Minyoung Kwon has been named an assistant coach on the Iowa men’s gymnastics team. Kwon has more than 30 years of experience in the sport and spent time with the Korean national team.

Most recently, Kwon served at the head competitive coach at Westside Gymnastics Club in Nashville.

“Kwon’s technical understanding of the sport, his presence and ability to coach and teach will be a great asset,” Hawkeye head men’s gymnastics coach JD Reive said. “His background as a gymnast at the level that he competed during his professional gymnastics career and the power of the program that he came from is going to make him a huge asset for us.”

Kwon has experience as a gymnast, coach and judge.

— by Danny Payne