In October of 2019, Kristen Presutti Callihan was named volunteer assistant gymnastics coach.
"I can't tell you how excited I am to have Towson Hall of Famer and my friend, Kristen, on the coaching staff," said Ramirez. "We have been talking for years about coaching together and we can finally make this happen. With Kristen's strong leadership skills, we can take this team to new heights."
"I love this program, my time here was such a huge part of my life and I am so excited to be a part of it again," said Callihan. "It's an honor to be able to work with a group of incredibly talented athletes as well as an amazing coaching staff."
The Towson Female Athlete of the Year (2001-2003) made a huge impact on the gymnastics team during her time. The 2002 and 2003 team captain was also named East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Gymnast of the Year those same years. She became the first gymnast ever to earn the award back-to-back years.
In 2003, she was named the Southeast Region Gymnast of the Year. She also finished her career with 1,787.40 points and is the third-leading scorer in Towson gymnastics history.
A native of Toms River, N.J., Presutti owned Towson school records on vault and floor exercise. She also set school records by averaging 9.83 on vault in 2001 and 9.91 on floor in 2003. In her career, she also set school records with 23 vault titles, 17 floor titles and 23 all-around titles, having 12 vault scores over 9.90 and 14 floor scores above 9.90. She also had all-around scores over 39.00 23 times.
After graduating from Towson, she worked as the team coach and choreographer for Devlin Gymnastics before becoming an account executive at Capitol Office Solutions. She also has worked as a sales representative at Phillips for four years. From 2009-2012, she was the region sales manager for UroMed.
Presutti Callihan made her way back to Towson's campus in 2013 when she was inducted into the Hall of Fame. She is the only gymnast in program history to record two perfect 10.0 scores.
She is married to former Towson ice hockey player Dan Callihan and they have two sons Dean and Walter
