TWO-TIME USA MEN'S OLYMPIC HEAD COACH Kevin Mazeika has built HGA GymMasters Men's Gymnastics into one of the top men's gymnastics programs in the country. Hailing from our own "Space City" Houston, Kevin's competitive gymnastics career ably turned to coaching in 1984. His coaching has led to an impressive array of coaching positions and honors, most recently including leading the 2008 USA Men's Olympic Team to their bronze medal finish in Beijing, China.  Under Coach Mazeika, the 2004 USA Men's Olympic Team took home the silver medal from Athens.   

Over the past eight years he has coached at more than 35 international competitions and has been head or assistant coach at 12 international team events. His commitment to gymnastics extends from encouraging, fostering and developing opportunities for beginning and aspiring young gymnasts in the GymMasters program to building competitive collegiate scholarship and international championship athletes. In addition to winning numerous national and international gymnastics titles and honors, his athletes have garnered coveted gymnastics scholarships at major universities including Stanford, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Oklahoma and Ohio State. As the coach of the USA's most successful World Championship and Olympic teams to date, Coach Mazeika is, according to USA Gymnastics and Inside Gymnastics, "at the top of his profession."

Sean Sawyer
Head Coach


Since joining us in 2006 as head coach of the mens’ teams, Sean has developed a strong rapport with all the gymnasts and has already directed them to some impressive wins and strong showings at the local, regional, and national level.  He began gymnastics at the age of four and competed for 17 years in Ohio-based gyms.  He competed at the elite level during his college years and has trained not only in the US but also in China.  At the collegiate level Sean was coached by our own Kevin Mazeika and enjoyed a successful gym career.  He discovered that he had a knack for teaching and commenced coaching in Ohio where he directed men’s teams until being recruited for HGA.  Sean enjoys coaching and developing athletes into young men.  His favorite event to coach is the Horizontal Bar, where he particularly relishes getting the boys to enjoy the excitement of the ride around the bar and teaching technical aspects of flight.

Norimasa Iwai
Coach

Norimasa Iwai  recently joined GymMasters as a boys’ and men’s coach. Coach Nori enjoyed a very successful competition career during the 1990’s-2000’s, culminating in representing Japan at the 2000 Olympics as the men’s gymnastics team captain; the team placed 4^th overall, and he received a very respectable 7^th place finish on the rings.  As seen from his statistics, coach Nori is an all-around gymnast, at home in many events.  Nori then attended Nihon University, where he majored in Physical Education.  Prior to coaching here in the United States, Nori coached for several teams in Japan, where he helped build strong gymnastic programs.  Coach Nori brings new outlooks, excellent coaching skills, and strong discipline-building techniques, along with a good sense of fun, which the boys all enjoy tremendously.

Sam McArthur
Coach

Newest to our coaching staff, Sam McArthur has already established  himself as a strong role model for all our athletes.  Beginning at Capital Gymnastics in Austin, TX under the direction of Marc Yancey and Brandy Wood, Sam holds several state and regional titles both in Region 3 and Region 5.  Although he never competed at the collegiate level, Sam has an aptitude for coaching and stresses the importance of leadership, hard work, and discipline.  His favorite event to coach is floor exercise, teaching control over both body and mind, and he strives to instill an overall love and respect for the sport in all his students.