Suzanne Yoculan

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Name = Suzanne Yoculan


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Birthplace = Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sport = Women's gymnastics
College = University of Georgia
Conference = SEC
Title = Head coach
OverallRecord = 804-116-7 (through 2007 Season)
Contract = $220,000/yearcite web |url= http://onlineathens.com/stories/042206/news_20060422080.shtml |last=Johnston |first=Andy |title=Magnificent 7: 1987 1989 1993 1998 1999 2005 2006: Georgia vaults to seventh national title |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=April 22, 2006 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-03-22]
Awards = 7 Time SEC Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year "(1986, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008)"
5 Time NCAA Coach of the Year "(1987, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2008)"
Championships = 9 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships
"(1987, 1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)"
16 SEC Titles
"(1986, 1987 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)"
20 NCAA Regional Titles
"(1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)" 4 Undefeated Seasons {1993, 1998, 1999, 2006) Coached 31 NCAA Individual champions
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CoachYears = 1983-current
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Suzanne Paige Yoculan is the head coach of the women's gymnastics program at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She has built the Georgia gymnastics program into a perennial national powerhouse, and is one of the most successful college gymnastics coaches in history. She is also known as one of the most controversial coaches in the sport, partly because of her notorious comments against other programs that some view as unsportsmanlike, Yoculan never shies aways from making contentious comments.

Yoculan graduated from Penn State University in 1975, was named the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Georgia on August 24, 1983, and coached her first meet against Alabama on December 3, 1983.cite web |url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46826&SPID=4004&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=324102&Q_SEASON=2006 |title=Georgia Biographies: Suzanne Yoculan |accessdate=2007-04-15 |work=GeorgiaDogs.com |publisher=University of Georgia Athletics Association] As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, Georgia's gymnastics team, or the "Gym Dogs," as they are more commonly known, have posted a meet record of 804-116-7 (.874 winning percentage). As of 2008, they have won 16 Southeastern Conference Championships and 9 NCAA championships.

Yoculan openly lives with Georgia Board of Regents member Donald Leebern, even though Leebern is still married.Yoculan has a daughter who plays socer at UGA. Recently Yoculan announced that she will retire when her current contract ends in 2009.cite web |url=http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021705/opi_20050217041.shtml |title=Yarbrough: Reappointment of Leebern to the Board of Regents was a mistake |accessdate=2005-02-16 |work=OnlineAthens.com |publisher=Athens Banner-Herald]

Yoculan has announced that she plans to retire from the head coaching position after the end of the 2009 season.

Career Review and Honors

(as of April, 2008)
* 9 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships - 1987, '89, '93, '98, '99, '05, '06, '07, '08 cite web |url=http://www.ncaasports.com/gymnastics/womens/history |title=National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics |accessdate=2007-04-15 |publisher=NCAA]
* 16 Southeastern Conference Championships - 1986, '87, '91, '92, '93, '94, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2001, '02, '04, '05, '06, '08
* 20 NCAA Regional Titles - 1986, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '98, '99, 2000, '01, '02, '03, '04, '06, '07, '08cite web |url=http://www.ncaasports.com/gymnastics/womens/story/10127479 |title=North Central Regional: Georgia takes top spot |date= April 15, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-15 |publisher=NCAA]
* NCAA Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year - 1987, '93, '98, 2006, 2008
* Southeastern Conference Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year - 1986, '87, '99, 2001, '02, '04, '08cite web |url=http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=95 |title=SEC Gymnastics History and Records |accessdate=2008-03-22 |publisher=Southeastern Conference]
* Her teams have finished in the Top 3 in the nation 19 out of the last 21 years. They have also been a part of the "Super Six" (final six NCAA teams) every year since the format was introduced in 1993 and have never missed the NCAA Women's Gymnastics competition.
*4 Undefeated Seasons- '93, '98, '99, '06

References

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NAME=Yoculan, Suzanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Yoculan, Suzanne Paige
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Women's collegiate gymnastics coach
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PLACE OF BIRTH=Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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