FAYETTEVILLE -- Mark Cook, the Californian who was a co-founder of the University of Arkansas gymnastics program, announced his retirement Tuesday after 17 seasons with the Razorbacks.
Arkansas wrapped up the season last weekend with a third-place finish in the afternoon session of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, failing to advance to the super regional. The Razorbacks went 9-18 overall and had their first winless SEC regular season with an 0-7 record.
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Bio UCLA assistant coach (1995-97), Stanford head coach (1998-2001), Arkansas head coach (2002-2019)
Noteworthy Led Arkansas to 16 consecutive NCAA regionals, 8 NCAA championship appearances and 2 Super Six showings.