Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
Final Score
Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
Gymnastics
Dockendorf, Carly
Carly Dockendorf
- Title:
- Gymnastics Head Coach
Head Coach
3rd Year/9th Overall
Coaching Timeline
Coaching Highlights
NCAA Region Assistant Coach of the Year: 2020, 2022
NCAA All-Americans: 28
NCAA National Champions: 1
USAG National Champions: 5
USAG All-Americans: 21
Education
Washington, 2006
Bachelor’s in English
Carly Dockendorf is entering her third season as the head coach of the Utah gymnastics program, and her ninth overall as a member of the Red Rocks staff in the 2025-26 season.
Dockendorf’s second season at the helm of Utah Athletics’ most storied sports program continued “business as usual” with the Red Rocks remaining the only NCAA gymnastics team to reach every championship (49) and Final Four (5) meet, finishing the season ranked No. 4 in the country and earning the program’s 35th NCAA Regional title. Under Dockendorf’s continued leadership, Utah gymnastics navigated its first season in the Big 12 in 2025 flawlessly, earning both the Big 12 Regular Season and Championship titles while extending their conference championship title streak to five-straight (four Pac-12- 2021-2024, one Big 12- 2025).
Dockendorf’s 2025 Red Rock squad cleaned up during awards season with six gymnasts earning NCAA All-America honors (Grace McCallum, Makenna Smith, Avery Neff, Ella Zirbes, Jaylene Gilstrap, and Amelie Morgan) and eight gymnasts named to All-Big 12 teams (McCallum, Smith, Neff, Zirbes, Gilstrap, Morgan, Ashley Glynn, and Camie Winger).
McCallum proved to be particularly instrumental in Utah’s success, being named the WCGA North Central Region Gymnast of the Year, Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, and a finalist for the AAI Award while ending her career with 15 All-America honors and 78 career wins.
Freshman Neff, who came to the Red Rocks as the No. 1 recruit for the 2024 signing class, made her impact felt earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and four total All-America acknowledgements in her first season at Utah.
Last season (Dockendorf’s first as head coach), the Red Rocks put together a remarkable postseason run, earning their fourth consecutive Pac-12 Championship title and their fourth-straight appearance in the Final Four. Utah placed third at Nationals with a score of 197.800, while Dockendorf made history with the highest finish ever by a first-year head coach in college gymnastics. Additionally, Utah collected seven first team All-America awards and had six gymnasts earn All-Pac-12 accolades under Dockendorf’s watch.
Notably, Dockendorf has taken Utah’s beam team to the next level since taking over the apparatus in 2020, including back-to-back seasons with the nation’s top-ranked beam team in 2022 and 2023, and keeping the Red Rocks consistently top five in the country on the event. During Dockendorf’s first season coaching beam in 2020, Utah finished No. 2 in the nation and followed up the performance with a No. 3 ranking in 2021. Utah’s first place finish on beam in 2022 marked the first time since 2005 the Red Rocks have ranked No. 1 overall in the nation on the apparatus.
Under Dockendorf’s care, Utah has had four gymnasts earn NCAA All-America honors on beam (Maile O’Keefe, Abby Paulson, Kara Eaker, and Cristal Isa) and five gymnasts score at least one Perfect 10 on the event (O’Keefe, Paulson, Eaker, Isa, and Grace McCallum).
O’Keefe (2020-24) proved to be most dominant of all in the Red Rock’s resurgence on beam, ending her career as a 19-time All-American and Utah record holder for 10’s on beam in a career (14) and overall 10’s in a career (15).
In the 2023 Final Four, Utah posted a 49.7375 on beam, breaking the program’s previous highest score on the event in postseason history, that was also set by Dockendorf’s beam squad in 2021 (49.700). O’Keefe played a big part in the 2023 record while adding her own personal historical notch, winning the NCAA beam title with the program’s first perfect 10 on beam at the NCAA Championships. O’Keefe’s 10.0 pushed her to an NCAA All-Around title, becoming Utah’s first national all-around champion since 1999. She also scored a 10.0 in the NCAA Final to finish the year with a 10.0 in three of her last four routines. O’Keefe finished the 2023 season stamping the Utah record for 10’s in a single season (6).
Through Dockendorf’s nine total seasons at Utah, the Red Rocks have achieved one Big 12 Regular Season Championship, one Big 12 Championship, four consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championships, three-straight Pac-12 Championships, four NCAA Regional titles, three consecutive third-place and one fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. During this time, Utah has also notched a trio of undefeated conference seasons (2020, 2021, 2025). With Dockendorf’s care, the Red Rocks have secured six total top conference honors amongst four different gymnasts McCallum (2025 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year), Neff (2025 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year), O’Keefe (2022, 2023 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year and 2021 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year), and Alexia Burch (2021 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year).
Dockendorf’s efforts in coaching have earned her a few awards of her own, being named a Region 2 Assistant Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2022.
In her first season at Utah in 2018, Dockendorf proved her value quickly as a choreographer on floor and as a volunteer coach, leading the Red Rocks to four All-America awards (MyKayla Skinner- one regular season, one NCAA, Sydney Soloski- one NCAA, MaKenna Merrell-Giles- one regular season) and three postseason apparatus titles (Skinner- Pac-12 and NCAA Regional floor champion, Merrell-Giles- NCAA Regional champion). Later, Dockendorf would add a few more floor accolades to her resume with O’Keefe earning All-American status and an NCAA title in 2021, and McCallum earning an All-America nod in 2022.
Dockendorf’s efforts in 2018 led her to become Utah’s first director of recruiting and player development in 2019 before going back to coaching for good in 2020. As the full-time director of recruiting and player development, Dockendorf was involved in all aspects of the recruiting process including strategy, database management, and on-campus official and unofficial visits. She also served as a liaison between the Utah gymnasts and campus departments tracking academic progress reports, study table hours and mentor meetings, and assisting the incoming freshmen in transitioning to student-athletes.
Before joining the Utah gymnastics staff, Dockendorf spent nine years coaching at Seattle Pacific—six as an assistant gymnastics coach (2009, 2013-17) and three as an assistant track and field coach (2010-12). During her time on the SPU gymnastics staff, Dockendorf was the head vault and floor coach, floor choreographer, recruiting coordinator and strength and conditioning coach.
During her three-year break from gymnastics in 2010-12, Dockendorf served as SPU’s assistant track and field coach while also training for a berth on the Canadian Olympic team in the pole vault. While she narrowly missed making the team, she broke the Canadian indoor pole vault record by clearing 14 feet, 6 inches (4.42 meters) and competed for Canada at the Commonwealth Games in India, where she won a bronze medal. In 2011, she won the pole vault title at the Canadian National Track and Field Championships and set the British Columbia Provincial record, jumping 4.45 meters.
Dockendorf returned to the SPU gymnastics staff in 2013 and would leave with three USA Gymnastics national champions on floor and two on vault (the USAG Championships are for Division II and Ivy League schools). She coached 21 USAG All-Americans (11 on vault and 10 on floor). The Falcons set a number of school records while Dockendorf was there. They placed third at the USAG National Championships from 2014-16 and three individuals advanced to the Division I NCAA Championships, including one on vault and two on floor.
As an undergraduate at Washington, Dockendorf won the 2003 Pac-12 uneven bar title, scoring a 10.0, and was a second-team All-American that season. She set a school record with six 10.0 scores in her career, including five on floor. She won 48 total event titles from 2002-05, including a school-record 24 titles on floor, and was a three-time regional champion.
A two-time All-Pac-10 selection, Dockendorf was Washington’s MVP in 2003 and 2005. She won the team’s Most Inspirational award in 2002 and 2004 and served as the Huskies’ captain in 2004 and 2005.
Dockendorf took up pole vaulting as a sophomore, earning All-America honors with her sixth-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championships. She placed 11th at the 2006 NCAA Track & Field Championships.
Dockendorf earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in communications from Washington in 2006, where she was a two-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection. She coached one year of gymnastics at Shorecrest High School and three years of track and field and soccer at the Seattle Academy of the Arts and Science before accepting the post at SPU.
Dockendorf became USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Certified in 2016 and earned a certificate from the NCAA Women’s Coaching Academy in Denver that same year.
The Port Moody, B.C., native is married to Henry Ruggiero and they have two daughters: Crosby and Hayden.
3rd Year/9th Overall
Coaching Timeline
| 2018-present | Utah |
| 2024-Present | Head Coach |
| 2023 | Associate Head Coach |
| 2020-22 | Assistant Coach |
| 2019 | Director of Recruiting and Player Development |
| 2018 | Volunteer Assistant Coach |
2012-17 |
Falcon Gymnastics Center |
| Assistant Coach | |
2009-17 |
Seattle Pacific |
| 2013-17 | Assistant Gymnastics Coach |
| 2010-12 | Assistant Track and Field Coach |
| 2009 | Assistant Gymnastics Coach |
2006-08 |
Seattle Academy of the Arts & Science |
| Head JV Soccer Coach | |
| Assistant Track and Field Coach | |
2007 |
Shoreline High School |
| Head Gymnastics Coach | |
Coaching Highlights
NCAA Region Assistant Coach of the Year: 2020, 2022
NCAA All-Americans: 28
NCAA National Champions: 1
USAG National Champions: 5
USAG All-Americans: 21
Education
Washington, 2006
Bachelor’s in English
Carly Dockendorf is entering her third season as the head coach of the Utah gymnastics program, and her ninth overall as a member of the Red Rocks staff in the 2025-26 season.
Dockendorf’s second season at the helm of Utah Athletics’ most storied sports program continued “business as usual” with the Red Rocks remaining the only NCAA gymnastics team to reach every championship (49) and Final Four (5) meet, finishing the season ranked No. 4 in the country and earning the program’s 35th NCAA Regional title. Under Dockendorf’s continued leadership, Utah gymnastics navigated its first season in the Big 12 in 2025 flawlessly, earning both the Big 12 Regular Season and Championship titles while extending their conference championship title streak to five-straight (four Pac-12- 2021-2024, one Big 12- 2025).
Dockendorf’s 2025 Red Rock squad cleaned up during awards season with six gymnasts earning NCAA All-America honors (Grace McCallum, Makenna Smith, Avery Neff, Ella Zirbes, Jaylene Gilstrap, and Amelie Morgan) and eight gymnasts named to All-Big 12 teams (McCallum, Smith, Neff, Zirbes, Gilstrap, Morgan, Ashley Glynn, and Camie Winger).
McCallum proved to be particularly instrumental in Utah’s success, being named the WCGA North Central Region Gymnast of the Year, Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, and a finalist for the AAI Award while ending her career with 15 All-America honors and 78 career wins.
Freshman Neff, who came to the Red Rocks as the No. 1 recruit for the 2024 signing class, made her impact felt earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and four total All-America acknowledgements in her first season at Utah.
Last season (Dockendorf’s first as head coach), the Red Rocks put together a remarkable postseason run, earning their fourth consecutive Pac-12 Championship title and their fourth-straight appearance in the Final Four. Utah placed third at Nationals with a score of 197.800, while Dockendorf made history with the highest finish ever by a first-year head coach in college gymnastics. Additionally, Utah collected seven first team All-America awards and had six gymnasts earn All-Pac-12 accolades under Dockendorf’s watch.
Notably, Dockendorf has taken Utah’s beam team to the next level since taking over the apparatus in 2020, including back-to-back seasons with the nation’s top-ranked beam team in 2022 and 2023, and keeping the Red Rocks consistently top five in the country on the event. During Dockendorf’s first season coaching beam in 2020, Utah finished No. 2 in the nation and followed up the performance with a No. 3 ranking in 2021. Utah’s first place finish on beam in 2022 marked the first time since 2005 the Red Rocks have ranked No. 1 overall in the nation on the apparatus.
Under Dockendorf’s care, Utah has had four gymnasts earn NCAA All-America honors on beam (Maile O’Keefe, Abby Paulson, Kara Eaker, and Cristal Isa) and five gymnasts score at least one Perfect 10 on the event (O’Keefe, Paulson, Eaker, Isa, and Grace McCallum).
O’Keefe (2020-24) proved to be most dominant of all in the Red Rock’s resurgence on beam, ending her career as a 19-time All-American and Utah record holder for 10’s on beam in a career (14) and overall 10’s in a career (15).
In the 2023 Final Four, Utah posted a 49.7375 on beam, breaking the program’s previous highest score on the event in postseason history, that was also set by Dockendorf’s beam squad in 2021 (49.700). O’Keefe played a big part in the 2023 record while adding her own personal historical notch, winning the NCAA beam title with the program’s first perfect 10 on beam at the NCAA Championships. O’Keefe’s 10.0 pushed her to an NCAA All-Around title, becoming Utah’s first national all-around champion since 1999. She also scored a 10.0 in the NCAA Final to finish the year with a 10.0 in three of her last four routines. O’Keefe finished the 2023 season stamping the Utah record for 10’s in a single season (6).
Through Dockendorf’s nine total seasons at Utah, the Red Rocks have achieved one Big 12 Regular Season Championship, one Big 12 Championship, four consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championships, three-straight Pac-12 Championships, four NCAA Regional titles, three consecutive third-place and one fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. During this time, Utah has also notched a trio of undefeated conference seasons (2020, 2021, 2025). With Dockendorf’s care, the Red Rocks have secured six total top conference honors amongst four different gymnasts McCallum (2025 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year), Neff (2025 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year), O’Keefe (2022, 2023 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year and 2021 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year), and Alexia Burch (2021 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year).
Dockendorf’s efforts in coaching have earned her a few awards of her own, being named a Region 2 Assistant Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2022.
In her first season at Utah in 2018, Dockendorf proved her value quickly as a choreographer on floor and as a volunteer coach, leading the Red Rocks to four All-America awards (MyKayla Skinner- one regular season, one NCAA, Sydney Soloski- one NCAA, MaKenna Merrell-Giles- one regular season) and three postseason apparatus titles (Skinner- Pac-12 and NCAA Regional floor champion, Merrell-Giles- NCAA Regional champion). Later, Dockendorf would add a few more floor accolades to her resume with O’Keefe earning All-American status and an NCAA title in 2021, and McCallum earning an All-America nod in 2022.
Dockendorf’s efforts in 2018 led her to become Utah’s first director of recruiting and player development in 2019 before going back to coaching for good in 2020. As the full-time director of recruiting and player development, Dockendorf was involved in all aspects of the recruiting process including strategy, database management, and on-campus official and unofficial visits. She also served as a liaison between the Utah gymnasts and campus departments tracking academic progress reports, study table hours and mentor meetings, and assisting the incoming freshmen in transitioning to student-athletes.
Before joining the Utah gymnastics staff, Dockendorf spent nine years coaching at Seattle Pacific—six as an assistant gymnastics coach (2009, 2013-17) and three as an assistant track and field coach (2010-12). During her time on the SPU gymnastics staff, Dockendorf was the head vault and floor coach, floor choreographer, recruiting coordinator and strength and conditioning coach.
During her three-year break from gymnastics in 2010-12, Dockendorf served as SPU’s assistant track and field coach while also training for a berth on the Canadian Olympic team in the pole vault. While she narrowly missed making the team, she broke the Canadian indoor pole vault record by clearing 14 feet, 6 inches (4.42 meters) and competed for Canada at the Commonwealth Games in India, where she won a bronze medal. In 2011, she won the pole vault title at the Canadian National Track and Field Championships and set the British Columbia Provincial record, jumping 4.45 meters.
Dockendorf returned to the SPU gymnastics staff in 2013 and would leave with three USA Gymnastics national champions on floor and two on vault (the USAG Championships are for Division II and Ivy League schools). She coached 21 USAG All-Americans (11 on vault and 10 on floor). The Falcons set a number of school records while Dockendorf was there. They placed third at the USAG National Championships from 2014-16 and three individuals advanced to the Division I NCAA Championships, including one on vault and two on floor.
As an undergraduate at Washington, Dockendorf won the 2003 Pac-12 uneven bar title, scoring a 10.0, and was a second-team All-American that season. She set a school record with six 10.0 scores in her career, including five on floor. She won 48 total event titles from 2002-05, including a school-record 24 titles on floor, and was a three-time regional champion.
A two-time All-Pac-10 selection, Dockendorf was Washington’s MVP in 2003 and 2005. She won the team’s Most Inspirational award in 2002 and 2004 and served as the Huskies’ captain in 2004 and 2005.
Dockendorf took up pole vaulting as a sophomore, earning All-America honors with her sixth-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championships. She placed 11th at the 2006 NCAA Track & Field Championships.
Dockendorf earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in communications from Washington in 2006, where she was a two-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection. She coached one year of gymnastics at Shorecrest High School and three years of track and field and soccer at the Seattle Academy of the Arts and Science before accepting the post at SPU.
Dockendorf became USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Certified in 2016 and earned a certificate from the NCAA Women’s Coaching Academy in Denver that same year.
The Port Moody, B.C., native is married to Henry Ruggiero and they have two daughters: Crosby and Hayden.
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