Mark Williams serves as Head Coach for University of Oklahoma's Men's Gymnastics program in Norman, Oklahoma. Williams has become a household name in the world of gymnastics. The Sooner head coach has had success at every level of the sport and was inducted as one of the members of the 2015 class into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, just another testament to the outstanding coaching he has done with the national team and the OU men’s gymnastics squad.
With three NCAA Championships already in the books, the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program was no stranger to success prior to Williams’ arrival. However, Williams has established OU as the nation’s elite program with nine national titles in the past 26 years, claiming crowns in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 and most recently in 2018. Williams was named the head coach at Oklahoma for the 2000 season and has positioned the program as a national contender every year with an overall mark of 612-61-1 (.909) in 26 seasons at the helm. In addition to the nine national titles, the Sooners have recorded 10 national runner-up finishes under Williams and other distinguished numbers that include 41 individual national champions, 282 All-America honors, 19 conference team championships, 84 individual conference titles and four Nissen Emery Award winners (Yul Moldauer in 2019, Steven Legendre in 2011, Jonathan Horton in 2008 and Daniel Furney in 2003), presented annually to the nation’s top senior gymnast.
