In her 10 years as a head coach between Iowa State and Oklahoma, Kindler has coached 43 All-Americans, 31 NCAA Individual Event Qualifiers and 31 Big 12 Champions. Always emphasizing academics, Kindler’s squads have regularly placed its gymnasts on the Big 12 All-Academic teams and the NACGC All-Academic squads. In her five seasons in Norman, OU has had 32 gymnasts named Academic All-Big 12 and 31 athletes named National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches All-American Scholar Athletes. As head coach at ISU from 2001-2006, Kindler coached eight regional event champions, 11 NCAA individual championship qualifiers and 18 Big 12 champions (three all-arounders). Kindler, an Iowa State graduate, joined the Cyclone staff as an assistant coach in 1992. As an ISU gymnast, she was a three-time MVP for the Cyclones and runner-up in the all-around at the 1992 Big Eight Conference Championship. She was the school’s first individual NCAA Regional qualifier, competing three times in the postseason meet. Kindler hails from Lake Elmo, Minn., and trained under Mary Jane Olsen at Hamline University in St. Paul. In high school, she moved to Connecticut and trained under Frank and Laurie DeFrancesco at Arena Academy in Stamford and Walter Hawkes at Wilton High School. Kindler is married to OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The couple has two daughters, Maggie and Adelade.
KINDLER BY THE NUMBERS 1
Only coach in NCAA history to lead two programs to the Super Six
2
National Coach of the Year Awards
5
Five-time Big 12 Coach of the Year
7
Led seven teams to NCAA Championships
(Iowa State 2006, Oklahoma 2010 and 2011) (2005 and 2010)
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010)
(Iowa State: 2005, 06 - Oklahoma: 2007,08, 09, 10 and 11)
31
Coached 31 Big 12 Champions
43
Head Coach to 43 All-Americans
(Iowa State: 12, Oklahoma: 19)
(Iowa State: 16, Oklahoma: 27)
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