Ex-UA coach Ryden consistently had Cats in Top 25
One thing that didn’t get enough mention when the UA chose to replace 17-year gymnastics head coach Bill Ryden was that the Wildcats have been a consistent Top 25 program; they were No. 17 in the final poll this season. “We have had three Pac-12 individual champions in the last two years,” Ryden told me. “Say what you want about me, but I don’t want those athletes shorted.”