Assistant Coach TOM HALEY Tom Haley enters his 10th year as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team in 2016 after nine seasons of excellence with the Sooners since his arrival in 2007. The 2010 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year, Haley has also been named the South Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year six times in his career (2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015). The primary coach on floor and co-coach on bars, Haley’s gymnasts enjoyed a standout season in 2015. He led the Sooners to 12 team event titles on floor in 2015 in addition to 17 individual titles. Haley’s work with Haley Scaman led the junior to a team-best nine individual titles throughout the season and her third perfect 10.0 score on the event. Brenna Dowell also thrived under Haley’s guidance, finishing as NCAA runner-up on floor with a 9.95 in event finals. Both Dowell and Scaman were first-team All-Americans in the event, while Dowell was the Big 12 floor champion and Scaman was NCAA Norman Regional floor champion. Haley’s gymnasts were a force on uneven bars as well, capturing 13 team event titles and 14 individual titles throughout the season. Three gymnasts earned first-team All-America accolades under Haley and Ball and Dowell, Keeley Kmieciak and McKenzie Wofford all finished in the top 10 nationally on the event. Wofford spent several weeks during the regular season ranked No. 1 nationally on bars and capped her season with a fourth-place NCAA finish in event finals. Haley helped lead Oklahoma to the best season in program history in 2014, coaching the Sooners to a first NCAA title, an NCAA Regional championship and a Big 12 title. Haley coached five Sooner gymnasts to All-America honors in 2014. Lara Albright, Maile’ana Kanewa and Haley Scaman were all first-team All-Americans on floor exercise, while Taylor Spear garnered first-team honors on bars. True freshman Kara Lovan also captured second-team accolades on floor. Kanewa and Scaman each posted 9.95 performances
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at NCAA Event Finals to tie as national runners-up on the event. Overall, Haley’s gymnasts earned 12 event titles on floor and 11 on uneven bars throughout the season. Under Haley’s leadership, Scaman became the first Sooner in program history to post multiple 10.0s in a single season, in a career and on an individual event. Scaman earned two 10.0s on floor exercise alone during the season. Haley guided four OU gymnasts to All-America honors in 2013. Haley and Ball aided Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark to first-team awards and top-10 NCAA finishes, while Taylor Spears earned second-team accolades. Brie Olson also captured second-team All-America honors on floor under Haley’s tutelage. Overall, the Sooners earned 18 individual titles on bars and 13 on floor in 2013. Haley’s coaching was instrumental in Oklahoma’s record-setting 2013 campaign, which saw the Sooners finish as runners-up at the NCAA Championships after claiming Big 12 and NCAA Norman Regional titles. While coaching at OU, Haley has guided 11 Sooner All-Americans on bars and eight on floor. An additional six Oklahoma gymnasts have earned Big 12 titles on floor and seven on bars under Haley’s direction. Haley’s work with the 2012 squad resulted in three All-America honors for the Sooners, who finished seventh at the NCAA Championships. The team also snagged Big 12 and NCAA Champaign Regional titles. Haley helped the Sooners to back-to-back Super Six appearances and their second consecutive top-three finish in 2011. OU completed its third undefeated regular season in four years in 2011, maintaining the country’s longest regular season win streak. Ball and Haley also coached three OU gymnasts to All-America honors on bars, including two first-teamers. OU won a total of 11 team bar titles and 12 individual bar titles. In 2010, OU finished in a program-best second place after making