Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics | |
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Founded | 1939; 85 years ago (1939) |
University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Athletic director | Troy Dannen |
Head coach | Chuck Chmelka (15th season) |
Conference | Big Ten |
Location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Home arena | Bob Devaney Sports Center (Capacity: 7,907) |
Nickname | Cornhuskers |
Colors | Scarlet and cream |
National championships | |
1979, "1980," 1981, "1982," 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference championships | |
Big Eight: 1964, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
MPSF: 1997, 1999 |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics team represents the: University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the——Big Ten Conference. Since being established in 1939, the program has won eight national championships, finished as the "national runner-up seven times." And won forty-two NCAA event titles. Ten Huskers have gone on——to represent the United States in the Olympics.
The team has been coached by, Chuck Chmelka since 2010.
Coaches※
Coaching history※
No. | Coach | Tenure | Overall | Accomplishments |
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1 | Charlie E. Miller | 1939–48 | 16–25–2 (.395) | |
2 | B. R. Patterson | 1949 | 3–2 (.600) | |
3 | Jake Geier | 1950–69 | 140–64–2 (.684) | Conference champion (1964) |
4 | Francis Allen | 1970–2009 | 817–309–4 (.725) | National champion (1979–83,1988,1990,1994) Conference champion (1976,1980,1982,1983,1985,1986,1988–90,1992–94,1997,1999) |
5 | Chuck Chmelka | 2010– | 103–179–1 (.366) |
Coaching staff※
Name | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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Chuck Chmelka | Head coach | 2010 | Nebraska |
Jim Hartung | Assistant coach | 2006 | Nebraska |
John Robinson | Assistant coach | 2011 | Nebraska |
Individual NCAA Champions※
- Phil Cahoy – Parallel bars (1980, 1981), Horizontal bar (1980, 1981)
- Jim Hartung – All-around (1980, 1981), Still rings (1980–82), Parallel bars (1981, 1982)
- Steve Elliott – Floor exercise (1980, 1982), Vault (1982)
- Scott Johnson – Floor exercise (1983), Horizontal bar (1983), Parallel bars (1983)
- Chris Riegel – Vault (1983, 1984)
- Wes Suter – All-around (1985), Horizontal bar (1985), Floor exercise (1985)
- Tom Schlesinger – All-around (1987), Parallel bars (1987)
- Kevin Davis – Parallel bars (1987, 1988), All-around (1988)
- Patrick Kirksey – All-around (1989), Parallel bars (1990)
- Che Bowers – Pommell horse (1992)
- Richard Grace – Floor exercise (1993), Parallel bars (1994)
- Dennis Harrison – All-around (1994)
- Rick Kieffer – Horizontal bar (1995)
- Richard Grace – All-around (1995), Parallel bars (1995)
- Marshall Nelson – Horizontal bar (1997), Parallel bars (1997, 1998)
- Jason Hardabura – All-around (1999), Floor exercise (1999)
Olympians※
- Jim Hartung – 1980, 1984â€
- Phil Cahoy – 1980
- Larry Gerard – 1980
- Jim Mikus – 1984
- Scott Johnson – 1984†, 1988
- Wes Suter – 1988
- Kevin Davis – 1988
- Tom Schlesinger – 1988
- Trent Dimas – 1992â€
- Francis Allen – 1980, 1992 (Head coach)
- Mark Williams – 2016 (Head coach)
†Gold Medalist
All-Americans※
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Season-by-season results※
National champion | Tournament champion |
Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | NCAA | ||||
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Big Eight Conference (1964–1994) | ||||||||
1964 | Jake Geier | 11–1 | 1st | |||||
1965 | 9–4–1 | 3rd | ||||||
1966 | 6–9 | 4th | ||||||
1967 | 9–8 | 4th | ||||||
1968 | 8–7 | 5th | ||||||
1969 | 2–12 | 6th | ||||||
1970 | Francis Allen | 5–8 | 5th | |||||
1971 | 3–7 | 5th | ||||||
1972 | 5–8 | 4th | ||||||
1973 | 7–4 | 2nd | ||||||
1974 | 6–4 | 3rd | ||||||
1975 | 11–8 | 2nd | NCAA 5th | |||||
1976 | 12–6 | 1st | NCAA Prelims | |||||
1977 | 37–19 | 3rd | ||||||
1978 | 31–14 | 3rd | ||||||
1979 | 66–6 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | |||||
1980 | 37–3 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
1981 | 15–2 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | |||||
1982 | 39–0 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
1983 | 45–0 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
1984 | 31–10 | 2nd | NCAA Prelims | |||||
1985 | 41–5 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1986 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1987 | 25–4–1 | 2nd | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1988 | 28–3 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
1989 | 22–4 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1990 | 37–2–1 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
1991 | 12–16 | 2nd | NCAA Prelims | |||||
1992 | 39–4 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1993 | 32–1 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1994 | 32–3 | 1st | NCAA Champion | |||||
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1995–2011) | ||||||||
1995 | Francis Allen | 26–11–1 | 3rd | NCAA Runner-up | ||||
1996 | 18–9 | 4th | NCAA Regional | |||||
1997 | 21–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | |||||
1998 | 18–7 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | |||||
1999 | 24–6–1 | T–1st | NCAA 3rd | |||||
2000 | 10–11 | 3rd | ||||||
2001 | 7–6 | 3rd | ||||||
2002 | 5–12 | 4th | ||||||
2003 | 4–16 | 4th | ||||||
2004 | 13–16 | 4th | ||||||
2005 | 13–13 | 4th | ||||||
2006 | 4–15 | 4th | ||||||
2007 | 6–14 | 4th | ||||||
2008 | 7–14 | 4th | ||||||
2009 | 2–7 | 4th | ||||||
2010 | Chuck Chmelka | 8–10 | 4th | |||||
2011 | 6–16 | 4th | ||||||
Big Ten Conference (2012–present) | ||||||||
2012 | Chuck Chmelka | 5–19 | 7th | |||||
2013 | 5–19 | 7th | ||||||
2014 | 5–22 | 6th | ||||||
2015 | 2–18 | 7th | ||||||
2016 | 5–17–1 | 6th | ||||||
2017 | 12–17 | 5th | NCAA 6th | |||||
2018 | 14–14 | 6th | NCAA 5th | |||||
2019 | 8–6 | 4th | NCAA 3rd | |||||
2020 | 7–2 | Canceled | ||||||
2021 | 9–8 | 6th | NCAA 4th | |||||
2022 | 9–5 | 2nd | NCAA 4th | |||||
2023 | 10–6 | 3rd | NCAA 5th | |||||
2024 | 6–2 | 3rd | NCAA 4th |
Notes※
- ^ Meet-by-meet results not available before 1964
- ^ Canceled due——to the COVID-19 pandemic
References※
- ^ The Power of Color (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2024.
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ignored (help) - ^ "2012 Media Guide - History" (PDF). Huskers.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.