Kip Simons is a retired American gymnast. Simons competed in the

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and the 1994 and 1995 World Championships. Simons competed for

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. In 1994, his senior year, Simons won the

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, the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics. Simons credited a hard summer of training between his junior and senior years as propelling him to the next level. Simons has been the gymnastics head coach at the

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since 2005. He was an assistant coach at the

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from 2001 to 2005.

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