Cecile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts have been named co-head coaches at Georgia. The news comes just under a week after Courtney Kupets-Carter was relieved of her duties after another disappointing No. 18 finish for the Gym Dogs.
Canqueteau-Landi, along with her husband and coaching partner, Laurent Landi, is most notably Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles’ coach at World Champions Centre near Houston, while Roberts spend the last two seasons as assistant coach under Kupets-Carter with a stint at Alabama before that. Laurent will remain at WCC as head coach while their daughter finishes high school, then ultimately join Canqueteu-Landi in Athens.
“Cecile and Ryan are two of the most accomplished gymnastics coaches in the sport. The combination of their leadership and experiences will give us one the most dynamic coaching staffs in the country,” Brooks said. “Both coaches have developed and mentored the very best gymnasts in the world, and I know our current and future student-athletes will be excited to learn from two of the best coaches in the country.”
Apart from Biles, Canqueteau-Landi has coached numerous elite gymnasts, including UCLA’s Jordan Chiles, former UCLA gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Madison Kocian, former Florida gymnast Alyssa…
