Kip Simons

Kip Alexander Simons (born September 11, 1972) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1996 Olympics and the 1994 and 1995 World Championships.^[1]

Kip Simons
Full name	Kip Alexander Simons
Born	(1972-09-11) September 11, 1972 (age 52) Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States (1993–1997)
College team	Ohio State Buckeyes
Head coach(es)	Peter Kormann, Miles Avery
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games 1 0 0 Pacific Alliance Championships 1 1 0 Total 2 1 0 Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team Pacific Alliance Championships 1994 Auckland Team 1994 Auckland Rings
Awards	Nissen-Emery Award (1994)

Biography

Simons competed for Ohio State University. In 1994, his senior year, Simons won the Nissen Award, the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics. Simons credited a hard summer of training between his junior and senior years propelling him to the next level.^[2]

Simons has been the gymnastics head coach at the United States Naval Academy since 2015. Before his Naval Academy appointment, Kip was the Head Coach of the men's gymnastics team at The United States Air Force Academy for 11 seasons, beginning in 2005. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 2001 to 2005.^[3][4]