Genki Suzuki was hired as a a full-time assistant coach in July 2023. He previously served as volunteer coach for the Sooners since January 2023.
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A former OU All-American and national champion gymnast, Suzuki also assists with coordinating program operations in his role as full-time assistant coach. As volunteer coach during the 2023 season, he helped guide the Sooners to a 23rd straight NCAA Finals appearance.
Suzuki won team national titles with the Sooners in 2016, ā17 and ā18 and was a senior co-captain on the 2019 runner-up squad. He was a member of the U.S. Senior Menās National Team at the 2018 Senior Pan American Championship and 2019 Pan American Games.
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As a senior at Oklahoma in 2019, Suzuki earned All-America status in the all-around and on parallel bars and high bar while leading OU to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. He scored an 83.198 in the all-around in the team finals at NCAAs, including leading the team on parallel bars (14.166) and high bar (13.933).
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Suzuki finished the 2018 season ranked first nationally in high bar an NQA of 14.400, and placed ninth in the all-around at the NCAA Championships. In 2017, he earned All-America honors and placed third in high bar with a 14.500 at the NCAA Championships. As a freshman in 2016, he posted a 14.800 on pommel horse at NCAA team finals to help propel Oklahoma to the national title.
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Internationally, Suzuki won gold on the pommel horse and won a team silver medal at the 2018 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and placed fourth in the all-around at the 2019 Senior Pan Am Championships. He won high bar at the 2021 Winter Cup and was a bronze medalist in high bar at the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
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Suzuki secured his spot on the 2019 U.S. Menās Senior National Team at the Winter Cup, finishing fourth in the all-around with an 82.300. He later competed internationally for Team USA in Canada at the Calgary Cup in March, claiming silver on high bar and bronze on floor exercise.
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A product of North Wales, Pa., Suzuki earned his bachelorās degree in health and exercise science from OU in 2019.