IOWA CITY, Iowa – Kyle Grable has been named an assistant coach for the University of Iowa gymnastics team, head coach Jen Llewellyn announced Friday.
“I am beyond thrilled to welcome Kyle to the Hawkeye family,” said Llewellyn. “Kyle has a wealth of experience in his 17-year coaching career. His knowledge for the sport in both the collegiate and elite world will be instrumental in moving the program to new heights. He brings with him a deep passion and joy for the sport and has an excellent ability in helping each student athlete grow to be the very best version of themselves to be a champion in the gym and a champion in life.”
Grable joins the Hawkeyes after three seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA. Prior to UCLA Grable had a successful 15-year club coaching career at Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC) in Indianapolis and Gym-Nation in Mason, Ohio.
In 2023, he was selected by the WCGA as Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in the West Region, and the UCLA coaching staff was selected College Gym News’ Coaching Staff of the Year. Grable served as the Bruins’ vault and floor coach where he coached 2024 Olympian, Jordan Chiles, to a NCAA and Pac-12 floor exercise title. He also guided six Bruins to All-America honors, two on vault and four on floor. UCLA’s floor exercise squad ranked first in the nation in 2023 and set a school postseason record on floor with a 49.7125 at the NCAA semifinals.
In 2024, he coached the Bruin vault squad to a 49.312 season average, a two-tenths improvement from 2023.
Prior to UCLA, Grable coached at JPAC, a highly respected club gym, where he served as co-head coach for elite development for five years. Under his guidance, JPAC was awarded J.O. Club of the Year honors nationally in 2019 and in Region 5 in 2021. He led the uneven bars instruction for Levels 6-10, coached a Level 10 national all-around champion in 2019, three Level 10 uneven bars national champions, a 2021 Level 10 National beam champion, two Level 10 national all-around runners-up and qualified athletes to the Nastia Liukin Cup in four straight years.
From 2007-17, Grable coached at Gym-Nation assisting in the rebuilding of the gymnastics team program. As the primary vault and uneven bars coach, he helped qualify athletes to Level 9 Easterns and Level 10 Nationals.
The Dayton, Ohio, native earned degree in athletic training form Urbana University in 2008. He comes to Iowa City with his wife Autumn.