Alabama Gymnastics Associate Head Coach Justin Spring Wins Emmy

Alabama gymnastics associate head coach Justin Spring was awarded an Emmy on Wednesday night as part of NBC’s broadcast team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

NBC and Peacock’s coverage of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad won the Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event category, with Spring recognized as an event analyst.

“What an unexpected honor to win an Emmy for something that felt like such a privilege in my life!” Spring said in a press release on Thursday. “Commenting the Olympic Games was a dream come true. This award is so deserving for all the producers, researchers and the whole NBC team that made the experience amazing and unforgettable for our country!”

Spring provided live analysis of the men’s gymnastics competition, where the U.S. men’s team secured its first Olympic medal (bronze) since Spring’s own podium finish 16 years prior.

“Justin has a remarkable ability to make people feel part of a journey,” Alabama gymnastics head coach Ashley Johnston said in the press release. “Through an enthusiastic, storytelling approach to his broadcast analysis, he doesn’t just share the sport, but brings it to life. He’s a difference maker and his energy makes you believe in something bigger than yourself, as his passion for the sport of gymnastics can be felt by everyone around him. I couldn’t be prouder of him for earning this well-deserved honor.”

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May 23, 1970: Carney Laslie, an Alabama football tackle in 1930-32 and a member of Coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant’s staffs at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama, died of an apparent blood clot at the age of 61. — Bryant Museum

May 23, 2011: Sports Illustrated published its story on the Tuscaloosa tornado, with Javier Arenas standing in its aftermath on the cover.

“Carney (Laslie) meant as much as any one person, particularly back when we were starting and trying to get established. In those days, we worked day and night, but Carney never faltered.”

– Paul W. “Bear” Bryant