Gymnastics
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- dpalange@athletics.ucla.edu
Dom Palange, who was a volunteer assistant coach for UCLA Gymnastics from 2014-16, returns for his third season as the Bruins’ assistant coach.
Palange, the vault and floor exercise coach, guided UCLA to a No. 1 national ranking on floor and a No. 5 ranking on vault in 2020. A Bruin scored a perfect 10 on each event - Gracie Kramer with her first-ever on floor and Kyla Ross on vault, her 22nd and final career perfect 10. In 2021, he coached three Bruins to Pac-12 individual championships - Sekai Wright on vault and Chae Campbell and Pauline Tratz on floor.
During his previous stint at UCLA, Palange coached the Bruins on floor exercise in 2016 and on balance beam in 2014 and 2015, coaching Samantha Peszek to the NCAA beam title in 2015. He helped guide the Bruins to the 2016 Pac-12 title and the 2015 NCAA Regional title. He also coached at Waller’s GymJam Academy from 2013-16.
The Massachusetts native began gymnastics at age 3 and trained at Sterling Academy of Gymnastics, where he became a multiple state and Region 6 floor and vault champion. At age 17, he switched to competing and coaching All Star cheerleading. After graduating from high school, he moved to Miami, Fla. to join Top Gun All Stars, where he won two World Championship titles and two third-place finishes, along with multiple national titles. Palange also coached teams to several National titles from 2008-12.
From 2009-10, Palange attempted a comeback in gymnastics, training with World Champion and Olympic medalist Danell Leyva, but officially retired from competing in 2010.
