April 9, 2008

WOODLAND, Cailf. - California head coach Barry Weiner has earned his fifth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year award, MPSF Commissioner Al Beaird announced Wednesday. Weiner shares the honor with Oklahoma head coach Mark Williams.

Weiner last won the award following the 2004 season. Largely credited with developing Cal's men's gymnastics program into one of the nation's finest, Weiner led the Golden Bears to national championships in 1997 and 1998. He has had a total of eight top 5 national finishes, including a fifth-place showing in 2006, and 11 NCAA individual championships in his 15 seasons at Cal. The ninth-eleventh individual championships during Weiner's regime were Tim McNeill, who earned two NCAA titles on pommel horse and one on parallel bars.

The men's gymnastics team finished the regular season with a 9-6 overall record and took third place at the MPSF Championships last weekend. The Bears head to the NCAA Championships at Stanford on April 17-19.

2008 MPSF Men's Gymnastics Co-Coaches of the Year:
Barry Weiner, California
Mark Williams, Oklahoma

2008 MPSF Men's Gymnast of the Year:
Jonathan Horton, Oklahoma