Brice Biggin begins his 21st year as head coach of the Kent State gymnastics team and 32nd year of association with program in 2011-12.

The 2011 National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) Head Coach of the Year led the Golden Flashes to their first trip to the NCAA Championships in program history after placing second at the 2011 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional April 2, achieving the special feat of competing for a national title while also playing co-host to the event along with the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. Kent State defeated the likes of No. 4 Stanford, No. 16 Ohio State and No. 23 Minnesota at the regional en route to becoming the first regional six seed and MAC team ever to advance to the national finals. The Golden Flashes completed the season with their highest ranking in program history at No. 12 after totaling a team score of 195.000 on April 15 at the national semifinals at the Wolstein Center.

Since being named head coach in 1992, Biggin has been selected the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year eight times, NCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year two times and NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year in 2001. Biggin has led the Golden Flashes to seven MAC regular season titles and seven MAC tournament crowns.

Biggin was named to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Committee in July and is one of seven individuals on the committee, which is made up of one representative from each of the six Division I regions and one member representing Divisions II and III. Among Biggin’s responsibilities as a member of the committee is helping to select the field and creating the bracket for the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships.

Prior to being named Kent State’s head coach, Biggin served as the women’s associate coach for five seasons under KSU coaching legends Rudy and Janet Bachna. Biggin was Kent State’s first-ever graduate assistant coach for the women’s gymnastics program from 1985-87. He also served as an assistant coach for the Kent State men’s gymnastics team on a part-time basis from 1983-85.

A four-time letterwinner and two-year team captain on Kent State’s men’s gymnastics team from 1980-83, Biggin led the men to a Great Lakes League Championship his senior season. A native of Howland, Ohio, Biggin graduated from Kent State with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1983.

A native of Howland, Ohio, Biggin graduated from Kent State with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1983. He also is the head coach at Kathi’s Dance and Gym in Youngstown, Ohio. He married the former Jen McGrath, Oct. 22, 2004. They have three children, Austin, Addison and Alexandria.