BERKELEY – California men's gymnastics has welcomed alumnus Karl Ziehn (class of 2003) back to the program, this time as an assistant coach. Ziehn joins head coach JT Okada and associate head coach Bryan Del Castillo on the Golden Bears' staff. Ziehn recently spent seven years (2012-19) as an assistant coach for Stanford's men's gymnastics program, helping lead the Cardinal to a national title in 2019 and assisting in the development of dozens of All-Americans and several National Team members.
 
"This is a great opportunity for me to be back in the gym with some elite athletes," Ziehn said. "I'm excited to get back to my roots as an alum and help out however I can."
 
Throughout his coaching career, Ziehn has been heavily involved with USA Gymnastics, acting as a presenter at USA National Team camps and the USA Gymnastics Congress in addition to accompanying Team USA on multiple occasions as a coach. He has also found considerable success as a leader of youth gymnastics, spending four years as the head coach and program director of Stanford Boys Gymnastics as well as another six years coaching gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling at GymJam Academy -  leading several young athletes to gold medals at their respective World Age Group Championships and U.S. Championships.
 
As a gymnast and team captain at Cal, Ziehn recorded the third-best parallel bars score in the program's history (9.85 – old scoring system). He graduated with a degree in environmental science.
 
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