Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics
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.[2]
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, 1984†
- Phil Cahoy – 1980
- Larry Gerard – 1980
- Jim Mikus – 1984
- Scott Johnson – 1984†, 1988
- Wes Suter – 1988
- Kevin Davis – 1988
- Tom Schlesinger – 1988
- Trent Dimas – 1992†
- 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[a] | 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[b] | ||||||
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
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