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Utah Gymnastics Sweeps Region 2 Coaching Awards
4/9/2020 9:00 AM | Gymnastics
Awards continue to roll in after special season for the Red Rocks.
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah gymnastics coaching staff claimed the 2020 Region 2 Coach of the Year, as well as the Assistant Coach of the Year awards, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced on Thursday.
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Head coach Tom Farden was voted the Region 2 Coach of the Year by his peers across the nation. Assistant coaches Carly Dockendorf and Garrett Griffeth, along with volunteer coach Courtney McCool Griffeth, earned nods as the Assistant Coaches of the Year.Â
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In his first year as sole head coach of the program, Farden was tasked with replacing 14-of-24 routines from a year ago all while having to reconstruct a new coaching staff to stand beside him and lead the young Utah team. The promotion of Dockendorf to assistant coach and the additions of the Griffeths to the staff proved to pay dividends in the end. Together, the Ute coaches led the team to an 11-0 overall record to mark the first undefeated regular season since 1993 and second in program history. The undefeated season included the Red Rocks earning the inaugural Pac-12 Regular Season Championship with a 7-0 record against conference opponents. It was the second time since joining the Pac-12 that Utah had gone undefeated in Pac-12 play.
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Farden, the 2020 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, recorded his 100th career win as head coach at Utah this season and is now 101-33-1 after four seasons as co-head coach and one season as the sole head coach. The regional coach of the year selection marks Farden's first of his career at Utah and second overall. Farden was the 2008 South Central (Region 4) Coach of the Year while serving as the head coach at Southeast Missouri.
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Dockendorf, the team's lead beam coach, guided the Utes to a record-breaking season on beam. Utah's beam team broke the beam school record that had stood since 1995 with a 49.775 on the road at UCLA, which was the highest beam score of the season in the NCAA, to win the meet. She coached the lineup to four 49.6-plus scores on beam to be just one of two teams in the nation to do so on the apparatus. Dockendorf landed a trio of beamers on the All-America second-team, while the same three gymnasts were first-team All-Pac-12 on beam and an additional gymnast earned an honorable mention nod. In her first season as the primary beam coach, Dockendorf led Utah to a final ranking on beam of No. 2.
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Garrett Griffeth served as the primary vault coach and despite returning just two vaulters that were in last season's lineup, Griffeth led his group to finish No. 7 in the nation. Griffeth guided Kim Tessen to finish as the top vaulter in the Pac-12 and finish No. 9 in the nation. She earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12 honors on vault, as well as being named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year for her efforts on vault and bars. Griffeth also landed Alexia Burch to the All-Pac-12 first team on vault in his first season with the Utes.
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McCool Griffeth stepped in to lead the floor efforts as volunteer coach this season. Adding new choreography and music selections, McCool Griffeth's floor team also finished inside the top-10 in the nation and landed as No. 8 on the apparatus. Another event that lost notable routines from last season, McCool Griffeth challenged newcomers and returners to building competition-ready routines to fill the lineup. Sydney Soloski stepped into the spotlight and earned her second All-America honors on floor, this time under the guidance of McCool Griffeth.
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In all, the Utah gymnastics coaching staff combined for eight of the 12 competing gymnasts on the roster to earn All-Pac-12 honors across all events, while five Red Rocks were named Regular Season All-Americans. In an historic program, the newly formed staff came out firing in their first season together, continued to add to the existing legacy of the program and left their own marks in the record book.
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Regional awards are determined by a coaches' vote. Along with Utah, Region 2 consists of Air Force, BYU, Denver, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Southern Utah and Utah State.
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Head coach Tom Farden was voted the Region 2 Coach of the Year by his peers across the nation. Assistant coaches Carly Dockendorf and Garrett Griffeth, along with volunteer coach Courtney McCool Griffeth, earned nods as the Assistant Coaches of the Year.Â
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In his first year as sole head coach of the program, Farden was tasked with replacing 14-of-24 routines from a year ago all while having to reconstruct a new coaching staff to stand beside him and lead the young Utah team. The promotion of Dockendorf to assistant coach and the additions of the Griffeths to the staff proved to pay dividends in the end. Together, the Ute coaches led the team to an 11-0 overall record to mark the first undefeated regular season since 1993 and second in program history. The undefeated season included the Red Rocks earning the inaugural Pac-12 Regular Season Championship with a 7-0 record against conference opponents. It was the second time since joining the Pac-12 that Utah had gone undefeated in Pac-12 play.
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Farden, the 2020 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, recorded his 100th career win as head coach at Utah this season and is now 101-33-1 after four seasons as co-head coach and one season as the sole head coach. The regional coach of the year selection marks Farden's first of his career at Utah and second overall. Farden was the 2008 South Central (Region 4) Coach of the Year while serving as the head coach at Southeast Missouri.
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Dockendorf, the team's lead beam coach, guided the Utes to a record-breaking season on beam. Utah's beam team broke the beam school record that had stood since 1995 with a 49.775 on the road at UCLA, which was the highest beam score of the season in the NCAA, to win the meet. She coached the lineup to four 49.6-plus scores on beam to be just one of two teams in the nation to do so on the apparatus. Dockendorf landed a trio of beamers on the All-America second-team, while the same three gymnasts were first-team All-Pac-12 on beam and an additional gymnast earned an honorable mention nod. In her first season as the primary beam coach, Dockendorf led Utah to a final ranking on beam of No. 2.
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Garrett Griffeth served as the primary vault coach and despite returning just two vaulters that were in last season's lineup, Griffeth led his group to finish No. 7 in the nation. Griffeth guided Kim Tessen to finish as the top vaulter in the Pac-12 and finish No. 9 in the nation. She earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12 honors on vault, as well as being named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year for her efforts on vault and bars. Griffeth also landed Alexia Burch to the All-Pac-12 first team on vault in his first season with the Utes.
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McCool Griffeth stepped in to lead the floor efforts as volunteer coach this season. Adding new choreography and music selections, McCool Griffeth's floor team also finished inside the top-10 in the nation and landed as No. 8 on the apparatus. Another event that lost notable routines from last season, McCool Griffeth challenged newcomers and returners to building competition-ready routines to fill the lineup. Sydney Soloski stepped into the spotlight and earned her second All-America honors on floor, this time under the guidance of McCool Griffeth.
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In all, the Utah gymnastics coaching staff combined for eight of the 12 competing gymnasts on the roster to earn All-Pac-12 honors across all events, while five Red Rocks were named Regular Season All-Americans. In an historic program, the newly formed staff came out firing in their first season together, continued to add to the existing legacy of the program and left their own marks in the record book.
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Regional awards are determined by a coaches' vote. Along with Utah, Region 2 consists of Air Force, BYU, Denver, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Southern Utah and Utah State.
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