| Rhonda Faehn | |
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| Sport(s) | Women's gymnastics |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | University of Florida |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 28, 1971 |
| Place of birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 1990–1992 |
U.S. National Team UCLA |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1994 1997–1998 1999–2002 2003–present |
UCLA (Student Asst.) University of Maryland (Asst.) University of Nebraska (Asst.) University of Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 138–36–2 (.790) (through 2010 season) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Second-team All-American (1992) First-team All-Pac-10 (1992) |
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Rhonda Faehn (born April 28, 1971) is an American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast. Faehn is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team of the University of Florida. She is best known for leading the Florida Gators to seven consecutive appearances in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I gymnastics tournament.
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After taking over the Florida program in 2003, Faehn has established herself among the top tier of gymnastics coaches in the United States. She has compiled a record of 138–36–2 as the head coach at the University of Florida.[1] Her teams have finished no lower than fourth in the SEC, widely regarded as the toughest gymnastics conference in the country. In 2003 and 2004, Florida placed second in their NCAA regional. From 2005 to 2008, the Gators won four consecutive NCAA regional tournaments. During her seven seasons as the head coach of the Gators, Florida has finished in the top ten NCAA gymnastics teams in the nation every year, never finishing lower than seventh at the NCAA championship.
Prior to coaching at Florida, she coached at the University of Maryland from 1997 to 1998, and at the University of Nebraska from 1999 to 2002.[1] She is an alumna of UCLA.
During her elite career, Faehn was coached by Bela Karolyi at Karolyi's gym in Texas. Faehn finished 12th at the 1986 US National Championships, but had her greatest achievements in 1987, when she finished 6th at the National Championships, and won the National title on vault, scoring perfect 10s on her laid-out Yurchenko vaults in both the All-Around Competition and Vault Final. She competed at the 1987 World Championships as part of the American team, and had the highest placement for the American women in the All-Around Final, finishing 19th. In 1988, her last year as an elite senior, Faehn finished 6th at the US Nationals, and defended her national title on vault. She finished 7th at the Olympic Trials and was named the alternate to the US Olympic Team.
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