John Spini

In his 34 seasons as head coach of the Arizona State gymnastics program, John Spini sent his Sun Devil teams to 21 NCAA Championships and has had at least one Sun Devil represent ASU at the NCAA Championships 26 out of 34 seasons.

With his 34 years at the helm of the Sun Devil gymnastics program, Spini is the longest tenured head coach in Arizona State history, surpassing former women's tennis coach, Anne Pittman who was here for 31 seasons.

Spini coached 27 All-Americans for a total of 81 All-American accolades. Six women have won individual NCAA titles under Spini. Additionally, nine of Spini's Sun Devil squads have finished in the top five at the NCAA Championships, including four teams (1983, 1985, 1986, 1997) who were runner-up.

A four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Spini's athletes were awarded a total of 27 perfect 10.0 in his career. He had win streaks of 15 (22 opponents), 16 (28 opponents) and 25 (39 opponents) in his career. As ASU's head coach, he carries a 359-235-2 record.

A prominent coach on the national scale, Spini was a U.S. national team coach at the World University Games and a member of the NCAA Gymnastics Committee. In 2010, he was named to the USAG Arizona Hall of Fame.

Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, he spent six years coaching the Arizona Twisters Gymnastics Club in Mesa, Ariz., where he led a team including future Sun Devil greats Jeri Cameron and Pam Godward to a National Championship Class I title in 1976.

A Phoenix, Ariz., native, Spini received his bachelor's degree in physical education from ASU in 1976. Before attending ASU, he was a student at Odessa (Texas) Junior College, where he served as an assistant coach for the NJCAA Champion men's gymnastics team. Spini and his wife Lisa have one daughter, Shilo.

Arizona State & John Spini
Year	Dual	Conf.	Reg.	NCAA
1981	19-4	3rd	3rd	5th
1982	10-3	1st	3rd	5th
1983	20-1	1st	1st	2nd
1984	17-3	2nd	2nd	4th
1985	20-2	1st	2nd	2nd
1986	18-1	1st	2nd	2nd
1987	11-7	4th	1st	5th
1988	13-7	2nd	2nd	8th
1989	7-14	3rd	t-3rd	t-7th
1990	8-6-1	3rd	5th	dnq
1991	14-8	4th	4th	t-9th
1992	10-5	4th	3rd	7th
1993	12-2	4th	3rd	12th
1994	13-4	3rd	3rd	10th
1995	10-4	2nd	4th	dnq
1996	8-4	2nd	5th	dnq
1997	8-4	6th	2nd	2nd
1998	20-2	4th	3rd	6th
1999	10-5	3rd	2nd	4th
2000	13-4	4th	3rd	dnq
2001	10-5	5th	2nd	9th
2002	8-5-1	6th	3rd	dnq
2003	10-4	3rd	2nd	9th
2004	10-6	T-4th	2nd	9th
2005	6-8	6th	5th	dnq
2006	11-4	4th	1st	9th
2007	3-12	6th	5th	dnq
2008	4-11	7th	6th	dnq
2009	4-7	6th	5th	dnq
2010	2-11	7th	5th	dnq
2011	4-5	7th	dnq	dnq
2012	8-17	6th	4th	dnq
2013	7-17	8th	3rd	dnq
2014	11-15	7th	4th	dnq

359-235-2 overall record, 4-time NCAA runner-ups, 9 top-5 finishes, 19 top-10 finishes

Individual NCAA Champions Under Spini
Name	Year	Event
Kim Neal	1983	FX
Jeri Cameron	1983	UB
Jackie Brummer	1984	UB
Lisa Zeis	1985	BB
Jackie Brummer	1986	AA, BB
Kim Neal	1986	V
Lisa Zeis	1986	FX
Elizabeth Reid	1997	BB
Ashley Kelly	2004	BB
10 NCAA Individual Titles, 6 Athletes, 1 AA, 1 V, 2 UB, 4 BB, 2 FX