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Remaining NCAA Men's Gymnastics Programs
In 1969, there were 230 NCAA gymnastics teams; today, there are 18. This decline has resulted in an average loss of six collegiate programs per year. Your decision to act now and reverse this trend will affect the life of men's gymnastics and scholastic opportunities for many promising young men.
Due to the involvement of individuals across the country, the momentum to stabilize our men's programs has increased significantly in the past two years with expansive interest and optimism towards its resurgence. We need your help to stay on this track as our cohesive efforts are the key to sustaining men's collegiate gymnastics.
 College of William and Mary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Springfield College
Stanford University
Temple University
United States Air Force Academy
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
University of California, Berkeley
University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska
University of Oklahoma
In addition to 9 other sports teams, James Madison University dropped its men's gymnastics program coached by Roger Burke at end of the 2006-2007 academic year. JMU eliminated 10 of its 28 intercollegiate athletic teams to achieve gender balance - 7 of which are men's programs.
In a written statement, the university said that it was "fundamentally out of compliance" with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which mandates that the proportion of men and women participating in collegiate-athletics programs mirrors that of the institution's overall undergraduate population. For fall 2007, 61% of James Madison's student population is female and 39% is male, whereby the athletes consist of only 51% women and 49% men.
The men's program at Southern Connecticut State University was dropped in 2004 and was coached by three-time Olympic coach and two-time Olympian, Abie Grossfeld.
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Help Preserve Our Collegiate Programs