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Geralen Stack-Eaton Named Cal Women's Gymnastics Head Coach - California Golden Bears Athletics


"Stack-Eaton had a decorated career as a gymnast for Alabama, where she led the Crimson Tide to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2011 and 2012. She collected two straight individual national titles as well winning the floor exercise championship in 2011 and a balance beam championship in 2012. The 2012 NCAA DI Gymnast of the Year earned 12 All-America selections during her four-year career, including first team honors in the all-around, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Stack-Eaton was also a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and film."

JTfromClash said:

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Early returns from the gymternet are excited for Stack-Eaton and indicate this is a really good hire.

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It appears that she will have connections in the Midwest and Southeast. That should help recruiting.

Great Hire! Good Connections. Will any Ladies she was coaching want to move West with her? JT you know way better then me..who do the gophers have you'd like?

Sounds good! Minnesota was a strong team last season. GO BEARS!

Good question ... not sure how the portal works for gymnastics. I know June 15th is said to be an important date for gymnastics. I"m not sure why though. I would think you might already have to be in the portal by then. I ask around if there might be some potential transfers. Ideally you want to bring another veteran who is capable of competing in a couple of events at minimum.

Oh another tidbit is she is married to Rich Stenger assistant coach also was with Minnesota. So safe to assume he will also be coming to Berkeley.

JTfromClash said:

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Good question ... not sure how the portal works for gymnastics. I know June 15th is said to be an important date for gymnastics. I"m not sure why though. I would think you might already have to be in the portal by then. I ask around if there might be some potential transfers. Ideally you want to bring another veteran who is capable of competing in a couple of events at minimum.

Oh another tidbit is she is married to Rich Stenger assistant coach also was with Minnesota. So safe to assume he will also be coming to Berkeley.

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Rich was the associated head coach. I guess he can remain the assoc. HC, while wife now in charge.

A number of Gophers transferred already. Cal missed out.

Gymnasts in transfer portal for Cal to look at:

1) Kendall Landry from Minnesota (Soph) ... did not break into the lineups while at Minnesota. Does well on vault, floor and beam
2) Paige Anastasi from UCLA (Soph) Saw some action as a vault specialist. That alone might make her the top target for Cal. You can never have enough good vaulters. Seems to the top gymnast left in the portal
3) Brooke McNamara from Bowling Green (Grad) looks like has been injured a lot. Didn't compete the last couple of years. She excelled on floor as a freshman. Also was in the vault lineup. She might be akin to Jordan Kane. Injured for most of her college career but could be a floor specialist.
4) Sierra Muns from West Virginia (Grad) ... probably the transfer with the most time in the lineups left in the portal. Also a vault specialist but also compete on floor.