After 39 years with UNC, head gymnastics coach Derek Galvin prepares for retirement
Posted Jul 2, 2020
When Derek Galvin took over as head coach of the North Carolina gymnastics program in 1981, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, MTV had just gone on the air and Michael Jordan was still a first-year at UNC. And after 39 years as a head coach, Galvin announced earlier this month that he would be retiring effective July 1.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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