Utah Red Rocks
| Utah Utes gymnastics | |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| University | University of Utah |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Head coach | Megan Marsden (8th year) & Tom Farden (2nd year) |
| Home arena | Jon M. Huntsman Center (Capacity: 15,000) |
| Nickname | Red Rocks, Utah Utes |
| Colors | Red and White |
| National Championships | |
| 10 (1981*,1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995) (*AIAW National Championship) |
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| Super Six Appearances | |
| 31 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017) |
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| NCAA Regional Champions | |
| 30 | |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 36 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
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| Conference Champions | |
| 3 (Pac-12 Conference: 2014, 2015, 2017) |
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The Utah Utes (also known as the "Red Rocks") women's gymnastics team represents the University of Utah and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. The Utes compete in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. As of the end of the 2016 season, the Red Rocks have won 10 national championships, including 9 NCAA Gymnastics championships, and been runner-up 9 times. The Red Rocks are the only team to have qualified for every NCAA Championships and have never finished lower than 10th. The team was coached from its inception by Greg Marsden until his retirement after the 2015 season. Megan Marsden and Tom Farden are the current head coaches.
The Utah Utes gymnastics team first competed in 1976. The team first appeared on television in 1978 and has appeared every year since then. The NCAA first sponsored women's gymnastics national championships in 1982. Utah is the only team to qualify for every national championship that has been held.
Utah qualified for every AIAW championship between 1976 and 1981. After gymnastics was adopted by the NCAA in 1982, Utah is the only team to have qualified for every NCAA national championship.
Greg Marsden was hired in 1976 to begin the gymnastics program. Marsden coached Utah for 40 straight years. He is the only collegiate gymnastics coach to amass 1,000 wins and earn Coach of the Year honors seven times. He has never had a team finish worse than tenth place overall.
In July 2009 Megan Marsden was named co-head coach of the Red Rocks. Megan, in addition to being Greg's wife, is a former member of the squad and has been an assistant coach since 1985.
After the 2015 season, Greg retired and his wife Megan and assistant coach Tom Farden were named co-head coaches.
As of the end of the 2017 season, 14 different Utah gymnasts have won a total of 26 individual event championships.
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