Genki Suzuki was hired as a a full-time assistant coach in July 2023. He previously served as volunteer coach for the Sooners since January 2023.
A former OU All-American and national champion gymnast, Suzuki also assists with coordinating program operations in his role as full-time assistant coach. As volunteer coach during the 2023 season, he helped guide the Sooners to a 23rd straight NCAA Finals appearance.
Suzuki won team national titles with the Sooners in 2016, ’17 and ’18 and was a senior co-captain on the 2019 runner-up squad. He was a member of the U.S. Senior Men’s National Team at the 2018 Senior Pan American Championship and 2019 Pan American Games.
As a senior at Oklahoma in 2019, Suzuki earned All-America status in the all-around and on parallel bars and high bar while leading OU to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. He scored an 83.198 in the all-around in the team finals at NCAAs, including leading the team on parallel bars (14.166) and high bar (13.933).
Suzuki finished the 2018 season ranked first nationally in high bar an NQA of 14.400, and placed ninth in the all-around at the NCAA Championships. In 2017, he earned All-America honors and placed third in high bar with a 14.500 at the NCAA Championships. As a freshman in 2016, he posted a 14.800 on pommel horse at NCAA team finals to help propel Oklahoma to the national title.
Internationally, Suzuki won gold on the pommel horse and won a team silver medal at the 2018 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and placed fourth in the all-around at the 2019 Senior Pan Am Championships. He won high bar at the 2021 Winter Cup and was a bronze medalist in high bar at the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Suzuki secured his spot on the 2019 U.S. Men’s Senior National Team at the Winter Cup, finishing fourth in the all-around with an 82.300. He later competed internationally for Team USA in Canada at the Calgary Cup in March, claiming silver on high bar and bronze on floor exercise.
A product of North Wales, Pa., Suzuki earned his bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science from OU in 2019.