University of New Hampshire Women's Gymnastics

Ayotte was hired as associate coach of the gymnastics program Aug. 3, 2016. This is the second stint at UNH for Ayotte, who was an assistant coach in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. In 09 and 10, Ayotte (then Bruck) was the Wildcats primary choreographer. Her other responsibilities included co-teaching the movement and gymnastics exploration class, overseeing the UNH community gymnastics class program and coordinating the programs paperwork for numerous aspects. New Hampshire qualified for NCAA Regionals both years, placing fourth in the 2010 meet and fifth at the 2009 meet.   Ayotte, a 2008 graduate of the University of Michigan, left UNH to pursue a life-long dream of performing with Cirque du Soleil. She joined a show called Amaluna where she was an Amazon character. Ayotte was captain of the 7-8 member squad who performed a unique uneven bar act and was promoted to artist coach. She also learned numerous other disciplines and coached contortion, the water bowl act, suspended pole and corde lisse. She and her husband, Mark, welcomed their son Cameron in May of 2016 and plan on residing in Dover, N.H.   Ayotte was a two-time All-American, a Honda Award finalist, 2008 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and a two-time NCAA Northeast Region Gymnast of the Year at Michigan. Her other accolades include 2008 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, three-time All-Big Ten First Team honoree, NACGC/W Academic All-American, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team, and four-time Big Ten All-Academic Team.   Ayotte has previous coaching experience at private clubs and summer camps.  

Goodspeed is at the helm of the UNH gymnastics program for her 38th season. The legendary head coach enters the 2016-17 season just 11 wins shy of 600 for her career. The Wildcats have qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in 33 of the last 35 years and competed in the postseason 35 times in her illustrious career.   Goodspeed oversees a revamped coaching staff in 2017 that includes a new associate head coach, Lindsey Ayotte, and a new assistant coach, Harris Bergman. Ayotte returned in August 2016 for her second stint on the staff; the former Lindsey Bruck was an assistant coach in 2009-10. Bergman comes to New Hampshire from the University of Pittsburgh, where he spent one year (2015-16) as a volunteer assistant coach and helped the Panthers win their first-ever EAGL title.   Ed Datti, Gails husband, enters his 36th season on the coaching staff. The 10-time NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year retired from his full-time role as associate head coach in July 2016 but remains on in a volunteer assistant role. Datti will be at all practices and competitions.   The 2016 Wildcats repeated as runner-up in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League by scoring a 195.485 at the EAGL Championship at Pittsburgh and stretched their home, unbeaten streak to 21 dating back to March 8, 2014. The Cats received a bid to the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (Michigan). Freshman Danielle Doolin was named the EAGL Rookie of the Year and earned All-EAGL First Team on floor exercise and all-around. The Cats boasted the leagues top performers on uneven bars (Danielle Mulligan) and balance beam (Casey Lauter), and had a balance beam lineup ranked nationally in the Top-10 for most of the season.   Despite losing three key seniors from the 2014 EAGL championship team, Goodspeed guided the 15 Wildcats to the top RQS (195.860) among all EAGL teams and an 18-8 record, which included a perfect 7-0 at home. As a result, Goodspeed was named the NACGC/W Northeast Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her career; she was previously feted in 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003 and 2008. Goodspeed was able to weave five key freshmen into the lineup, including EAGL Rookie of the Year candidate Casey Lauter, and the Cats advanced to the NCAA Morgantown Regional (West Virginia). Goodspeed mentored sophomore Meghan Pflieger to the EAGL Gymnast of the Year award, an honor last won by a Wildcat in 2005 (Amanda Hall), and the all-around championship at EAGLs.      In 2014, Goodspeed guided the Wildcats to the second EAGL Championship in school history and a berth in the NCAA University Park Regional (Penn State). UNH scored a 196.375 to capture the 19th annual tournament inside the Whittemore Center Arena on the UNH campus. Senior co-captain Erin Machado led the way by winning the individual floor exercise championship. Associate head coach Ed Datti and assistant coach Ali Carr were recognized as the Northeast Region Assistant Coaches of the Year.   The 2013 Wildcats were led by sophomore Kayla Gray, who captured the individual balance beam championship at EAGLs at the University of North Carolina. Gray, who became New Hampshire's first outright EAGL beam champion since Mariana Pena-Trestini in 2006, earned an invitation as an individual all-around performer to the NCAA Morgantown Regional (WVU) along with senior Austyn Fobes (AA) and junior Hannah Barile (V, FX).   In 2012, the Wildcats competed at the Fayetteville Regional at the University of Arkansas. UNH completed the season ranked 31st in the nation. Austyn Fobes (bars), Kayla Gray (beam) and Danielle Reibold (bars) were each named to the 2012 All-EAGL First Team. Reibold, a biomedical science major, became the first Wildcat to ever be named the EAGL Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The four-time EAGL All-Academic Team member and four-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American was the first Cat gymnast to be commended as a leagues top scholar-athlete since Nicole Mullins won the ECAC Academic Gymnast of the Year award in 1993.    Goodspeeds successful track record includes six NCAA Northeast Region Head Coach of the Year awards, most recently in 2015. Previous honors were bestowed in 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, when she was also named the EAGL Coach of the Year, and 2008.   In 2006, senior captain Amanda Hall was the Northeast Regional Floor Champion and took third in the all-around. This qualified her for the NCAA National Championship, making her the seventh individual from UNH to earn such high honors. At the Championship, her score of 9.800 on vault narrowly missed qualifying her as an All-American. During the 2005 campaign, Amanda Hall and Mariana Peña Trestini scored a 9.975 on the floor exercise in the regular season, setting the new UNH record. In 2005 postseason action, Vanessa Berrios shared the Northeast Regional Balance Beam title with a score of 9.85, earning her a spot at the NCAA National Championship as the sixth individual to represent UNH.   The 2003 Wildcats captured their first-ever EAGL Championship with a UNH school-record team total of 196.75. At the same competition, Tara Phillips vaulted perfectly, scoring her first ever 10.0, permanently etching her name among the Universitys all-time greats.    Goodspeed has guided the Wildcats to four ECAC Championships, appearances in 33 NCAA Regional Championships and two AIAW Regional Championships (prior to NCAA sponsorship) while building a 589-310-2 record. The Cats won the 1994 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship and competed at the NCAA Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah. UNH finished that season as the 12th-ranked team in the country. In addition to the team qualification to the national championship, individuals have represented UNH at the national championship 11 different times during Goodspeeds tenure.   It has always been our goal to help each student-athlete strive to reach her full potential and accomplish this in a positive atmosphere. When this occurs, the team is successful and its fun for everyone, Goodspeed states.    Goodspeed earned a doctorate from the School of Education at Boston University in 1984. She has used this education to enhance the quality of the experience of practicing and competing. Her dissertation involved development and implementation of a comprehensive sport psychology program for female gymnasts. Aspects of the program are incorporated into the training plan at UNH. We try to focus on those things over which we have control, including our own response to and perception of stressful situations. Training is intense and our team members are dedicated to each other and to the goal of achieving excellence, Goodspeed says.    A collegiate competitor from 1970-74 at Springfield College, Goodspeed captained the team her senior year and was a member of two AIAW National Championship teams. She was assistant coach for her alma mater in 1974-75 when the team placed 4th at the National Championship. Goodspeed was inducted into the Springfield College Hall of Fame in October 2002. She has served as treasurer of the National Coaches Association and served on the NCAA Womens Gymnastics Committee. She was head coach of California State-Northridge for two years and was also a business manager and coach at the Montvale Gymnastics Club. Goodspeed holds a masters degree from Springfield and earned a doctorate in Sports Psychology from Boston University.    She and Ed have two daughters, Samantha and Brianna. Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Keene State College with a degree in Environmental Studies in May 2011. She was a four-year member of the Keene State volleyball team and captain for the last two seasons. Her Owls won the 2010 ECAC Tournament for the first time in school history.  Brianna graduated from University of Connecticut, where she was a four-year letterwinner for the Huskies volleyball team. As a senior at Oyster River High School, she was the class valedictorian and was named the 2010 Division II Player of the Year for the second straight season after serving as the star libero and helping the Bobcats claim their first state championship since 1996.   Goodspeed is a native of Kohler, Wis.   Beyond the teams success Gail continues to be a strong advocate for womens athletics not only on the UNH campus, but for female athletes everywhere. She is an outstanding role model for young women. Gail continues to be a voice for integrity and fairness in athletics and in womens gymnastics. She works tirelessly to help her gymnasts be the best student-athletes they can be.   Gail Goodspeed Head Coach Gail Goodspeed is at the helm of the UNH gymnastics program for her 38th season. The legendary head coach enters the 2016-17 season just 11 wins shy of 600 for her career. The Wildcats have qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in 33 of the last 35 years and competed in the postseason 35 times in her illustrious career.   Goodspeed oversees a revamped coaching staff in 2017 that includes a new associate head coach, Lindsey Ayotte, and a new assistant coach, Harris Bergman. Ayotte returned in August 2016 for her second stint on the staff; the former Lindsey Bruck was an assistant coach in 2009-10. Bergman comes to New Hampshire from the University of Pittsburgh, where he spent one year (2015-16) as a volunteer assistant coach and helped the Panthers win their first-ever EAGL title.   Ed Datti, Gails husband, enters his 36th season on the coaching staff. The 10-time NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year retired from his full-time role as associate head coach in July 2016 but remains on in a volunteer assistant role. Datti will be at all practices and competitions.   The 2016 Wildcats repeated as runner-up in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League by scoring a 195.485 at the EAGL Championship at Pittsburgh and stretched their home, unbeaten streak to 21 dating back to March 8, 2014. The Cats received a bid to the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (Michigan). Freshman Danielle Doolin was named the EAGL Rookie of the Year and earned All-EAGL First Team on floor exercise and all-around. The Cats boasted the leagues top performers on uneven bars (Danielle Mulligan) and balance beam (Casey Lauter), and had a balance beam lineup ranked nationally in the Top-10 for most of the season.   Despite losing three key seniors from the 2014 EAGL championship team, Goodspeed guided the 15 Wildcats to the top RQS (195.860) among all EAGL teams and an 18-8 record, which included a perfect 7-0 at home. As a result, Goodspeed was named the NACGC/W Northeast Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her career; she was previously feted in 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003 and 2008. Goodspeed was able to weave five key freshmen into the lineup, including EAGL Rookie of the Year candidate Casey Lauter, and the Cats advanced to the NCAA Morgantown Regional (West Virginia). Goodspeed mentored sophomore Meghan Pflieger to the EAGL Gymnast of the Year award, an honor last won by a Wildcat in 2005 (Amanda Hall), and the all-around championship at EAGLs.      In 2014, Goodspeed guided the Wildcats to the second EAGL Championship in school history and a berth in the NCAA University Park Regional (Penn State). UNH scored a 196.375 to capture the 19th annual tournament inside the Whittemore Center Arena on the UNH campus. Senior co-captain Erin Machado led the way by winning the individual floor exercise championship. Associate head coach Ed Datti and assistant coach Ali Carr were recognized as the Northeast Region Assistant Coaches of the Year.   The 2013 Wildcats were led by sophomore Kayla Gray, who captured the individual balance beam championship at EAGLs at the University of North Carolina. Gray, who became New Hampshire's first outright EAGL beam champion since Mariana Pena-Trestini in 2006, earned an invitation as an individual all-around performer to the NCAA Morgantown Regional (WVU) along with senior Austyn Fobes (AA) and junior Hannah Barile (V, FX).   In 2012, the Wildcats competed at the Fayetteville Regional at the University of Arkansas. UNH completed the season ranked 31st in the nation. Austyn Fobes (bars), Kayla Gray (beam) and Danielle Reibold (bars) were each named to the 2012 All-EAGL First Team. Reibold, a biomedical science major, became the first Wildcat to ever be named the EAGL Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The four-time EAGL All-Academic Team member and four-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American was the first Cat gymnast to be commended as a leagues top scholar-athlete since Nicole Mullins won the ECAC Academic Gymnast of the Year award in 1993.    Goodspeeds successful track record includes six NCAA Northeast Region Head Coach of the Year awards, most recently in 2015. Previous honors were bestowed in 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, when she was also named the EAGL Coach of the Year, and 2008.   In 2006, senior captain Amanda Hall was the Northeast Regional Floor Champion and took third in the all-around. This qualified her for the NCAA National Championship, making her the seventh individual from UNH to earn such high honors. At the Championship, her score of 9.800 on vault narrowly missed qualifying her as an All-American. During the 2005 campaign, Amanda Hall and Mariana Peña Trestini scored a 9.975 on the floor exercise in the regular season, setting the new UNH record. In 2005 postseason action, Vanessa Berrios shared the Northeast Regional Balance Beam title with a score of 9.85, earning her a spot at the NCAA National Championship as the sixth individual to represent UNH.   The 2003 Wildcats captured their first-ever EAGL Championship with a UNH school-record team total of 196.75. At the same competition, Tara Phillips vaulted perfectly, scoring her first ever 10.0, permanently etching her name among the Universitys all-time greats.    Goodspeed has guided the Wildcats to four ECAC Championships, appearances in 33 NCAA Regional Championships and two AIAW Regional Championships (prior to NCAA sponsorship) while building a 589-310-2 record. The Cats won the 1994 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship and competed at the NCAA Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah. UNH finished that season as the 12th-ranked team in the country. In addition to the team qualification to the national championship, individuals have represented UNH at the national championship 11 different times during Goodspeeds tenure.   It has always been our goal to help each student-athlete strive to reach her full potential and accomplish this in a positive atmosphere. When this occurs, the team is successful and its fun for everyone, Goodspeed states.    Goodspeed earned a doctorate from the School of Education at Boston University in 1984. She has used this education to enhance the quality of the experience of practicing and competing. Her dissertation involved development and implementation of a comprehensive sport psychology program for female gymnasts. Aspects of the program are incorporated into the training plan at UNH. We try to focus on those things over which we have control, including our own response to and perception of stressful situations. Training is intense and our team members are dedicated to each other and to the goal of achieving excellence, Goodspeed says.    A collegiate competitor from 1970-74 at Springfield College, Goodspeed captained the team her senior year and was a member of two AIAW National Championship teams. She was assistant coach for her alma mater in 1974-75 when the team placed 4th at the National Championship. Goodspeed was inducted into the Springfield College Hall of Fame in October 2002. She has served as treasurer of the National Coaches Association and served on the NCAA Womens Gymnastics Committee. She was head coach of California State-Northridge for two years and was also a business manager and coach at the Montvale Gymnastics Club. Goodspeed holds a masters degree from Springfield and earned a doctorate in Sports Psychology from Boston University.    She and Ed have two daughters, Samantha and Brianna. Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Keene State College with a degree in Environmental Studies in May 2011. She was a four-year member of the Keene State volleyball team and captain for the last two seasons. Her Owls won the 2010 ECAC Tournament for the first time in school history.  Brianna graduated from University of Connecticut, where she was a four-year letterwinner for the Huskies volleyball team. As a senior at Oyster River High School, she was the class valedictorian and was named the 2010 Division II Player of the Year for the second straight season after serving as the star libero and helping the Bobcats claim their first state championship since 1996.   Goodspeed is a native of Kohler, Wis.   Beyond the teams success Gail continues to be a strong advocate for womens athletics not only on the UNH campus, but for female athletes everywhere. She is an outstanding role model for young women. Gail continues to be a voice for integrity and fairness in athletics and in womens gymnastics. She works tirelessly to help her gymnasts be the best student-athletes they can be.  

Bergmans other responsibilities included that of primary spotter.   Bergman competed as a gymnast for 11 years and was a Level 10 gymnast for four years (2006-10), which included competing at the Mens Junior Olympics, before incurring a career-ending injury.   Bergman changed his attention to diving and was a four-year letterwinner on the mens swimming & diving team at Pitt, where he was a three-time NCAA Regional qualifier and senior captain (2014-15). As a senior, he recorded a score in the 3-meter that marked the highest in the program since November 2008.   Harris Bergman joined the staff in August 2016 from the University of Pittsburgh, where he spent one year (2015-16) as a volunteer assistant coach and helped the Panthers win their first-ever EAGL title. He oversaw Pitts vault and floor exercise, and helped Lindsay Offutt qualify as an individual for the NCAA Championships on floor. Bergmans other responsibilities included that of primary spotter.   Bergman competed as a gymnast for 11 years and was a Level 10 gymnast for four years (2006-10), which included competing at the Mens Junior Olympics, before incurring a career-ending injury.   Bergman changed his attention to diving and was a four-year letterwinner on the mens swimming & diving team at Pitt, where he was a three-time NCAA Regional qualifier and senior captain (2014-15). As a senior, he recorded a score in the 3-meter that marked the highest in the program since November 2008.