Utah Red Rocks
The Utah Utes women's gymnastics team, also known as the Red Rocks, represents the University of Utah and competes at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Pac-12 Conference. Home meets are held in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. As of the end of the 2021 season, the Red Rocks have won 10 national championships, including nine NCAA Gymnastics championships, and been runner-up nine times. The Red Rocks are the only team to have qualified for every NCAA Championships and have never  finished lower than 10th. The team was coached from its inception by Greg Marsden until his retirement after the 2015 season. Tom Farden is the current head coach, after the retirement of Megan Marsden in 2019. History. The Utah Utes gymnastics team first competed in 1976. The team first appeared on television in 1978 and has appeared every year since then. The NCAA first sponsored women's gymnastics national championships in 1982. Utah is the only team to qualify for every national championship that has been held. Pac-12 Conference. The University of Utah became a member of the newly-expanded  Pac-12 Conference in 2011, and the Red Rocks became one of eight teams in the conference to compete in women's gymnastics. Utah has taken the Pac-12 Championships five times since joining the conference, winning in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2022. The Red Rocks have won or shared a portion of the Regular Season Pac-12 Championship since it’s inauguration - the 2020 season is the first time each of the eight Pac-12 teams competed against every other team in the conference. The Red Rocks won outright in 2020 and 2021, and shared the title in a four-way tie  in 2022. Utah gymnasts have won the individual all-around title at the Pac-12 Championship seven times: Nickname. The nickname "Red Rocks" has its origins in the Utah Gymnastics 1992 media guide cover photo. At the time, all Utah women's sports teams used the moniker "Lady Utes". The name is a combination of "how rock solid they are, but also the red rock of southern Utah.” The 1992 team won the NCAA championship, with the name sticking. Coaches. Head coaches. Greg Marsden was hired in 1976 to begin the gymnastics program. Marsden coached Utah for 40 straight years. He  is the only collegiate gymnastics coach to amass 1,000 wins and earn Coach of the Year honors seven times. He has never had a team finish worse than tenth place overall. In July 2009 Megan Marsden was named co-head coach of the Red Rocks. Megan, in addition to being Greg's wife, is a former member of the squad and has been an assistant coach since 1985. After the 2015 season, Greg retired and his wife Megan and assistant coach Tom Farden were named co-head coaches. On 22 April 2019, Megan Marsden announced her retirement, and it was  confirmed that current co-head coach Tom Farden would continue as the sole head coach. NCAA Champions. As of the end of the 2022 season, 16 different Utah gymnasts have won a total of 30 individual event championships.