Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics
Founded1939 (1939)
UniversityUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Athletic directorTrev Alberts
Head coachChuck Chmelka (13th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationLincoln, Nebraska
Home arenaBob Devaney Sports Center (Capacity: 7,907)
NicknameCornhuskers
ColorsScarlet and cream[1]
   
National championships
1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances
1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference championships
Big Eight: 1964, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
MPSF: 1997, 1999

The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Since being established in 1939, the program has won eight national championships, finished as the national runner-up seven times, and won forty-two NCAA event titles. Ten Huskers have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics.[2]

The team has been coached by Chuck Chmelka since 2010.

Coaches

Coaching history

No. Coach Tenure Overall Accomplishments
1 Charlie E. Miller1939–4816–25–2 (.395)
2 B. R. Patterson19493–2 (.600)
3 Jake Geier1950–69140–64–2 (.684)Conference champion (1964)
4 Francis Allen1970–2009817–309–4 (.725)National champion (1979–83,1988,1990,1994)
Conference champion (1976,1980,1982,1983,1985,1986,1988–90,1992–94,1997,1999)
5 Chuck Chmelka2010–97–177–1 (.355)

Coaching staff

Name Position First year Alma mater
Chuck ChmelkaHead coach2010Nebraska
Jim HartungAssistant coach2006Nebraska
John RobinsonAssistant coach2011Nebraska

Individual NCAA Champions

  • Phil Cahoy – Parallel bars (1980, 1981), Horizontal bar (1980, 1981)
  • Jim Hartung – All-around (1980, 1981), Still rings (1980–82), Parallel bars (1981, 1982)
  • Steve Elliott – Floor exercise (1980, 1982), Vault (1982)
  • Scott Johnson – Floor exercise (1983), Horizontal bar (1983), Parallel bars (1983)
  • Chris Riegel – Vault (1983, 1984)
  • Wes Suter – All-around (1985), Horizontal bar (1985), Floor exercise (1985)
  • Tom Schlesinger – All-around (1987), Parallel bars (1987)
  • Kevin Davis – Parallel bars (1987, 1988), All-around (1988)
  • Patrick Kirksey – All-around (1989), Parallel bars (1990)
  • Che Bowers – Pommell horse (1992)
  • Richard Grace – Floor exercise (1993), Parallel bars (1994)
  • Dennis Harrison – All-around (1994)
  • Rick Kieffer – Horizontal bar (1995)
  • Richard Grace – All-around (1995), Parallel bars (1995)
  • Marshall Nelson – Horizontal bar (1997), Parallel bars (1997, 1998)
  • Jason Hardabura – All-around (1999), Floor exercise (1999)

Olympians

  • Jim Hartung – 1980, 1984†
  • Phil Cahoy – 1980
  • Larry Gerard – 1980
  • Jim Mikus – 1984
  • Scott Johnson – 1984†, 1988
  • Wes Suter – 1988
  • Kevin Davis – 1988
  • Tom Schlesinger – 1988
  • Trent Dimas – 1992†
  • Francis Allen – 1980, 1992 (Head coach)
  • Mark Williams – 2016 (Head coach)

† Gold Medalist

All-Americans

Year Athlete Event NCAA
finish
1948 Phillip Sprague Trampoline 5th
1955 Bruce Riley Horizontal bar 5th
1959 Karl Byers Pommel horse 5th
1964 Dennis albers Vault 3rd
Francis Allen Parallel bars 4th
1975 Gene Mackie All-around 4th
Pete Studenski Still rings 5th
Jim Unger Floor exercise 5th
1976 Steve Dickey Pommel horse 5th
Larry Gerard All-around 5th
Still rings 6th
Horizontal bar 3rd
1977 Larry Gerard Horizontal bar 4th
Kurt Mackie Still rings 5th
1978 Mark Williams Horizontal bar 6th
1979 Larry Gerard All-around 5th
Horizontal bar 4th
Still rings 4th
Jim Hartung All-around 3rd
Floor exercise 3rd
Parallel bars 4th
Pommel horse 4th
Still rings 3rd
1980 Phil Cahoy All-around 4th
Horizontal bar 1st
Parallel bars 1st
Steve Elliott Floor exercise 1st
Vault 6th
Jim Hartung All-around 1st
Floor exercise 6th
Parallel bars 2nd
Pommel horse 5th
Still rings 1st
Scott Johnson Vault 2nd
1981 Phil Cahoy All-around 5th
Horizontal bar 1st
Parallel bars 1st
Jim Hartung All-around 1st
Floor exercise 2nd
Horizontal bar 2nd
Parallel bars 1st
Pommel horse 3rd
Still rings 1st
Frank Hibbitts Pommel horse 6th
Scott Johnson Horizontal bar 6th
Still rings 2nd
1982 John Balluff Pommel horse 3rd
Phil Cahoy All-around 5th
Parallel bars 6th
Pommel horse 5th
Steve Elliott Floor exercise 1st
Vault 1st
Jim Hartung All-around 2nd
Floor exercise 3rd
Horizontal bar 3rd
Parallel bars 1st
Pommel horse 6th
Still rings 1st
Scott Johnson All-around 6th
Floor exercise 3rd
Jim Mikus All-around 4th
Floor exercise 6th
1983 Phil Cahoy All-around 4th
Scott Johnson All-around 2nd
Floor exercise 1st
Horizontal Bar 1st
Parallel bars 1st
Still rings 2nd
Vault 4th
Jim Mikus Horizontal bar 3rd
Chris Riegel All-around 6th
Vault 1st
Year Player Event Natl.
Finish
1984 Jim Mikus Floor exercise 6th
Horizontal bar 6th
Chris Riegel All-around 4th
Floor exercise 3rd
Horizontal bar 5th
Parallel bars 3rd
Vault 1st
1985 Mike Epperson Parallel bars 5th
Neil Palmer Horizontal bar 3rd
Wes Suter All-around 1st
Floor exercise 1st
Horizontal bar 1st
1986 Kevin Davis Parallel bars 4th
Wes Suter All-around 4th
Parallel bars 6th
Tom Schlesinger Parallel bars 4th
1987 Kevin Davis All-around 2nd
Parallel bars 1st
Pommel horse 6th
Tom Schlesinger All-around 1st
Horizontal bar 2nd
Parallel bars 1st
1988 Kevin Davis All-around 1st
Parallel bars 1st
Still rings 4th
Patrick Kirksey Vault 6th
Tom Schlesinger All-around 4th
Horizontal bar 3rd
Still rings 5th
Bob Stelter Vault 5th
Mark Warburton Parallel bars 2nd
1989 Mike Epperson Horizontal bar 3rd
Patrick Kirksey All-around 1st
Horizontal bar 5th
Parallel bars 3rd
Pommel horse 6th
Bob Stelter All-around 4th
1990 Trent Dimas Floor exercise 2nd
Horizontal bar 2nd
Patrick Kirksey All-around 3rd
Parallel bars 1st
Pommel horse 3rd
Bob Stelter All-around 4th
Mark Warburton Parallel bars 2nd
Still rings 6th
1991 Dennis Harrison Vault 6th
1992 Dennis Harrison All-around 5th
Horizontal bar 5th
Che Bowers Horizontal bar 6th
Pommel horse 1st
Sumner Darling Parallel bars 2nd
Rick Kieffer Horizontal bar 2nd
Josh Saegert Parallel bars 4th
1993 Che Bowers Horizontal bar 2nd
Pommel horse 3rd
Richard Grace Floor exercise 1st
Dennis Harrison All-around 3rd
Parallel bars 6th
Rick Kieffer Still rings 5th
1994 Che Bowers Pommel horse 4th
Sumner Darling All-around 5th
Richard Grace All-around 4th
Horizontal bar 6th
Parallel bars 1st
Dennis Harrison All-around 1st
Floor exercise 2nd
Horizontal bar 2nd
Parallel bars 4th
Pommel horse 6th
Vault 2nd
Rick Kieffer Still rings 5th
Burkett Powell Parallel bars 2nd
Year Player Event Natl.
Finish
1995Richard GraceAll-around1st
Parallel bars1st
Rick KiefferHorizontal bar1st
1996Jason ChristieHorizontal bar6th
Parallel bars5th
Ted HarrisStill rings3rd
Marshall NelsonPommel horse3rd
1997Ryan McEwenHorizontal bar3rd
Marshall NelsonHorizontal bar1st
Parallel bars1st
Vault5th
1998Jim KoziolStill rings4th
Derek LeiterAll-around4th
Bill MulhollandVault4th
Marshall NelsonParallel bars1st
Pommel horse2nd
1999Blake BukacekHorizontal bar2nd
Jason HardaburaAll-around1st
Floor exercise1st
Horizontal bar4th
Jim KoziolStill rings6th
2000Dusty JakubParallel bars5th
Derek LeiterAll-around5th
Vault3rd
Ashter LichtermanVault4th
2003Steven FriedmanParallel bars5th
2004Josh RasileStill rings5th
2005Paul ChumreonlertPommel horse5th
Stephen TetraultVault5th
2007T.J. SchmidtPommel horse5th
Stephen TetraultAll-around7th
Pommel horse6th
2010Anthony IngrelliStill rings6th
2012Grant PerdueFloor exercise4th
2013Wyatt AycockAll-around7th
Sam ChamberlainParallel bars3rd
Grant PerdueVault4th
2014Wyatt AycockAll-around8th
2015Ethan LottmanPommel horse5th
2016Sam ChamberlainParallel bars3rd
Austin EppersonFloor exerciseT–5th
Ethan LottmanPommel horse3rd
Anton StephensonParallel barsT–7th
2017Austin EppersonFloor exerciseT–2nd
Kyle KingFloor exercise5th
2018Connor AdamsickFloor exercise4th
Griffin KehlerFloor exerciseT–5th
Anton StephensonVaultT–2nd
Chris StephensonParallel bars8th
2019Jake BonnayFloor exercise8th
Charlie GilesVault8th
Khalil JacksonHorizontal bar7th
Josh MartinPommel horse8th
Anton StephensonAll-around7th
Vault3rd
2021Taylor CristopulosVault5th
Charlie GilesPommel horse7th
Vault4th
Evan KrileyPommel horse3rd
Mitch TyndallPommel horse4th

Season-by-season results

National champion Tournament champion
Year[lower-alpha 1] Coach Overall Conference NCAA
Big Eight Conference (1964–1994)
1964Jake Geier11–11st
19659–4–13rd
19666–94th
19679–84th
19688–75th
19692–126th
1970Francis Allen5–85th
19713–75th
19725–84th
19737–42nd
19746–43rd
197511–82ndNCAA 5th
197612–61stNCAA Prelims
197737–193rd
197831–143rd
197966–62ndNCAA Champion
198037–31stNCAA Champion
198115–22ndNCAA Champion
198239–01stNCAA Champion
198345–01stNCAA Champion
198431–102ndNCAA Prelims
198541–51stNCAA Runner-up
198621–31stNCAA Runner-up
198725–4–12ndNCAA Runner-up
198828–31stNCAA Champion
198922–41stNCAA Runner-up
199037–2–11stNCAA Champion
199112–162ndNCAA Prelims
199239–41stNCAA Runner-up
199332–11stNCAA Runner-up
199432–31stNCAA Champion
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1995–2011)
1995Francis Allen26–11–13rdNCAA Runner-up
199618–94thNCAA Regional
199721–81stNCAA Regional
199818–72ndNCAA Regional
199924–6–1T–1stNCAA 3rd
200010–113rd
20017–63rd
20025–124th
20034–164th
200413–164th
200513–134th
20064–154th
20076–144th
20087–144th
20092–74th
2010Chuck Chmelka8–104th
20116–164th
Big Ten Conference (2012–present)
2012Chuck Chmelka5–197th
20135–197th
20145–226th
20152–187th
20165–17–16th
201712–175thNCAA 6th
201814–146thNCAA 5th
20198–64thNCAA 3rd
20207–2Canceled[lower-alpha 2]
20219–86thNCAA 4th
20229–52ndNCAA 4th
202310–63rdNCAA 5th

Notes

  1. Meet-by-meet results not available before 1964
  2. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. Nebraska Athletics Brand Guide (PDF). July 1, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. "2012 Media Guide - History" (PDF). Huskers.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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