+ ( $ ' & 2 $ & + Â&#x2021; ) , ) 7 + 6 ( $ 6 2 1 1 $7 , 21 $ / 62 87 + & ( 1 7 5 $/ 5 (* , 21 $/ $1 ' % ,* & 2$& + 2) 7+ ( < ($5 In just her ďŹ fth year at the helm of the Oklahoma womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastics team, 2010 National Coach of the Year K.J. Kindler has already made her mark on Sooner history. Kindler led OU to its seventh-straight NCAA Championships in 2010 where the Sooners ďŹ nished in a program-best second place in their ďŹ rst ever Super Six team ďŹ nals appearance. Kindler became the ďŹ rst head coach in NCAA history to lead two separate programs to the Super Six, Oklahoma in 2010 and Iowa State in 2006.
Vise also earned All-America status on bars and ďŹ&#x201A;oor and was the NCAA Runner-Up on both events in 2010.
In addition to being named National Coach of the Year, Kindler was also named Regional Coach of the Year and Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2010.
The Sooners won their second-straight Big 12 title in 2009, while posting individual event titles on bars and beam at the conference championship.
Under the direction of Kindler, the Sooners closed 2010 with a ďŹ nal record of 33-5. The win total broke the previous program best of 26 that was set in 1989 under Becky Switzer. Kindler guided the Sooners to the only undefeated regular season in the NCAA in 2010 (22-0) en route to postseason titles at the Big 12 Championship and University Park Regional.
Under Kindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guidance, Megan Ferguson earned All-American status with her stellar performance on beam. The Sooners won eight beam titles in 2009 under Kindler.
OU was ranked ďŹ rst or second in every regular season poll in 2010, and was the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet. Oklahoma also picked up its ďŹ rst win over a No. 1 opponent in program history in 2010 with a 197.950-197.275 victory over top-ranked Alabama on March 5. OU eclipsed its previous program best (197.725) by 0.225 in the win, which was the highest score in the NCAA in 2010.
As the primary coach on beam, Kindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beam squad was a mainstay at the top of the NCAA rankings during the 2010 season. Oklahoma posted event titles in 12 of 13 competitions entering NCAAs, while seniors Hollie Vise and Kristin Smith garnered All-America distinction on the apparatus.
Kindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad continued its Big 12 dominance, winning its third-straight Big 12 title on March 27 with a team score of 197.175, the highest score by a conference champion since 2001. OU swept all four team event titles and won at least a share of all four individual event titles.
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In 2008, Kindler guided OU to a share of its highest ever ďŹ nish, posting the most wins in program history and recording the best winning percentage of any Sooner squad along the way. Named head coach of the Sooners in the summer of 2006, Kindler has quickly positioned the OU squad among the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite, as the Sooners have ďŹ nished in the top 10 at the previous three NCAA Championships. 2008 proved to be a storybook year for the Sooners under Kindler, as OU won its ďŹ rst 21 meetings of the season (the only squad in the country to win all of its regular season contests) en route to the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst Big 12 title since 2004. OU recorded only two scores lower than 9.8 in the ďŹ nal three events of the 2008 conference championship as the Sooners clinched at least a share of all four individual event