BYU has retained Broogan Evanson and Makenna Giles as part of the new coaching staff. Both were existing assistant coaches. Evanson was also promoted to Associate Head Coach
Link:BYU Release
Georgia has hired Laurent Landi as the Associate Head Coach. Landi is of course the husband of Georgia Head Coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi. Since her hire, Landi has been consulting and coach in with the Mexican and French National Teams.
Link: UGA Release
OU assistant coach Ashley Kerr has resigned after nine seasons as a volunteer and paid assistant coach. She is being replaced by former Sooner star Olivia Troutman. Troutman spent the last year as an assistant at USU.
Link: OU Release
The Women's Development Program (WDP) Level 10 Nationals are this weekend, and many of the future stars of the NCAA are in competition for spots on the WDP National Team and to attract the attention of recruiters. Here are the Top Ten AA finishers and Top Three event winners per age groups that represent the Class of 2026 and 2027, with their colleges identified, if available. The article will be updated periodically through the weekend.
Many future stars of the NCAA are competing this weekend in the Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals. We'll be updating this report with the top results of the various sessions from this weekend, with the athlete's future school identified.
Nebraska has hired former NCAA Champion and Lincoln native Jordan Gamboa (nee Bowers) as an assistant. She was the 2025 NCAA AA Champion and Honda Award Winner for gymnastics. She was a 28-time All-American and eight-time Regional Champion. She was a student coach for the Sooners this past season.
Link: NU Release
OU senior and NCAA AA champion Faith Torrez was named the Honda Sports Award winner for Gymnastics.
Link: OU Release
Georgia has hired Brenna Brooks as an assistant coach. Brooks has spent the last two seasons at Iowa as an assistant, and one at Washington, where she competed.
Link: UGA Release
Natalie Broekman has been named the new Head Coach at BYU. She had been serving as Associate Head Coach since 2021, and joined the BYU staff in 2015. Broekman (nee Emig) was a former All-American at BYU and elite gymnast. She also coached at Gold Medal gymnastics for nine years.
Link: BYU Release
Denver has hired 2026 student assistant Ava Mabanta as a full-time assistant following her graduation. She competed for DU for three seasons before taking a medical retirement and serving as a student assistant.
Link: DU Release
Utah has hired Steve Arkell as an assistant coach. Arkell is a USA National Team coach with more than 40 years of experience and is head coach at Prime Gymnastics in Texas.
Link: Utah Release
Auburn has hired Adam Duncan and Sophia Davila (née Groth) as assistants. Duncan has been a coach and clinician for over 17 years in the Dallas area. He has coached WOGA, Empire and Kurt Thomas Gymnastics. He has also worked in corporate finance since 2022 at Capital One. Davila was a two-time All American at Auburn, where she competed from 2022 to 2025. She has spent the past year working at SMU as an Athletics Development Assistant.
Link: Duncan Release and Davila Release
New AU Head Coach Ryan Roberts has named Aja Sims-Fletcher as Associate Head Coach. Sims-Fletcher was most recently as assistant at Illinois, and prior to that, Head Coach at Talladega. She was also an assistant at Alabama, where she was also a three-time All-American.
Link: AU Release
Jordyn Wieber Brooks will step down at Arkansas after seven years at the helm. She will step away from athletics and take the time to focus on her family and pursue other interests. Her husband, Chris Brooks, will take over as Head Coach.
Link: Arkansas Release