Eastern Michigan Athletics
Gymnastics Brings in Danielle Guider as New Assistant Coach
11/29/2017 2:46:00 PM | Gymnastics
Guider and Minasola spent five years together at Iowa State University
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University gymnastics program added a new member to its coaching staff in the form of Danielle Guider, Head Coach Katie Minasola announced Wednesday, Nov. 29. Guider will start her position Sunday, Dec. 3, at the exhibition against the University of Michigan.
Guider brings 14 years of coaching experience to EMU. Most recently, she was an optional team coach at Triad Gymnastics for a year, and a volunteer coach at Iowa State University from 2011-16. At ISU, Guider served as the head vault coach while assisting in all other events, as well as helping coordinate the team's strength and conditioning.
While a member of the Cyclones, Guider also served as the Head Coach at Cardinal Gymnastics Academy. There she was the team director and head coach of the CGA compulsory & optional programs, helping qualify two Level 9 gymnasts to the Western National Championships for the first time.
Prior to ISU and Cardinal, Guider acted as a coach for US Gymnastics in Mahwah, New Jersey from 2003 to 2011. While in New Jersey, she assisted with office work and organized activities to specific participants' developmental levels, in order to enhance coordination for younger gymnasts. Additionally, Guider has spent extensive time with different gymnastics camps, assisting in the Cyclone Gymnastics Camp from 2012-17, acting as the Camp Coach at Flip Fest in 2010 and 2013, and serving as the Camp Coach and Counselor at the University of Missouri in the summers from 2007-10.
Before becoming a coach, Guider had a successful athletic career as a gymnast at the University of Missouri from 2006 to 2010. In her senior year, the team qualified for the NCAA National Championship by winning the regional title, where she took third place in the all-around. Guider also took third in the all-around in the Big 12 Championships, earning All-Big 12 Championship All-Around honors. In 2007 she garnered her team's Freshman of the Year award, and in the two following years she was placed on the Big 12 Commissioners Academic Honor Roll. Guider graduated from the University of Missouri in 2010 with a bachelor of science in hotel and restaurant management, with an emphasis in event planning.
Guider brings 14 years of coaching experience to EMU. Most recently, she was an optional team coach at Triad Gymnastics for a year, and a volunteer coach at Iowa State University from 2011-16. At ISU, Guider served as the head vault coach while assisting in all other events, as well as helping coordinate the team's strength and conditioning.
While a member of the Cyclones, Guider also served as the Head Coach at Cardinal Gymnastics Academy. There she was the team director and head coach of the CGA compulsory & optional programs, helping qualify two Level 9 gymnasts to the Western National Championships for the first time.
Prior to ISU and Cardinal, Guider acted as a coach for US Gymnastics in Mahwah, New Jersey from 2003 to 2011. While in New Jersey, she assisted with office work and organized activities to specific participants' developmental levels, in order to enhance coordination for younger gymnasts. Additionally, Guider has spent extensive time with different gymnastics camps, assisting in the Cyclone Gymnastics Camp from 2012-17, acting as the Camp Coach at Flip Fest in 2010 and 2013, and serving as the Camp Coach and Counselor at the University of Missouri in the summers from 2007-10.
Before becoming a coach, Guider had a successful athletic career as a gymnast at the University of Missouri from 2006 to 2010. In her senior year, the team qualified for the NCAA National Championship by winning the regional title, where she took third place in the all-around. Guider also took third in the all-around in the Big 12 Championships, earning All-Big 12 Championship All-Around honors. In 2007 she garnered her team's Freshman of the Year award, and in the two following years she was placed on the Big 12 Commissioners Academic Honor Roll. Guider graduated from the University of Missouri in 2010 with a bachelor of science in hotel and restaurant management, with an emphasis in event planning.
Name: Danielle Guider
Hometown: Nutley, N.J.
College: University of Missouri - bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management
Professional Experience
Year School/Company Position
2017-Present Eastern Michigan University Assistant Gymnastics Coach
2016-2017 Triad Gymnastics Optional Team Coach
2011-2016 Iowa State University Volunteer Coach
2011-2016 Cardinal Gymnastics Academy Head Coach
2003-2011 US Gymnastics Gymnastics Coach
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