Penn State, Illinois and Nebraska were the elitist of the elite in men’s gymnastics in the last century, but no one approaches what the Sooners have accomplished in the sport since Mark Williams became the head coach at Oklahoma in Y2K.
In the last 16 seasons under Williams’ tutelage and leadership, Oklahoma has won nine national championships, including the last four in succession (2015-18). Only two other schools have won as many as four consecutive titles in gymnastics. Nebraska did it a record five times from 1979-1983, and Illinois four times, 1939-42.
Williams was a team member on the 1979 and 1980 Nebraska teams that won the NCAA championship.