Rutgers names gymnastics coach to replace Umme Salim-Beasley

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Rutgers gymnastics is promoting associate head coach Anastasia Candia to replace fired head coach Umme Salim-Beasley.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Rutgers is replacing fired head gymnastics coach Umme Salim-Beasley with one of her longtime lieutenants.

Anastasia Candia, a former Scarlet Knights letterwinner who coached under Salim-Beasley for the past 10 seasons, has been named the ninth head coach in program history, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media on Wednesday.

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