KUDLAC, FRANK Elected:  2011

Frank, a native of Binghamton, New York, was born into a family with a rich history and appreciation for the sport of gymnastics … grandfather, father, mother, sister … all excelled in gymnastics.

As a youngster he started his gymnastics through SOKOL.  He attended West Chester University (PA) where he competed as an all-arounder and was team captain his senior year. The West Chester Rams were conference champions the first three years of Kudlac’s career and finished as conference runner-up his senior year.  He graduated in 1978 with a B.S degree in P.E.

He moved to Denton in 1978, entered graduate school at TWU and earned his Master’s Degree in 1981.  During those graduate years he started a club gymnastics team with seven women recruited from his classes and on campus.  He quickly nurtured this group into a varsity squad in 1980, and has successfully built it into a nine-time USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champion and two-time Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) champion.  He has coached numerous USAG Individual National Champions, All-Americans, Academic All-American, and NCAA Post Graduate Scholars.  He is a nine-time NCAA Division II Coach of the Year.

In addition to teaching in the department of Kinesiology at TWU Frank also owns and manages Achievers Gymnastics Center, a private gym in Denton.  In 1994 he added international experience to his resume when he served as an assistant coach at the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Frank was inducted into the West Chester University Athletic Hall of Fame on February 16, 2008.  After coaching 33 years at Texas Woman’s University, Frank retired in May of 2011.    Elected 2011