Although he enters his 17th season as head coach of the Kent State gymnastics team, Brice Biggin’s connection with Kent State dates back 29 years when he was a member of the men’s gymnastics team.

In 2007, he led the Golden Flashes to a Mid American Conference Regular Season Co-Championship and an appearance by three gymnasts in the Central Regional championship cometition. Biggin coached Kent State to a an 11-4 mark with a 5-1 MAC record during the regular season.

Since being named head coach in 1992, Biggin has been selected the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Coach of the Year six times (1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2007), NCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year two times (1995 and 1996) and NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year in 2001. Biggin has led the Golden Flashes to MAC championships on five different occasions (1994, 1996, 1997, 2001 and 2005). During his tenure, he has coached 25 different All-MAC selections, four NCAA regional champions and one All-American.

Prior to being named Kent State’s head coach, Biggin served as the women’s associate coach for five seasons under coaching legends Rudy and Janet Bachna. Biggin was instrumental in increasing the degree of difficulty and number of sophisticated moves in Kent State’s routines, helping the team to two MAC titles (1988 and 1989) during that time.

Biggin was Kent State’s first-ever graduate assistant coach for the women’s gymnastics program from 1985-87. He also served as an assistant coach for the Kent State men’s gymnastics team on a part-time basis from 1983-85.

A four-time letterwinner and two-year team captain on Kent State’s men’s gymnastics team from 1980-83, Biggin led the men to a Great Lakes League Championship his senior season.