KJ had never been a college coach iirc.
ISU officially discontinuing gymnastics
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Yeah, she’s definitely ignorant when it comes to her claim about the coaching question
She clearly doesn't though because Jamie put his nuts on the line when he turned over our AD's cornerstone program to Fred Hoiberg.
Breaking news: she was the asst coach under Amy Pyle…
OK, it’s not really nice to call KJ she and what wrestling program did Amy Pyle coach?
Even if someone likes basketball, it's a sport dominated by tall people. Even though she's young, I can tell my daughter is unlikely to find much success in basketball and more likely to enjoy participating in and watching gymnastics.
The whole thing is just sad to me. Youth sports participation has consistently been shown to have a positive impact on people's lives. My best sport growing up was baseball. I have good memories attending ISU baseball camp and going to ISU baseball games with my dad.
I view it as a loss that our public universities are no longer able to foster a diverse set of sports to provide the opportunity for college student athletes and then also not provide role models to the community across those sports. And why is it the case? The only reason I see is it's because football now brings in 10s-100s of millions of dollars instead of only millions of dollars.
Unfortunate, but probably the right decision. I had not realized only two Big 12 programs had women's gymnastics (ISU and WVU) until the conference added Utah, BYU and the AZ schools.
Looks like the transfer portal for WGym opens late April. Someone needs to get Campbell's number to the ladies.
I look forward to women's wrestling.
Looks like the transfer portal for WGym opens late April. Someone needs to get Campbell's number to the ladies.
I look forward to women's wrestling.
If you look at Gymnastics, Softball, Volleyball, Golf, and Soccer as comps, equipment/uniforms/supplies is between $68k-$110k, travel is between $190k-$412k, non-travel meals is between $127k-$237k, recruiting is between $18k-72k, games expenses is between $37k-95k, and other operating expenses between $27k-$46k. So a rock bottom number that doesn't include coaches comp, scholarships, facilities, and overhead/risk management is $500,000.
I was also looking at the other teams with women’s wrestling. A lot were around Iowa so I figured vans or a bus for travel.
Equipment would be low with already having a room.
This really sucks for the kids and people that really are into gymnastics but really how many people were attending the sport when we had a meet?
I guess it's just human nature to complain about change, but the program was struggling, and money is tight throughout the athletic department. Sure I would love for ISU to have a great gymnastic program and bring back baseball, but I also understand that in the times we are a living, they cost a lot of money which we do not have and few people are attending their meets. Just be happy we could afford to have it when we did.
I guess it's just human nature to complain about change, but the program was struggling, and money is tight throughout the athletic department. Sure I would love for ISU to have a great gymnastic program and bring back baseball, but I also understand that in the times we are a living, they cost a lot of money which we do not have and few people are attending their meets. Just be happy we could afford to have it when we did.
I was at the Utah meet (which oddly enough will go down as the last home meet in school history), and I'd say there was probably about 3k there. Utah also had a decent showing of fans, but they take their program pretty seriously, so it makes sense they have a decent following on the road.
NYTimes reported that ISU spent $1.69 million on WGym in FY2025.
Iowa State discontinues women’s gymnastics but will add another women’s sport
Women's wrestling and women's flag football are two possible replacements for gymnastics at Iowa State.
www.nytimes.com
eSports team! There are high schools that have them and I would guess there is already a club team at ISU.
Just kidding. I don't know anything about it, but assume it is a bunch of kids playing video games.
Just kidding. I don't know anything about it, but assume it is a bunch of kids playing video games.
Paying our FB and MBB a competitive P4 wage directly benefits the AD and the university.
Nah, the buck stops at the AD for all hires of head coaches.
