Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics

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Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg
Founded1898
UniversityUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Head coachJustin Spring (5th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationChampaign, Illinois
Home arenaHuff Hall (Capacity: 3,800)
NicknameFighting Illini
ColorsOrange 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[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 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Fighting Illini have been invited to 47 NCAA tournaments and have won 10 team 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 George Huff Hall on the Champaign side of campus, and the team trains and holds practices at the Kenney Gym on the Urbana side of campus.[4]

History[]

Coaching history[]

Illinois Coaches since 1930
Coach Years Record Conference
record 		Conference
titles 		NCAA titles
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–present 87–23–1 29–11–1 3 1
Totals 1,365–728–4 378–239–1 24 10

All-time record against current NCAA teams[]

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage
Air Force 11 1 0 .917
Army 12 0 0 1.000
California 16 15 0 .516
Illinois-Chicago 63 16 0 .797
Iowa 139 78 0 .641
Michigan 116 79 1 .594
Minnesota 143 91 0 .611
Navy 5 0 0 1.000
Nebraska 28 23 0 .549
Ohio State 97 71 1 .577
Oklahoma 8 35 0 .186
Penn State 30 50 0 .375
Stanford 15 17 0 .469
Temple 19 2 0 .905
William & Mary 3 0 0 1.000
Totals 705 478 2 .596

Players[]

NCAA individual event champions[]

Illinois has had gymnasts win a record 53 NCAA individual championships.[3]

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]

Illinois Olympians[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Illinois Athletics Web Style Guide". FightingIllini.com. July 21, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "All-Time Championsship Records and Results" (PDF) (Press release). NCAA. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b [1][dead link]
  4. ^ [2][dead link]
  5. ^ a b College Gymnastics – Nissen Emery Award. Indianapolis, IN: USA Gymnastics. 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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