University of Michigan Men's Gymnastics

Entering his 21st season with the Wolverine staff and his fifth year as Michigan’s head coach in 2026, Yuan Xiao has established himself as one of the most accomplished coaches in collegiate and international gymnastics. Michigan has captured four consecutive Big Ten Tournament titles, three regular season titles, and an NCAA Championship with Xiao at the helm of the program. During Xiao’s time at the University of Michigan, he has helped win a total of eight Big Ten Tournament titles, six Big Ten regular season championships, nearly 50 All-Americans, 18 individual NCAA titles (7 All-Around), and 29 Big Ten Individual champions. The Wolverines reached their pinnacle under Xiao in 2025, winning the program's seventh NCAA team championship and first since 2014. Fred Richard became the first gymnast to earn All-America honors in seven events in a single season on his way to his second career NCAA All-Around title. Seven athletes combined for 17 All-America honors at NCAAs, the most for the Wolverines in program history. At the Big Ten Championships, the Maize and Blue earned its fifth-straight team title and picked up a pair of individual titles. Richard earned his third straight Big Ten All-Around Champion and Big Ten Gymnast of the Championships while Evgeny Siminuic took home the high bar title. Xiao was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the fourth straight year, CGA Coach of the Year, and USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year. In 2024, Michigan finished as national runner-up at

Crew Bold is entering his second season as the volunteer assistant coach for the U-M men’s gymnastics team in 2026. Transferring from Minnesota in 2021, Bold graduated from Michigan in 2024 and contributed to the Wolverines’ podium finishes all three years he competed, including back-to-back runner-up in 2023 and 2024. He is a two-time NCAA All-American (2024) and the 2024 parallel bars Big Ten Champion. Most recently, Bold was named to the United States National Team at the 2025 U.S. Championships.

Eric Hoe enters his second season as the Team Manager for the U-M men’s gymnastics team in 2026. Born in Phoenix, AZ, he competed for the Wolverines during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, where he was a two-time CGA All-American and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. He is currently finishing up his last year as a Movement Science major and Biochemistry minor and is pursuing a career as a physician.

Hunter Shafer enters his second season as program assistant for the U-M men's gymnastics team in 2026. Born and raised in Boca Raton, FL, he is a former gymn...

Jordan Gaarenstroom is entering his seventh year as an assistant coach for the Wolverines for the 2026 season. Before he was appointed assistant coach, Gaarenstroom was a member of the Michigan team squad from 2010 to 2014, during which time he helped the Wolverines win the Big Ten and NCAA Team titles in 2013 and 2014. A mainstay on the still rings, he competed on multiple events at the Championship level during his four years. After graduation, Gaarenstroom served as a boy's team coach at SCATS Gymnastics in Huntington Beach, Calif., home to several Michigan Wolverines, US National Team Members, and Olympians. Since his appointment at Michigan in the fall of 2019, Gaarenstroom has helped two head coaches secure the program’s first four-peat Big Ten Conference Team Titles since the 1960s. He has also assisted in five consecutive podium finishes on the national stage, including the national title in 2025. He has directly coached athletes with All-America honors and two national champions: Paul Juda (2022 - all around and vault; 2024 - floor; 2025 - parallel bars) and Fred Richard (2023 - all around, parallel bars, and high bar; 2025 - all around). He also guided current National Team member Crew Bold, a two-time NCAA All-American in 2024, to the high bar title at 2024’s Big Ten Championships. Outside of the NCAA program, Gaarenstroom is a current United States Senior National Team Coach. He traveled internationally with Juda to Cairo, Egypt in 2022, where he competed as an in

Juha (u-HA) Tanskanen enters his fifth season as assistant coach for the U-M men's gymnastics team in 2026. He arrived in the United States in 1998 after bei...

Kavan Puri (kuh-VIN purr-ee) enters his second year with the U-M Men’s Gymnastics team,initially the team’s Program Assistant, before stepping into a new rol...