Doug Van Everen just put the finishing touches on his 26th season as Army's gymnastics head coach, capped by a second straight ECAC Championship and the school's first Nissen-Emery Award winner.
The senior member of Army's intercollegiate coaching staff, the affable Van Everen looks back over the years and laughs when he starts explaining how he got into coaching.
The hands of fate were set in motion 30 years ago following a stellar gymnastics career at Cal State Fullerton where he helped his school earn a berth to the 1985 NCAA Tournament before picking up his degree in Physical Education in 1987.