CHAPEL HILL – Derek Galvin, head coach of the University of North Carolina gymnastics team for the past 39 years, is retiring at the end of June. Associate head coach Marie Case Denick will serve as the program's interim head coach until Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham names a permanent head coach.
Galvin, a native of Ireland who attended UNC and competed on the men's gymnastics team in the early 1970s, became the head coach in 1981. His Tar Heel teams posted 441 victories, won five East Atlantic Gymnastics League titles and advanced to NCAA regional competition 12 times in the last 19 seasons.