Jessie DeZiel, former NU gymnast, brings NCAA coaching experience from NU (student assistant) and Ball State (assistant coach).
Ball State has hired Cassandra Ringer as an assistant. Ringer was a graduate assistant at Illinois State and an athlete at West Chester.
Link: Release
Former OU Sooner Colin Van Wicklen posted the top AA score at the Men's National Qualifier on Sunday. 18 men qualified for the US Championships, with this being the final qualifying meet.
The American Classic was held this weekend at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. This meet serves as a qualifier for the US Championships, although several athletes who have already qualified used the meet as a prep meet for the Championships.
BJ Das, a former gymnast herself, has distinguished herself as a professional choreographer.. She joins the Utah staff as volunteer choreographer.
Temple (W) has named Josh Nilson as their new Head Coach. He had spent last season as an assistant at Air Force. Prior to Air Force, he was briefly named Head Coach at EMU as well as a co-interim Head Coach at PSU (where he was also an assistant). Prior to that he was an assistant at USU and at TWU.
Link: Release
Rutgers has announced the hiring of Anastasia Halbig and Michael Rosso as assistants. Halbig is a former RU athlete and Temple graduate assistant. Rosso is a Rutgers grad as well and was a former Temple assistant under near Rutgers Head Coach Umme Salim-Beasley. Rosso's brother Ralph is an assistant at Washington.
Link: RU Release
San Jose State's Wayne Wright has retired, the school announced yesterday. He has been with the program for 25 years, and became Head Coach in 2002.
Link: Release
Bama has added Aja Sims as a volunteer assistant.
Link: Release
UGA has hired Jason Vonk as an assistant. He was an assistant at GWU this past season. Prior to that, he spent six seasons at Yale.
Link: Release
Utah has hired Carly Dockendorf as a new DIrector of Recruiting and Player Development. She had been serving as a volunteer assistant and choroegrapher to the Ute squad this season. She's a former assistant gymnastics and track & field coach at SPU, and a former two-sport All-American at Washington.
Link: Release
Maryland welcomes back former assistant coach JJ Ferreira to the coaching staff, according to a school release.
Link: Release
TWU has named Kristen Meyers as a full assistant coach. Starting as a graduate assistant for the Pioneers, she was the 2018 co-Assistant Coach of the Year for Division II after serving the last two years as a part time assistant.
Link: Release
Utah State has signed Canadians Grace Rojas and Madeline Straker to NLIs for 2018-2019. Rojas is a L10 and Straker a Sr. High Performane (elite) athlete from Manjak's in Ontario.