MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University gymnastics coach Jason Butts has announced the hiring of Kaylyn Millick as an assistant coach on the Mountaineer gymnastics staff.
 
Millick returns to Morgantown after previous stints as WVU's assistant coach from 2015-17 and 2019-20. Most recently, Millick worked as a travel nurse from 2020-25 and also served as the color commentator for West Virginia's home meet broadcasts on ESPN+.
 
Additionally, Millick also was a three-year letterwinner for WVU from 2011-13 and was a part of the 2012 East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championship team.
 
"We are so excited to welcome Kaylyn back to Morgantown and to our Mountaineer family," Butts said. "She has been a part of some of the most successful years of our WVU gymnastics program, both as a student-athlete and as a coach, so she will bring in a lot of experience to help our team reach new heights this year and in the years to come."
 
"If you really know me, you know how much I love gymnastics and West Virginia University," Millick said. "Sometimes you may have to take the long road to get to where you truly belong, but when you get there, it's too sweet. I am beyond grateful to Jason, Travis, Jess and Abbie for welcoming me back to the team. I am really looking forward to seeing how far we can push WVU gymnastics to new heights this season and beyond."
 
In her most recent stint with the Mountaineers from 2019-20, Millick helped guide WVU to four top-50 scores, including a season-high 196.425 in 2020. In a season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia won six of its last eight competitions and finished the year ranked No. 24 nationally on floor. Individually, 12 of the 16 Mountaineers who saw competitive time reached the podium. Senior Chloe Cluchey posted a personal best on floor, scoring a winning 9.95 and marking the team's highest individual score of the season.
 
In 2019, Millick helped WVU qualify for the regional championships for the 40th time in program history, the 36th time in NCAA competition. The team placed fourth in the second of two second-round quad meets at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Championships with a 195.425 score.
 
WVU was nationally ranked twice in the Road to Nationals Rankings. The vault and floor lineups were nationally ranked each week, with the floor lineup spending seven weeks in the top 10 and peaking at No. 5. At season's end, seniors Kirah Koshinski and Jaquie Tun owned a combined three national rankings. WVU finished the season with a 19-9 overall record (0-4 Big 12), the team's top win mark since earning 21 victories in 2012.
 
Additionally, Koshinski was named to the NACGC/W Regular Season All-America Vault First Team, her fourth career All-America honor and first first-team recognition. She became the first gymnast in program history to earn at least one honor in four consecutive seasons. Koshinski also was named to the All-Big 12 Vault Team for the third time in her career.
 
Millick helped coach WVU to a third-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships, her third season with the team. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 20 in the Road to Nationals Rankings.
 
Also in 2017, a pair of Mountaineers claimed All-America honors. Junior Zaakira Muhammad advanced to the NCAA National Championships in the all-around and finished eighth on floor, earning All-America Second Team accolades. Muhammad was the first WVU gymnast to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Championships since 2007. Additionally, Koshinski claimed her second consecutive NACGC/W Regular Season All-America Second Team Vault honor and also was named to the All-Big 12 Gymnastics Vault Team for the second year in a row.
 
Millick was instrumental in the program's progress in 2016. She helped guide the squad back into the national rankings, and the Mountaineers spent six of the last nine weeks of the season ranked, the team's first national ranking since March 18, 2013. The squad also earned scores of 195.0 or better in 11 straight contests.
 
The team's floor lineup was consistent and strong throughout the season and tallied scores of 49.0+ nine times, including a season-high 49.575, which was the third-highest mark in program history at the time.
 
Millick also helped coach Koshinski to NACGC/W All-America Second Team accolades on vault. She also claimed the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honor, as well as All-Big 12 Gymnastics Vault Team and All-Big 12 Championship Team honors.
 
In her first season as an assistant with the Mountaineers, Millick helped guide WVU to a fifth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships. The squad posted a 195.65 mark, the second-best program score at a regional championship. Additionally, WVU earned a program regional-record score of 49.225 on beam.
 
WVU also earned a program-best, second place finish at the 2015 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship, scoring 195.025. Dayah Haley earned her second straight All-Big 12 Championship Team honor with a second-place finish in the all-around. WVU earned 11 scores of 9.9 or better, six on floor, with Haley tallying a season-best 9.95.
 
As a gymnast at WVU from 2011-13, Millick tallied 1,290.3 points in three years as a Mountaineer and saw time in 38 meets. She ended her career ranked ninth in the program record book with 12 career scores of 39.0 or better. She also ranked 20th all-time with eight career scores of 9.9 or better, six of which came on floor, the 10th-best total in program history at the time.
 
Millick earned her bachelor's degree in exercise physiology at WVU in May 2014. She obtained a bachelor's of science in nursing from Carlow University in December 2018.

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