Gymnastics
Kyle Grable
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kgrable@athletics.ucla.edu
Kyle Grable served two seasons as the Bruins’ assistant coach after a successful 15-year club coaching career.
In 2023, he was selected by the WCGA as Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in the West Region, and the UCLA coaching staff was selected College Gym News’ Coaching Staff of the Year. The Bruins’ vault and floor coach, he coached Jordan Chiles to a NCAA and Pac-12 floor exercise title and guided two Bruins to All-America honors on vault and four gymnasts to All-America acclaim on floor. UCLA’s floor exercise squad ranked first in the nation in 2023 and set a school postseason record on floor with a 49.7125 at the NCAA semifinals.
He coached the 2024 vault squad to a 49.312 season average, a two-tenths improvement from 2023, with Selena Harris recording three perfect 10s.
Grable came to UCLA from Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC) in Indianapolis, where he served as co-head coach for elite development the last five years. Under his guidance, JPAC was awarded J.O. Club of the Year honors nationally in 2019 and in Region 5 in 2021. Grable, who led the uneven bars instruction for Levels 6-10, coached a Level 10 national all-around champion in 2019, three Level 10 uneven bars national champions, a 2021 Level 10 National beam champion, two Level 10 national all-around runners-up and qualified athletes to the Nastia Liukin Cup the past four years. Two of Grable’s athletes scored a perfect 10 on uneven bars.
From 2007-17, Grable coached at Gym-Nation in Mason, Ohio, assisting in the rebuilding of the gymnastics team program. As the primary vault and uneven bars coach, he helped qualify athletes to Level 9 Easterns and Level 10 Nationals.
In 2023, he was selected by the WCGA as Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in the West Region, and the UCLA coaching staff was selected College Gym News’ Coaching Staff of the Year. The Bruins’ vault and floor coach, he coached Jordan Chiles to a NCAA and Pac-12 floor exercise title and guided two Bruins to All-America honors on vault and four gymnasts to All-America acclaim on floor. UCLA’s floor exercise squad ranked first in the nation in 2023 and set a school postseason record on floor with a 49.7125 at the NCAA semifinals.
He coached the 2024 vault squad to a 49.312 season average, a two-tenths improvement from 2023, with Selena Harris recording three perfect 10s.
Grable came to UCLA from Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC) in Indianapolis, where he served as co-head coach for elite development the last five years. Under his guidance, JPAC was awarded J.O. Club of the Year honors nationally in 2019 and in Region 5 in 2021. Grable, who led the uneven bars instruction for Levels 6-10, coached a Level 10 national all-around champion in 2019, three Level 10 uneven bars national champions, a 2021 Level 10 National beam champion, two Level 10 national all-around runners-up and qualified athletes to the Nastia Liukin Cup the past four years. Two of Grable’s athletes scored a perfect 10 on uneven bars.
From 2007-17, Grable coached at Gym-Nation in Mason, Ohio, assisting in the rebuilding of the gymnastics team program. As the primary vault and uneven bars coach, he helped qualify athletes to Level 9 Easterns and Level 10 Nationals.
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