach at Kentucky.

"It's a tremendous opportunity for him to be able to head up a program that will be committed to getting better," Kendig said. "I think he'll have the ability to do that. He has a great game plan put together. The University of Kentucky should be very excited. They have a great coach, and good things are going to happen."

Garrison heads to Kentucky as the third head coach in the history of the Wildcat program. He is filling the vacant head coaching position that opened last October. Kentucky assistant coaches Chuck Dickerson and Heather Hite led the program during the 2011 season.

During his time at Nebraska, Garrison helped the program to two NCAA Super Six appearances and two Big 12 Conference championships. Garrison coached 10 NCAA All-Americans on vault and floor at Nebraska and helped the Huskers match their best finish in school history at the 2011 NCAA Championships with a fourth-place showing.

"We lose a great coach who has done an outstanding job for our program," Kendig said. "He will be hard to replace. He is going to be greatly missed, but he definitely has a really good opportunity ahead of him. I am excited for him."