The Georgia GymDogs (officially the Georgia Bulldogs ) is the women's gymnastics team of the University of Georgia . The team is part of NCAA Division I and competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The GymDogs compete in Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia .
11-402: The GymDogs lead the nation with 10 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship titles (including five consecutive wins from 2005 to 2009) and 16 SEC championships. The team was coached by Suzanne Yoculan from 1983 to 2009, Jay Clark from 2009 to 2012, Danna Durante from 2012 to 2017, and Courtney Kupets from 2017 to 2024. The women's gymnastics program was started in 1973 with Melinda Airhart as
22-546: A total of 5 times. 2021 Michigan Wolverines women%27s gymnastics team The 2021 Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team represented the University of Michigan in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics season as members of the Big Ten Conference in their 46th season of collegiate competition. The Wolverines were led by head coach Bev Plocki in her thirty-second season, and played their home meets at
33-476: Is an annual gymnastics competition to determine the best collegiate women's gymnastics team in the country. Unlike most NCAA sports, the women's gymnastics championship is not separated into divisions and uses a single National Collegiate tournament instead. The NCAA introduced women's gymnastics as a championship sport in 1982 . Gymnastics was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for
44-644: The Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan . The Wolverines advanced to the NCAA Regional Championship round for the 30th time in program history where they won their 13th regional championship to advance to the NCAA National Championship . Michigan won their first NCAA title with a program best score of 198.2500. The Wolverines finished the 2020 season with an overall record of 12–1, in
55-427: The University of Alabama , coached by Sarah Patterson , gained success and claimed several titles. From 1996 to 2012, the University of Alabama , the University of Georgia , and UCLA , coached by Valorie Kondos Field , claimed all NCAA titles; four titles for the University of Alabama , six for UCLA and seven for the University of Georgia . In 2013, the University of Florida , coached by Rhonda Faehn , broke
66-504: The 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership. Under
77-499: The NCAA, only seven universities have claimed the overall Division I (pre-1987) or National Collegiate (1987–present) championship; the Division II competition was discontinued in 1987. During the early years of competition, the University of Utah , under the leadership of head coach Greg Marsden , dominated the field of competition. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the University of Georgia (UGA), coached by Suzanne Yoculan , and
88-489: The head coach, and the team competed in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). After the 1979–80 season, the team began competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) following the dissolution of the AIAW. On July 1, 2009, Suzanne Yoculan retired after 26 years as head coach, and Clark, her assistant coach, took over as head of the program. In 2012, Clark
99-501: The reign of the prior four teams, winning the NCAA tournament held at UCLA 's newly renovated Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California . Faehn was a competitor for the Bruins 1990–1992. The University of Oklahoma , coached by K. J. Kindler , became the sixth team to win the NCAA title after tying with Florida in 2014. In 2021, the University of Michigan , coached by Bev Plocki , became
110-433: The seventh team to win the NCAA title. In 2024, LSU , coached by Jay Clark , became the eighth team to win the NCAA title. A Gym Slam (sometimes spelled as GymSlam ) is the accomplishment of scoring a perfect 10.0 on each apparatus. Only 15 women in NCAA gymnastics have achieved this feat, 3 have achieved it at least twice, and Trinity Thomas is the only gymnast to have achieved this feat more than twice, completing it
121-514: Was replaced by Durante. As of 2012, the team had won 10 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships. As of 2012, it had also won 16 Southeastern Conference titles (1986, '87, '91, '92, '93, '94, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2001, '02, '04, '05, '06, '08) and 22 NCAA regional titles. As of the end of the 2016 season, 20 Georgia gymnasts have won a total of 42 individual event championships. The team has had eight head coaches. NCAA Women%27s Gymnastics championship The NCAA women's gymnastics tournament
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