Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics | |
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
Head coach | Daniel Ribeiro (2nd season) |
Conference | Big Ten |
Location | Champaign, Illinois |
Home arena | Huff Hall (Capacity: 3,800) |
Nickname | Fighting Illini |
Colors | Orange and blue[1] |
National championships | |
1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1989, 2012 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022[2] | |
Conference championships | |
1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 |
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team represents the
NCAA championships, which is second most all-time only to Penn State Nittany Lions' 12 team titles. Additionally, the Fighting Illini have won an all-time record 53 individual NCAA titles.[3]
The Illini hold their competitions at
History
Coaching history
Coach | Years | Record | Conference record |
Conference titles |
NCAA titles |
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Hartley Price | 1930–1948* | 150–41* | 62–31* | 4 | 4 |
Charlie Pond | 1949–1973 | 319–152–1 | 116–59 | 11 | 4 |
Yoshi Hayasaki | 1974–1993 1996–2009 |
762–444–2 | 132–80 | 6 | 1 |
Don Osborne | 1994–1996 | 47–58 | 7–9 | ||
Justin Spring | 2010–2022 | 87–23–1 | 29–11–1 | 3 | 1 |
Daniel Ribeiro | 2022–present | 10-4 | 2-2 | ||
Totals | 1,365–728–4 | 378–239–1 | 24 | 10 |
- No competition from 1943 to 1946 due to World War II.
All-time record against current NCAA teams
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Players
NCAA individual event champions
Illinois has had gymnasts win a record 53 NCAA individual championships.[3]
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Nissen Emery Award
The Nissen-Emery Award is annually awarded to the best overall male senior collegiate gymnast in the United States. The award recipient must not only excel athletically as a gymnast, but also must display outstanding sportsmanship and scholarship throughout his college career.[5] The award was created in 1966 and is men's gymnastics' equivalent to college football's Heisman Trophy.
- 1989: David Zeddies
- 2006: Justin Spring
- 2010: Luke Stannard
- 2012: Paul Ruggeri
Nissen Emery Finalists[5]
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Illinois Olympians
- 1940 Tokyo: Paul Fina – Olympics cancelled due to World War II
- 1956 Melbourne: Abie Grossfeld
- 1960 Rome: Abie Grossfeld
- 1960 Rome: Don Tonry
- 1988 Seoul: Dominick Minicucci
- 1988 Seoul: Charles Lakes
- 1992 Barcelona: Dominick Minicucci
- 2008 Beijing: Justin Spring – Bronze Medal-Artistic Team All-Around
- 2020 Tokyo: Alex Diab (Alternate)
- 2020 Tokyo: Tyson Bull (Australia)
References
- ^ "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Visual Identity: Color". Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "All-Time Championship Records and Results" (PDF) (Press release). NCAA. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FIGHTINGILLINI.COM - Illinois Facilities". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ^ a b College Gymnastics – Nissen Emery Award. Indianapolis, IN: USA Gymnastics. 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2013-12-18.