Tim Erwin
Gymnastics Director, Executive Staff |
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Tim has been coaching and/or directing gymnastics for more than 30+ years. He has been fortunate enough to have coached many of the highest ranked Junior Gymnasts in the United States, including Steve McCain who went on to become an Olympic Team Member. In addition, Tim has traveled as a representative of the USA Gymnastics Federation with gymnasts and teams to Russia and Japan. He formally served as a Jr. National Team Coach (6 years), a Junior Olympic Program Committee Member (3 years), the Texas State Chairman (9 years), and currently is on the Texas State Committee and is the treasurer of Texas State Sims Scholarship Committee.
Tim is a former gymnast, and competed on two Illinois High School State Championship Teams. He has directed and coached at the ERJCC's Houston Gymnastics Center for 22 years. Tim has directed invitational's in Houston for 19 years, and the Houston National Invitational for 17 years. In addition, he was the Meet Director for the 2005 USA Gymnastics Men's Junior Olympic National Championships.
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Roumen Yordanov
Women's Team Coach, Girls Program Coach & Coordinator |
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Roumen comes to our Houston Gymnastics Center with an extensive background in gymnastics both as a competitor and coach. He was a 1980 and 1984 Olympic Team Member for Bulgaria and was a four-time World Championships Team Member. He is honored with a Master of Sport Degree and has been coaching in Houston for the last 15 years.
Roumen has developed national, regional, and state champions in women’s and men’s gymnastics. Roumen brings to us extensive knowledge and a great report with our team and recreational participants. He is a “hands on” coach that will give all our gymnasts special attention and training time.
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Deliana (Dee) Vodenitcharova
Women's Team Coach, Class Coach & Coordinator |
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Deliana competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea and Barcelona, Spain. She placed fourth on the Floor Exercise in Seoul and the Bulgarian National Team for which she competed placed fifth respectively. Dee has an extensive background in physical education and coaching, and received her Bachelor Degree from the National Sports Academy in Sofia.
She has coached in the Houston area for more than 5 years and has trained many successful gymnasts who have competed in the state, regional, and national championships. We are extremely excited to have Dee as part of our prestigious and experienced coaching staff.
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Adam Benas
Women's Team Coach, Coach Class Coach & Coordinator |
Adam came to us from a Head Coaching position in South Carolina, and is a former member of NCAA Championship Team Penn State University where he was on a full gymnastics scholarship and voted team captain. In addition he was a former Jr. National Team Member and has an extensive background in progressive coaching and spotting techniques. In addition he was a two-time NCAA All American at Penn State. He has been coaching for 5 years and coaches boys and girls gymnastics. Adam brings not only a wealth of knowledge and experience to our staff, but also a great positive style to coaching that shows his enthusiasm and love of the sport.
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Shannon Benas
Women's Team Coach, Class Coach & Coordinator |
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Shannon is a former elite gymnast and attended the University of Missouri on a Full Gymnastics Scholarship. She was a four-time varsity letter winner at MU and holds the MU Big 12 Beam record. She was the former Head Coach at Terry and Don’s Gymnastics in South Carolina.
Shannon also brings to HGC a strong background not only in gymnastics but in choreography and cutting music for floor exercise routines. We are overjoyed to have Shannon as part of our elite team of coaches, and she is an integral part of our high quality program.
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Bo Morris
Men’s Team Head Coach
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Bo has been coaching gymnastics since 1985. He holds a BA from Louisiana Tech University in Education and has taught history, biology, and environmental science. Bo has been a gymnastics club owner, gym manager, and program director in private gym clubs and has hosted numerous State and Regional Championships. He was a member of the Texas Executive Committee for 3 years and has coached at numerous Region III Team Camps. In addition, Bo was the Louisiana State Chairman for 7 years.
Bo worked for USA Gymnastics-National Governing Body (NGB) from 2001-2005. He was responsible for implementing and administrating the Men’s Program in the USA and oversaw all aspects of the Junior Olympic Program for Men. He is a fixture in the USA Men’s Gymnastics community. His coaching experience has propelled numerous gymnasts to NCAA schools and the USA National Teams.
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Sam McArthur
Men’s Team Coach
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Sam is a former gymnast from Capital Gymnastics in Austin, TX. He holds several state and regional titles both in Region III and Region IV. He is finishing his degree in Sports Administration at the University of Houston this Spring and plans to continue coaching well into the future.
Sam has been coaching in Houston for the past four years and has already produced many strong athletes at the state, regional, and national levels, including Future Stars Regional and National Teams! We are very excited to have Sam as part of our distinguished coaching staff.
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Jimmy Owen
T&T Head Coach, Class Coach and Coordinator
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Jimmy is a native Houstonian with 12 years of coaching experience. He has coached many successful athletes and teams in both T&T and Cheerleading, including numerous state, regional, and national champions. Jimmy was a four-year varsity captain cheerleader for Westbury High School and an All-Star competitor in Houston.
Jimmy started coaching Trampoline & Tumbling in 2004 and has built a very strong reputation not only in Texas, but across the country. Since 2004 Jimmy has received the National Honor Award twice! We are incredibly happy to have Jimmy as part of our illustrious coaching staff.
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