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Shannon Evans

Shannon Evans

TitleAssistant Coach

Years at BYU

  • Assistant Coach: 2026-present

Responsibilities

  • Assistant Coach of the BYU women's gymnastics team
  • BYU's main floor coach
  • Assists with all aspects of the program, including: athlete development, recruiting, summer camps, team promotion, community outreach, competitions and alumni relations

Prior to BYU

  • Co-head coach at Magic City Gymnastics in Billings, Montana
  • Floor choreographer, designing routines for athletes across the country
  • Worked as a labor and delivery nurse for two years before transitioning into home health nursing

Gymnastics Career

  • Competed for BYU from 2017-2020
  • Second-team All-American on bars in 2018
  • Qualified individually for NCAA Nationals in 2018, finishing seventh in the country on bars
  • Holds the program's fifth-highest all-around score (39.575)
  • Holds BYU's third-highest vault and floor scores (9.95) and second-highest bars score (9.95)
  • 2017 MRGC Freshman of the Year
  • Named MRGC Gymnast of the Year, Floor Specialist and Bars Specialist of the Year during her BYU career
  • Won the 2018 MRGC all-around title
  • Earned All-MRGC first-team honors on bars and floor in 2018
  • In 2019, she received first-team all-conference recognition on vault and in the all-around
  • National recognition for her Super Mario-inspired floor routine
  • Competing in the all-around all four years, Evans was named MRGC Specialist of the Week a total of 35 times during her career

Education

  • Graduated from BYU with a degree in Exercise and Wellness
  • Earned a nursing degree from the University of Utah

Personal/Family

  • Shannon and her husband Ryan Evans are the parents of two girls - Lyla and Jasey