Randy Lane

{{Short description|Gymnastics athlete/coach}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Randy Lane

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Long Island Sharks

| current_conference = East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL)

| birth_place = 1967

| alma_mater = University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

| coach_years1 = 1992–1994

| coach_team1 = UCLA (Asst. coach)

| championships = Conference title (13):
Pac-12, (UCLA): 1993; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2012; 2016; 2018; 2019
Big Ten, (Michigan State): 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011

National title (3):
UCLA: 2000; 2001; 2018

| awards = National Assistant Coach of the Year: 2000
West Region Assistant Coach of the Year: 2012; 2018

| coach_years2 = 1995–1997

| coach_team2 = UC Santa Barbara

| coach_years3 = 1998–2001

| coach_team3 = UCLA (Asst. coach)

| coach_years4 = 2002–2006

| coach_team4 = Florida (Asst. coach)

| coach_years5 = 2007–2011

| coach_team5 = Michigan State (Associate head coach)

| coach_years6 = 2012–2016

| coach_team6 = UCLA (Asst. coach)

| coach_years7 = 2017–19

| coach_team7 = UCLA (Asst. head coach)

| coach_years8 = 2021–present

| coach_team8 = Long Island Sharks (Head coach)

}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Randy Lane

| birth_date = 1967

| discipline = MAG

| club = Columbus Gymnastics Center

| headcoach = Yoshi Hayasaki

| collegeteam = Illinois Fighting Illini
(Class of 1989)

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | Illinois Fighting Illini}}

{{MedalCompetition|NCAA Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1989 Lincoln|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|1988 Lincoln|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Big Ten Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1988|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1989|Team}}|show-medals=yes}}

Randy Lane (born in 1967) is a former American artistic gymnast, and a current collegiate gymnastics coach.{{Cite web|url=http://uclabruins.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2190&path=gym|title=Randy Lane – Gymnastics Coach|website=UCLA|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}} He competed for the Illinois Fighting Illini team from 1986–1989, helping his team to win the 1989 NCAA Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://fightingillini.com/documents/2019/1/7/2018_19_MGYM_Record_Book_Preseason.pdf|title=Illinois Men's Gymnastics Record Book|access-date=2019-04-28}} Lane was the current head coach of the Long Island University gymnastics team, serving as the program's inaugural head coach after the school added the program in March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liuathletics.com/news/2020/4/29/womens-gymnastics-randy-lane-tabbed-to-lead-liu-gymnastics-program.aspx|title = Randy Lane Tabbed to Lead LIU Gymnastics Program}}

Lane also serves as the Chair of the Collegiate Gymnastics Growth Initiative (CGGI).{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcgagym.com/collegiate-gymnastics-growth-initiative-members/|title=Collegiate Gymnastics Growth Initiative: Members|last=perfectmedia|website=WCGA Women's Gymnastics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}}

Career

= As a gymnast =

Lane competed for the Illinois Fighting Illini team from 1986–1989, with which he won two Big Ten Conference Championship and one NCAA National Championship, in 1989.

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|1988

|Big Ten

|1st

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|1988

|NCAA

|2nd

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|1989

|Big Ten

|1st

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|1989

|NCAA

|1st

= Coaching =

Championships

= NCAA national championships =

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! style="background:white; color:black;"| College team

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|UCLA Bruins

|1992

|9th

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|UCLA Bruins

|1993

|4th

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|UCLA Bruins

|1994

|5th

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|UCLA Bruins

|1998

|5th

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|UCLA Bruins

|1992

|5th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2000

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2001

|1st

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|Florida Gators

|2002

|10th

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|Florida Gators

|2003

|7th

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|Florida Gators

|2004

|4th

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|Florida Gators

|2005

|7th

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|Florida Gators

|2006

|4th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2012

|3rd

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|UCLA Bruins

|2013

|4th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2014

|6th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2015

|11th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2016

|5th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2017

|4th

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|UCLA Bruins

|2018

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2019

|3rd

= Conference championships =

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|colspan=4 align=center bgcolor="black"|Conference Championship Finishes

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! style="background:white; color:black;"| College team

! style="background:white; color:black;"| Year

! style="background:white; color:black;"| Conference

! style="background:white; color:black;"| Finish

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|UCLA Bruins

|1993

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|1994

|Pac-12

|2nd

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|UCLA Bruins

|1999

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2000

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2001

|Pac-12

|2nd

align="center" valign="top"

|Florida Gators{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_gymnastics_history_php_his_2002_cumu_html.aspx|title=Gator Gymnastics History & Links|website=Florida Gators|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2002

|SEC

|3rd

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|Florida Gators{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_gymnastics_history_php_his_2003_cumu_html.aspx|title=Gator Gymnastics History & Links|website=Florida Gators|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2003

|SEC

|3rd

align="center" valign="top"

|Florida Gators{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_gymnastics_history_php_his_2004_cumu_html.aspx|title=Gator Gymnastics History & Links|website=Florida Gators|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2004

|SEC

|4th

align="center" valign="top"

|Florida Gators{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_gymnastics_history_php_his_2005_cumu_html.aspx|title=Gator Gymnastics History & Links|website=Florida Gators|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2005

|SEC

|4th

align="center" valign="top"

|Florida Gators{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_gymnastics_history_php_his_2006_cumu_html.aspx|title=Gator Gymnastics History & Links|website=Florida Gators|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2006

|SEC

|3rd

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|Michigan State Spartans{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bigten.org/documents/2018/12/20/Women_s_Gymnastics.pdf|title=Women's Gymnastics Record Book|access-date=2019-04-28}}

|2007

|Big Ten

|1st

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|Michigan State Spartans

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|UCLA Bruins

|2012

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2013

|Pac-12

|2nd

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|UCLA Bruins

|2015

|Pac-12

|2nd

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|UCLA Bruins

|2016

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2018

|Pac-12

|1st

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|UCLA Bruins

|2019

|Pac-12

|1st

Competitive history

= NCAA =

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