Linas Gaveika

Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3rd year Alma Mater: University of Iowa

Linas Gaveika is in his third season as a Hawkeye assistant coach after volunteering as an assistant for one season.

He helped coach the 2011 GymHawks to their fourth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and fifth in seven years. Additionally, Gaveika helped coach Houry Gebeshian in her first trip to the NCAA Championships and Rebecca Simbhudas in her second appearance.

After a fifth place finish at the 2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional, Gaveika and fellow assistant Caleb Phillips were named North Central Region Assistant Coaches of the Year.

The 2010 GymHawks placed third at the Big Ten Championships, their best finish in six years, as Gaveika helped coached Houry Gebeshian to a Big Ten title on beam. He also helped coach all-American Rebecca Simbhudas to her first of two NCAA Championship appearances as an individual.

Competing for Iowa's mens gymnastics from 2003-05, Gaveika is a three year letterwinner. He was the 2003 NCAA Champion on horizontal bar, three-time All-American on horizontal bar, All-American on parallel Bars and Academic All-Big Ten in 2004.

Gaveika, a native of Vilnius, Lithuania, graduated from the University of Iowa in 2005 with a Russian/international business major.