She helped lead the Bruins to the regional final, and six gymnasts received All-Pac-12 honors. A member of the Fierce Five United States squad that won team gold at the 2012 Olympics, Wieber was a two-time U.S. all-around champion (2011 and 2012) and the 2011 World all-around champion. 765-285-8581. rmhillenberg@bsu.edu. Hear from Dave Van Horn, Caleb Cali, Will McEntire, and Jace Bohrofen , Arkansas coach Sam Pittman and his staff impressed numerous recruits Saturday and , Antonio Reeves' 37 points were the most against an Eric Musselman-led college , Hear from Eric Musselman and Nick Smith after the Razorbacks' 88-79 loss , Kentucky guard Antonio Reeves spoiled Arkansas final home game of the regular , Kentucky All-American forward Oscar Tshiebwe didnt have his typical game when the , (AP / Genesis Gibson. Yes, he was a part of men's gymnastics, but he knows what it takes to make it to the top. At regionals, Brooks coached sixth-year Hog Sarah Shaffer to a 9.950 outing on bars, which earned her a berth to NCAA Championships, Arkansas second consecutive bars qualifier and fourth ever. A member of the Fierce Five United States squad that won team gold at the 2012 Olympics, Wieber was a two-time U.S. all-around champion (2011 and 2012) and the 2011 World all-around champion. (KNWA/KFTA) - The Gymbacks only have three meets left in the regular season. I am so excited to have the opportunity to stay a part of the Arkansas Razorback family! Wieber helped bring a long-awaited dream for the Arkansas program to light in 2022 as the team hosted its first-ever meet in Bud Walton Arena. - Olympic gold medalist and UCLA assistant Jordyn Wieber has been named as the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Arkansas, Vice Chancellor and Director of. Chuck Dickerson Assistant Coach 13th Season. During her time with the Owls, they won three East Atlantic Gymnastics League championships. Megan Davis. What an incredible opportunity to be able to coach with my Olympic teammate and continue to build Arkansas Gymnastics towards competitive greatness together.. Wherever she goes, she makes those around her better, which is why she is the perfect addition to this Razorback coaching staff.. Bob Holt is a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Wieber coached the Bruins on floor exercise, an event in which UCLA finished the 2018 and 2019 regular seasons ranked No. She and her fellow UCLA coaches were named the 2018 West Region Assistant Coaches of the Year, as they helped lead the Bruins to Pac-12, NCAA regional and NCAA national titles. Beam was Arkansas best event for much of the season, with a final ranking of 16th and placement as high as 8th throughout the regular season. Upon arrival for Arkansas 2022 campaign, Ross was primarily responsible for coaching the Gymbacks on balance beam. Fans of LSU gymnastics recall last season when All American gymnast Kiya Johnson helped the Tigers defeat Arkansas in a January 2021 meet with a flawless floor routine. Kyla Ross Retweeted. In her first international competition at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships, she won gold medals on uneven bars and balance beam, silver in the all-around and bronze on floor exercise. 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After winning their semifinal session with a 197.650 (49.6125 in the floor), UCLA finished third overall in the finals. She was elevated to a full-time assistants role last August after the departure of Catelyn Orel, who took over as head coach at Lindenwood University. Women's Gymnastics - Coaching Staff; Image Name Title; Tabitha Yim: Rodgers Family Director of Women's Gymnastics: Vince Smurro: Assistant Coach: Hallie Mossett: Assistant Coach: Chris Swircek: Volunteer Assistant Coach: Sarah Lyons: Senior Associate Director Athletic Training Women's Gymnastics, Track & Field: Anthony Tran: Assistant . Head Gymnastics Coach: Sunny Marchand: . University of Arkansas 2023. I cant wait to call the Hogs with Razorback fans many more times this season! we do it on floor," says LSU Gymnastics assistant coach Courtney McCool Griffeth, a 2004 Olympian and former University of Georgia gymnast who now coaches LSU gymnasts on . During her third season in 2022, Wieber guided the Gymbacks to their 18th consecutive regional appearance and second straight regional final. Now with six assistants officially on staff, the Hogs have already allocated approximately $3.6 million of that budget towards their assistant coaches. At SEC Championships, Arkansas posted a 49.150, which matches the best in program history for the Hogs at the meet. It was attended by 10,345 fans, a new program single meet record, and the second time in the Wieber era that a new record has been set. Orel coordinated all community outreach and volunteer activities for the program, as well as assisted in planning summer camps for Arkansas gymnastics. All Rights Reserved. . With the addition of Ross, each member of Arkansas coaching staff is a former national team member (Wieber, assistant coach Chris Brooks and assistant coach Felicia Hano), three are world team members and Olympians (Ross, Wieber and Brooks), and two are Olympic gold medalists (Ross and Wieber). 13 Kentucky on Jan. 24 that Arkansas scored a 49.525 on the floor, the second-highest event total in program history. 375 Following. Ticket Office Phone Number: 479-575-5151 With Wiebers lead, Arkansas won 27 event titles through 10 meets. I cant wait to bring that passion to Fayetteville!. A-A Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber was introduced as the head coach of the Arkansas Women's Gymnastics program on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, by Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. The meet scoring officials include Harold Hooks and Mike. Moser worked with Musselman in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings and in the D-League formerly the CBA and now known as the G-League with the Reno Bighorns. 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In 2021, graduate transfer Maggie OHara made Arkansas history as the first Gymback to secure a spot as a regular season All-American on bars, closing out the regular season with an NQS of 9.925 on bars and ranked 11th in the nation to earn second-team All-America. We communicate really well, which is why our relationship works and our coaching relationship works. The Hogs finished the year ranked 16th in the country, maintaining the programs 17-year streak in the top 20. Women's Gymnastics Coaching Staff. Brooks was planning on proposing to Wieber in December during the holidays, but the ring arrived to their house early in October. Pittman will obviously have the highest salary as the head coach of the Hogs, but as a first-time head coach at the FBS-level, he isnt quite racking in the Southeastern Conference average, yet. 2022-23 Women's Gymnastics Coaching Staff. University of Arkansas | Assistant Head Coach | 2015-2016 Coached Amanda Wellick to her second consecutive All-American honor Coached Samantha Nelson to All-SEC honors on beam Received National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches for Women South Central Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honors Brooks was selected by his teammates to serve as the captain of the U.S. Mens Olympic gymnastics team and placed 14th in the individual all-around competition in Rio de Janeiro. They will host Missouri at Barnhill Arena on Friday night at 7:45 p.m. Head coach Jordyn Wieber. Media. The team also set new program highs in total attendance (24,830), which ranked seventh-best in the country, and in season tickets with 1,711. Musselman and Smart both were NBA head coaches with Golden State and Sacramento. Volunteer Assistant Coach Baylor, 2022 Will McDonald: Technical Coordinator 254-652-7927 254-652-7927: Academy of Contemporary Music, 2016 . The promotion continues a Ross-Wieber dynamic that has seen the two as teammates, coach and athlete, and coworkers over the course of 10+ years from London 2012, to UCLA, and now at Arkansas. Five-time USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year for Southern California (1999, 2001, 02, 03, 04) while at SCEGA Gymnastics where he produced 27 national champions, 10 Junior Olympic National Team members and four Elite National Team members . The Gymbacks earned their first-ever spot in the SEC night session in 2021 and advanced to the NCAA regional final after scoring a post-season program best 197.250 on day one. . Her illustrious elite career included three medals (all-around and team gold, beam bronze) at the 2011 World Championships, four U.S. senior national titles (all-around, bars and floor in 2011 and all-around in 2012). FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas gymnastics assistant coach Felicia Hano turned in her letter of resignation last month, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette learned through a recent Freedom of. Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach (MG, WG, VB) Gymnastics Jay Clark. Arkansas coach Jordyn Wieber directs her gymnasts Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, during the Razorbacks' meet with Georgia in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville. Arkansas' assistant coaches will make $5.84 million in 2022, more than triple the salary pool of $1.945 million 13 years ago. After helping coach the Gymbacks to two record-breaking wins over Mizzou and Auburn, Brooks bars team scored a 49.375 at NCAA Regionals on day one, then the second-highest by the Hogs in postseason program history. In total, Arkansas registered fives scores of 197.000 or better in 2021 for the first time in program history. At the NCAA Championships on April 19-20, Wieber coached Ross to the individual floor title with a score of 9.950, the programs second in as many years after Ohashi took home the crown in 2018. SIMONE BILES Olympic All-Round Champion, 2016 19-Time Gold World Championships Medalist . The team set a new regional bars record (49.450) and a new regional floor record (49.400). Arkansas saw six Gymbacks wrap up the 2020 season ranked in the top 100 by Road to Nationals in at least one event, with four Hogs finishing with multiple top 100 rankings. In October of 2021, Brooks surprised his then-girlfriend Wieber by proposing to her while Jordyn was on a trip to Michigan. The first team competed in the 2003, with an all-freshman roster, and finished the regular season ranked 41st. Assistant Coach justino_villegas@brown.edu: 401-863-1950 401-863-1950: Alex Hyland: Assistant Coach alexandra_hyland@brown.edu: 2023 Women's Gymnastics Support Staff. The hirings of Argenal and Smart complete Musselmans staff. Fowler Family Baseball & Track Training Center, Jerry & Gene Jones Student-Athlete Success Center. Fowler Family Baseball & Track Training Center, Jerry & Gene Jones Student-Athlete Success Center, justin.delille@ArkansasSportsProperties.com, Jacqueline.gibson@arkansassportsproperties.com, sean.rochelle@arkansassportsproperties.com, Travean.Caldwell@arkansassportsproperties.com, Mason.Conerly@arkansassportsproperties.com, caroline.brock@arkansassportsproperties.com, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics (Sport Admin: Football), Assistant Vice Chancellor / Deputy AD for Student-Athlete Wellness / SWA (Sport Admin: W. Basketball), Deputy AD / CFO (Sport Admin: M. Basketball), Deputy AD / External Engagement (Sport Admin: Football, M&W Tennis), Deputy AD / Integrity & Student-Athlete Success (Sport Admin: Softball and Swim & Dive), Senior Associate Athletics Director/Athlete Brand Development & Inclusive Excellence (Sport Admin: M. & W. Cross Country / Track & Field), Chief of Staff (Sport Admin: Soccer and Gymnastics), Senior Associate General Counsel for Athletics, Senior Associate AD / Public Relations / Former Student-Athlete Engagement (Sport Admin: Baseball, Volleyball), Senior Associate AD / Capital Projects, Facility Maintenance, Grounds, Equipment (Sport Admin: M. & W. Golf), Associate AD / Marketing & Brand Development, Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine (Asst. Release via Arkansas Razorbacks. His last coaching job had been with the Knicks during the 2018-19 season. Official Twitter account of Arkansas Gymnastics | Head Coach @Jordyn_Wieber | 18-Consecutive NCAA Regional Appearances | 2009, 2012 Super Six | Est. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, self-dubbed the "Fierce Five", at the 2012 Summer Olympics.She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the . The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. Administrative Assistant. @RyneHillenberg. Arkansas will play Auburn at next weeks SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. He will $225,00 a year, and he served as a defensive quality control assistant and analyst under Odom last season. Kyla Ross's Tweets. She immediately made a lasting impact on the program as she led the team to a new program high of 49.475 against Florida on Jan. 28. The Gymbacks also set a new program record on vault of 49.500 and posted three of its best 10 bars scores ever. Brooks, a member of the Sooners squad from 2006-2009, won two national championships as a Student-Athlete at OU in 2006 and 2008, was a seven-time All-American (including three on high bar), a 2006 MPSF Conference high bar champion, and served as captain of the team as a senior in 2009. She was also the first-ever womens gymnast to own Olympic, world, and NCAA titles. Her and I work really, really well together. Oleksii Koltakov. (Sports Supervision: M/W Swimming) 765-285-8581. 1 in the nation. 10 Kentucky in Barnhill Arena. Also, he has high energy and passion. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. In addition to his three NBA head coaching jobs, he also was an assistant with Cleveland, Golden State, Sacramento, the Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks. In 1989, Tarver was the first Black gymnast to win the NCAA all-around championship. The SEC Network also regularly televises. In 2016, Brooks made his Olympic debut in Rio after serving as an alternate on the 2012 London team and claiming first on the parallel bars and second in the all-around and on the high bar at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The two former Olympic athletes get to spend their days coaching the sport they love with the one they love. Women's . The 2018 Bruins scored 49.4 or higher in 11 meets and 49.6 or higher in three meets, including a national season-high of 49.775 set Feb. 25. [1] Previously, she was with the Auburn Tigers and Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics teams. She immediately made a lasting impact on the program as she led the team to a new program high of 49.475 against Florida on Jan. 28. The official Gymnastics Coach List for the Auburn Tigers. At SEC Championships, Arkansas finished with their best score in Wiebers tenure, 196.450, and coached Kennedy Hambrick and Sarah Shaffer to All-SEC honors and Kalyxta Gamiao and Leah Smith to SEC All-Freshman Team honors, the most Gymbacks on the SEC postseason lists since 2018. Department Mailing Address: PO Box 7777, 350 North Razorback Road Fayetteville, AR 72701. Jennifer Ester Rowland (born July 18, 1974) is an American gymnastics coach and former gymnast. The official Women's Gymnastics Coach List for the University of New Hampshire Wildcats. At regionals, Brooks coached sixth-year Hog Sarah Shaffer to a 9.950 outing on bars, which earned her a berth to NCAA Championships, Arkansas second consecutive bars qualifier and fourth ever. Hano, a former star gymnast at UCLA,joined the program as a volunteer assistant in the fall of 2020 and served in that position for the 2021 season. Jordyn: Chris Brooks is my assistant coach and has every bit of knowledge on the sport of gymnastics. Wieber, who has been a vocal advocate for safe sport, has won many awards in the past several years, including the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs, the Rising Star Award by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and the Giant Steps A Hero Among Us Award. The promotion continues a Ross-Wieber dynamic that has seen the two as teammates, coach and athlete, and coworkers over the course of 10+ years from London 2012, to UCLA, and now at Arkansas. In total, Arkansas registered fives scores of 197.000 or better in 2021 for the first time in program history. I am so excited to have the opportunity to stay a part of the Arkansas Razorback family! During her four seasons at UCLA, Ross won four individual NCAA titles, one on each event, and the 2018 team title with the Bruins. During the regular season, Arkansas had three top-10 program scores on bars, ranking as high as No. It was against No. All Rights Reserved. Have a comment on this story? Moser, Argenal and Smart all worked with Musselman previously, and Smart also played for him in the CBA. Georgia (2010) Garrett Griffeth enters his second season as assistant coach for the LSU Gymnastics program under head coach Jay Clark. Brooks, a member of the Sooners squad from 2006-2009, won two national championships as a Student-Athlete at OU in 2006 and 2008, was a seven-time All-American (including three on high bar), a 2006 MPSF Conference high bar champion, and served as captain of the team as a senior in 2009. Fowler Family Baseball & Track Training Center, Jerry & Gene Jones Student-Athlete Success Center. Former Missouri head coach Barry Odom will serve as Arkansas defensive coordinator and the UA announced yesterday that former FSU offensive coordinator Kendal Brileswill take over as the offensive coordinator. Two offensive assistants were already in place before Briles was officially hired on Monday, including offensive line coach Brad Davis and receivers coach Justin Stepp. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Jay Ramirez: Head Coach sramirez@towson.edu: 410-704-3895 410-704-3895: Ashley Sauer: Associate Head Coach asauer@towson.edu: 410-704-3444 410-704-3444: Jasmine Kauffman: Volunteer Assistant Coach jkauff5@students.towson.edu: Footer 2023 Towson University . Odom will make $1.2 million per year as the defensive coordinator at Arkansas, while Briles will rake in $1 million per year. Upon arrival for Arkansas 2022 campaign, Ross was primarily responsible for coaching the Gymbacks on balance beam. The team also set new program highs in total attendance (24,830), which ranked seventh-best in the country, and in season tickets with 1,711. Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman is in line to be paid $5.25 million in base pay this year, plus $1.1 million in compensation that will be disbursed as a retention bonus at the end of 2024. The Razorbacks success on the floor helped them lock in back-to-back SEC wins against No. But it was so last minute. Lauren Bannister. Join the discussion or start a new one on the Forums. Department Mailing Address: PO Box 7777, 350 North Razorback Road . . Central Arkansas Christain quarterback Grayson Wilson became the fourth in-state prospect to , Everything you need to know about the Razorbacks' series finale against the . Wieber brought her London 2012 and UCLA teammate Kyla Ross on to the staff for the 2022 season, whose beam coaching helped Arkansas reach a new program high of 49.250 on the event. 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She has a wealth of knowledge, work ethic, and passion for our sport. . The Gymbacks also set a new program record on vault of 49.500 and posted three of its best 10 bars scores ever. We go hiking, she runs, I rollerblade.. She knows first-hand what it takes to train and compete at a high level. Smart additionally was a head coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers. You can also find the Razorbacks on social media by liking us on Facebook (Arkansas Razorback Gymnastics) and following us on Twitter and Instagram (@RazorbackGym). Wieber officially retired from competitive gymnastics in 2015. 2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster; Name Event(s) Year Hometown / High School Club Headshot; Kaleigh Cleveland: AA: So. Shes one of just 11 gymnasts to achieve a Gym Slam, and the first to record two in the same year (2019). CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Pittman will obviously have the highest salary as the head coach of the Hogs, but as a first-time. Have a comment on this story? Roster Kyla Ross Promoted to Gymnastics Assistant Coach July 13, 2022 After helping lead the Arkansas program to new heights in one season as a volunteer, Olympic gold medalist and. All Rights Reserved. She was also the first-ever womens gymnast to own Olympic, world, and NCAA titles. Murphy was the 2017 Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year. I thought he was kind of here holding down the fort, babysitting our dog. FAYETTEVILLE Keith Smart, a former NBA head coach hired as a University of Arkansas assistant coach, will be paid an annual salary of $200,000, according to his letter of agreement with the UA, which was obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette through a Freedom of Information request. Both gymnasts have represented the U.S. in the Olympics, and Wieber won a gold medal in London in 2012. In 2022, Arkansas posted three of its top 10 highest bars scores in program history, including a new regional record of 49.450.