Bev Plocki
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 24th Season

Bev Plocki concluded her 24th season as the head coach of the University of Michigan women's gymnastics program. During her tenure, Plocki has transformed the program into a consistent national powerhouse, leading the Wolverines to 18 Big Ten Championships, 19 NCAA Championships appearances and 10 NCAA Super Six berths.

One of the nation's top gymnastics coaches, Plocki is a 10-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, six-time NCAA Regional Coach of the Year and was the 1994 NCAA National Coach of the Year. She has led Michigan to nine NCAA regional titles and has guided the Wolverines to two national runner-up finishes. Under her tutelage, Michigan captured a Big Ten-record seven conference titles in a row from 1999-2005 and has won eight of the last 16 NCAA Regional crowns, while her student-athletes have secured 156 NCAA All-America honors and eight NCAA individual national titles.

Plocki inherited the program in 1990 that had finished no better than fourth at the Big Ten in the seven seasons prior to her arrival. In 1989, the year before Plocki took over, the Wolverines finished last in the Big Ten with a 2-19 overall record and were a winless 0-13 in the Big Ten. In 1990, Plocki led the Wolverines to seven wins, achieved 13 wins in 1991 and then took the Wolverines to 20 wins, a Big Ten title and second place in the NCAA Central Region in 1992. She also captured the first of what would be four-straight Big Ten Coach of the Year awards in 1992, while adding the first of four NCAA Regional Coach of the Year trophies to her mantle. Michigan also celebrated its first NCAA All-American when freshman Beth Wymer finished among the nation's best in the uneven bars and in the all-around competition, earning a pair of All-America First Team accolades. The Wolverines railed off a then-Big Ten record six-straight conference titles over the next six years as Plocki vaulted Michigan to the top of the conference. In just three seasons, Michigan became a perennial contender for the national championship.

In 24 seasons at Michigan, Plocki has coached four U-M gymnasts -- Elise Ray, Beth Wymer, Kylee Botterman and most recently Joanna Sampson -- to a total of eight individual national championships. Additionally, 40 of her student-athletes have combined to receive 156 NCAA All-America citations, 128 All-Big Ten honors and 75 individual conference event champions. In addition, Plocki has coached 10 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year winners and nine Big Ten Freshman of the Year award winners. Plocki's student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom with 139 Academic All-Big Ten honors and 87 student-athletes earning National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Scholastic All-America accolades. Plocki's Wolverines earned Michigan's inaugural Community Service Award in 2001, repeating in 2002, while earning the Leaders and Best Award in 2000 and 2001, given to the U-M team with the highest GPA.

In 1994, Plocki received her greatest coaching honor to date when she won the NCAA National Coach of the Year award after guiding the Wolverines to a program-best 27-1 record and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Michigan boasted six All-Americans and Wymer's second individual event title, while sweeping the Big Ten individual event titles and conference postseason awards.

Of all Plocki's All-America student-athletes, Beth Wymer and Elise Ray stand out as the most successful. Under Plocki's tutelage, Wymer became one of Michigan's most celebrated gymnasts, earning 13 All-America honors, three NCAA individual event titles, 14 Big Ten Conference individual titles, three Big Ten Gymnast of the Year awards, three Academic All-Big Ten honors and the 1995 Big Ten Medal of Honor. During Wymer's four years in Ann Arbor, Michigan tallied a 116-9 record, posting a 45-1 conference record. The Wolverines won four Big Ten titles, advanced to four straight NCAA Regionals and finished among the top 10 in the nation four times, including a then-program-best runner-up finish in 1995.

Despite Wymer's departure, Plocki kept the cupboard stocked with world-class student-athletes, highlighted by the addition of 2000 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic captain Elise Ray to the squad for the 2001 season. Ray won three national titles and earned a school record 14 All-America honors while with the Wolverines, picking up eight NCAA Regional individual titles, six Big Ten Conference Championships individual titles, two NCAA Regional Gymnast of the Year citations and the 2005 Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Year award. The Wolverines won 93 meets with Ray on the roster, winning the Big Ten title five years in a row, capturing three regional crowns and posting three top-5 finishes. Ray promptly won a national title in the all-around competition in her freshman campaign in 2001, helping Michigan post a third-place finish at nationals.

Plocki is a graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy (Dimension II) where she was the recipient of the Judy Sweet Spirit Award in 2007.

A native of Butler, Pa., Plocki received her bachelor's of science degree in physical education (1987) and her master's degree in sports management and administration (1989) from West Virginia. Bev and her husband Jim -- a University of Michigan strength and conditioning coach -- have two children, Elizabeth and Tyler James. They reside in Saline, Mich.

Plocki's All-Time Coaching Record