Gymnastics
Mary Rice
- Title:
- Women's Gymnastics Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mary.m.rice@du.edu
- Phone:
- 303-871-1111
Mary Rice will enter her second season at Denver as an assistant coach in 2026-27. She is the team's lead floor coach and co-lead vault coach.
2025-26
- Helped lead Cecilia Cooley to No. 1 national ranking on floor twice and a final national ranking of No. 18
- Coached Cooley to near-perfect 9.975 on floor
- Guided team to season-high 49.600 on floor on March 9, tying the fourth highest score in program history
- Led team to No. 12 final national ranking on floor, its highest on the event since 2021
- Saw Cooley, Shyla Bhatia and Maddison Reidenbach all earn All-Big 12 Conference Team honors on floor
Prior to Denver
- Optional Team Coach, Brandy Johnson's Gymnastics (2020-25)
- Coached levels 9 and 10 full-time
- Helped lead 45 gymnasts to USAG DP Nationals and seven to Nastia Liukin Cup (including 2023 and 2025 all-around silver medalists)
- Choreographed all beam routines and many floor routines
- Team Director/Head Coach, Sun Country Gymnastics (2012-20)
- Coached from the compulsory program up to the Level 10 program
- Choreographed all beam and floor routines while also helping select floor music
- Additional Related Experience
- USA Gymnastics Level 10 women's gymnastics judge
- Coached a total of 15 gymnasts to NCAA Division I athletic scholarships
- Served as USAG Florida committee member
Education
- Bachelor's degree in applied physiology and kinesiology - exercise physiology (Florida '11)
- Master's degree in exercise physiology (Florida '14)
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