A former All-American gymnast at Springfield College, Davis returns to his alma mater and will serve in a teacher coach capacity for one of only 16 intercollegiate men’s gymnastics programs that compete within the NCAA. …
Category: NCAA
top NCAA coach Elise Ray
This past April, Ray closed the books on her first season as head coach of UW Gymnastics, leading the GymDawgs to a program-record eighth-ranked finish nationally, ten spots ahead of the team’s preseason ranking.
Having coached the team to a 196.5625 score at NCAA Championships—its highest tally in history—Ray says she’s now taking some time to reflect on and cherish the experience, even as she sets summer training plans in motion in advance of her sophomore campaign. …
I’d say Elise would be on the short list for pretty much every College coaching position.
why is NCAA Men’s Lacrosse growing so quickly?
Shelli Koszdin:
Is there something the men’s gymnastics community can learn from Lacrosse?
I believe there is.
The Lacrosse community is concerned with adding teams, but some of their strategies could be applicable to preventing men’s gymnastics teams from being dropped. …
Growth of Men’s NCAA Sports Relative to Population Size in 1981
The (Lacrosse) Growth Blog:
Add up the below variables that apply to your university. If your number adds up to at least 100 congratulations you are going varsity in 2015!
Donor willing to supply lead gift of $3-$6 million +40
Board of trustees supports adding lacrosse +30
President supports adding lacrosse +25
Athletic Director supports adding lacrosse +15
Facilities in place +10
Successful MCLA team +5
Strong lacrosse interest in local community +5
Current conference sponsors lacrosse +5
Small private university +5
FBS Football School –20
FCS Football School –15Obviously this is not a scientific survey so don’t take it for face value. We are more or less simply trying to make the point that at the highest level of college lacrosse, at the end of the day, money and power talks. …
How To Calculate if Your School Will Go Division I in Lacrosse
Georgia student-athletes job fund
In other Georgia news …
The University of Georgia gymnastics program announced the creation of the Doug McAvinn Gymdog Experiential Learning Fund.
“I feel very honored and humbled by the recognition of Gymdog alumni, family, friends and fans who made contributions to this fund,” said McAvinn. “My hope is that the Gymdog Experiential Learning Fund will enable the student-athletes to get better jobs immediately out of school as they will be able to demonstrate real-world skills and benefit from workplace experience in addition to the top-notch education they receive at the University of Georgia.”
The fund, named after the former gymnastics assistant coach of 27 seasons, is the first of its kind at the University of Georgia. To date, 71 donors have pledged a total of more than $112,000 to the fund designed to honor McAvinn and his legacy at the University of Georgia. …
Courtney Kupets to coach Georgia
Courtney Kupets Carter, who competed for Georgia from 2006-2009, was named the program’s eighth head coach on Tuesday. The move comes after former head coach Danna Durante was fired on April 24.
Kupets Carter made her mark at Georgia as one of the best collegiate gymnasts ever. In her freshman season in 2006, she won individual titles in bars, beam and all-around. Even though she missed the 2008 NCAA Championships with an injury, she still finished her career with nine individual national titles, a record that still stands. …
Former Bulldog Courtney Kupets Carter named new Georgia gymnastics head coach
Suzanne Yoculan will return as a volunteer assistant coach to assist with the transition.
Dvora Meyers – The Greatest Program In NCAA Gymnastics Is Bringing Back Its Legends To Claim Its Rightful Trophies
Lexi Graber – 10.0 Vault
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
Roll Tide. 🙂
Maloney 1/1 mixed to Pak
Though Lexy Ramler has attended Elite Camp this year, she’s mainly getting ready for University of Minnesota.
And having some fun.
Click PLAY or watch Maloney 1/1 to Pak on Facebook. (On second attempt.)
Check one of Lexy’s cool Beam sequences on Instagram.
Kim Landrus to NC State
Landrus comes to the Wolfpack after 15 years at Illinois, including the last seven as head coach. …
(via FloGymnastics)
decrease in # of NCAA teams
NC State’s Mark Stevenson retires
“Coach Stevenson built an enduring legacy for NC State and its gymnastics program, and we appreciate all of his contributions over a remarkable 37-year career,” said Director of Athletics Debbie Yow. …
Watch an Adobe Spark career summary.
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