CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
· Lynnzee Brown begins her second season on staff at Penn State following an outstanding first year with the Nittany Lions. Brown made the move to Happy Valley in July of 2023 for her very first full-time coaching role following an award-winning collegiate career at Denver.
· In her very first season as a collegiate coach, Brown, along with her fellow Penn State assistant coaches, earned North East Region Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year recognition from the WCGA for their work with the Nittany Lions in 2024.
· While on staff at Penn State, Brown continued to train and compete internationally and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in women’s artistic gymnastics. She is set to become the first Haitian gymnast ever to compete at the Olympics.
AT PENN STATE
· Brown took on an over-arching assistant coaching role for the Nittany Lions in 2024, helping Penn State’s student-athletes in all facets of competition throughout the season, utilizing her recent experience as an award-winning collegiate gymnast to her advantage.
· Following the 2024 season, Brown, along with fellow assistant coaches Rachel Inniss and Ralph Rosso, were named the North East Region Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year by the WCGA.
BEFORE PENN STATE
· As a student-athlete at Denver, Brown was a co-national champion, a ten-time WCGA Postseason All-American, and a two-time AAI Award finalist.
· In her most recent competitive campaign, Brown finished as the co-national runner up on vault and was fourth on floor and in the all-around. She was also a finalist for the 2023 Honda Inspiration Award after coming back from her second achilles tear for her sixth collegiate season. At the NCAA Regional Final, she set the No. 2 All-Around mark in Denver gymnastics history with a 39.800, just 0.025 points off her own school record.
· Her 2022 season was cut short by her second achilles tear which forced her to miss the final nine meets of the season. Brown earned Big 12 co-Gymnast of the Year and Region 2 Gymnast of the Year honors the year before, capping off her 2021 season as a finalist for the AAI Award and the Honda Sport Award for Gymnastics.
· A tumultuous 2020 campaign was cut short by her first achilles tear before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the season. However, in 2019, Brown shined. She earned a share of the NCAA floor title, tying the Denver record for highest floor total at the NCAA Championships with a 9.950. Brown also finished sixth in the all-around at the national meet and capped off her sophomore season with four postseason All-America honors (all-around, floor, bars, beam).
· In her first collegiate season, Brown earned Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year honors following a campaign in which she placed 20th overall on bars at the NCAA Championships.
COACHING HONORS
· 2024 WCGA North East Region Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year honoree
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
· Brown qualified to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and will compete in women’s artistic gymnastics for her home country of Haiti. She is the first Haitian gymnast ever to qualify for the Olympics.
THE LYNNZEE BROWN FILE
Personal
Year at Penn State: Second
Hometown: Raytown, Mo.
Education: Denver, 2021 – B.A. in Media Studies
Denver, 2023 – M.A. in Comm. Mgmt. (emphasis in user experience strategy)
Coaching Timeline
2023-Present – Penn State (Assistant Coach)