Sarah Brown

Biography

CAREER AT A GLANCE Sarah Brown begins her ninth year as the head coach of the Penn State women’s gymnastics team in 2026. Brown was named the eighth head coach of the Penn State women’s gymnastics program on May 4, 2017. A two-time Big 12 Conference Gymnast of the Year during her competition days, Brown came to Happy Valley after serving as the head coach at Eastern Michigan. During the summer of 2024, Brown completed a trip to Minnesota to serve as an auxiliary judge at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials and present at the 2024 USA Gymnastics National Congress. Both experiences were firsts for Brown as she continues to use her platform to be an advocate for the sport of gymnastics. 2026 SEASON Penn State had a successful 2026 campaign that culminated in a berth into NCAA Regionals for the fourth consecutive season with the team traveling to Tempe, Ariz. The Nittany Lions’ team score of 196.200 was the program’s fifth best score in NCAA Regional competition. The Blue and White extended the team’s streak of scoring 196.000 or more to 17 straight meets, dating back to the meet against Clemson and George Washington in 2025. Penn State tallied the third and fourth highest team marks in program history against Maryland and during the Big Four Meet, respectively. The Nittany Lions notched the third-best bars and beam score in program annals, the sixth-best score on floor and the third-highest beam finish in team history in NCAA Regionals. Under Brown and her staff, Penn State had f