Dallas Becerra enters his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Penn State women’s gymnastics team in 2022. He works primarily with the vault and bars lineups.
Becerra helped guide the Nittany Lions’ bars unit to rank among the best in the nation in 2021. Penn State’s 49.231 NQS on the apparatus ranked second in the northeast region. The team recorded scores of 49+ on eight different occasions in 2021. Individually, Penn State had three gymnasts ranked in the top six in the region on bars, as Ava Verdeflor ranked fourth, Alissa Bonsall ranked fifth and Cassidy Rushlow ranked sixth. Nationally, Penn State ranked 19th on bars. He has also helped lead the Penn State vault unit to a fourth place ranking in the northeast division, led by Cassidy Rushlow’s 9.850 NQS.
In 2020, Penn State earned eight dual-meet wins, including four against Big Ten opponents, and a No. 30 ranking in the RoadToNationals standings. The Nittany Lions tallied five scores above a 196.000, its most since 2015. The Nittany Lions averaged a 196.230 in five home meets, their highest since 2015. Penn State collected wins over four ranked opponents, including No. 32 Iowa, No. 24 Maryland, No. 31 Michigan State and No. 27 NC State. No postseason events were held after the season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nittany Lions ranked 21st in the nation on bars with a 49.130 National Qualifying Score (NQS) and held a 48.910 NQS on vault. On the season, PSU had five scores above a 49.000 on bars and two scores above a 49.000 on vault. Penn State earned team-high scores of 49.300 on vault (Big Five Meet, 2/22) and 49.300 on bars (West Virginia, 1/11). PSU tallied four individual scores above a 9.900 on bars and two above a 9.900 on vault.
Junior Lauren Bridgens, an All-Big Ten first team selection, led the team with three event titles on bars. Junior Alissa Bonsall won two bars titles, while senior Tess McCracken and freshman Cassidy Rushlow each won one. Rushlow, a second-team All-Big Ten selection, tied Bonsall and Bridgens for a team-high two event titles on vault. Junior Kourtney Chinnery added one title on vault.
Penn State earned a 10-9 meet record in 2019, including five wins over ranked opponents. The Nittany Lions finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships before placing third in the Session I meet of the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor. Penn State concluded the season ranked 24th in the RoadToNationals poll, its highest finish since 2015.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgens earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, while senior Sabrina Garcia was selected second-team All-Big Ten. Freshman Jessie Bastardi and Garcia both qualified for the NCAA Championships. Bastardi tied a PSU NCAA Regional record with a 9.900 on beam, which matched the top beam score in the regional. Garcia also scored a 9.900, on bars, matching her 2017 performance for the Nittany Lions’ top beam score in an NCAA Regional. Garcia tied for the top bars score in the regional to advance to the championships in Fort Worth, Texas.
Penn State went 11-8 in dual meets in 2018, including three wins over ranked opponents.
The Nittany Lions made an appearance in the NCAA Regionals and finished the year with a No. 32 national ranking.
Freshman Lauren Bridgens and senior Briannah Tsang collected All-America accolades. Tsang was the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year and captured the individual Big Ten floor exercise title. Penn State earned three All-Big Ten selections with Bridgens and Tsang on first-team, while junior Sabrina Garcia was a second-team honoree. Bridgens competed in the All-Around at the NCAA Championships.
Bridgens set a Nittany Lion record with a perfect 10 on the uneven bars on March 4, 2018, while Tsang earned two top five scores in program history on the floor exercise.
While at Eastern Michigan, Becerra served as the recruiting coordinator, bars coach and he helped with the program’s social media efforts. As the bars coach, Becerra’s gymnasts set a school-record score of 49.300 and Kendall Valentin became the program’s first All-American.
Before joining the Eastern Michigan program, Becerra was the primary bars coach at the AIM Gymnastics Training Center in The Woodlands, Texas. At the AIM Gymnastics Training Center, he developed a new training system for optional-level gymnasts on bars, in addition to being the main spotter for level 10 and elite gymnasts on floor and bars. He also assisted in creating conditioning circuits to help the overall fitness of his gymnasts.
Becerra began his coaching career serving as the women’s optional coach at FlipzUSA Gymnastics in Columbia, Missouri. During his time at FlipzUSA Gymnastics, Becerra created daily workout plans and drills for optional gymnasts, ranging from level eight through level 10. Overall, he was able to provide a safe environment at practice for all athletes, utilizing spotting techniques learned at coaching clinics.
A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, Becerra earned a bachelor’s degree in parks, recreation and tourism with an emphasis in sport management from the University of Missouri in 2013.
Becerra helped guide the Nittany Lions’ bars unit to rank among the best in the nation in 2021. Penn State’s 49.231 NQS on the apparatus ranked second in the northeast region. The team recorded scores of 49+ on eight different occasions in 2021. Individually, Penn State had three gymnasts ranked in the top six in the region on bars, as Ava Verdeflor ranked fourth, Alissa Bonsall ranked fifth and Cassidy Rushlow ranked sixth. Nationally, Penn State ranked 19th on bars. He has also helped lead the Penn State vault unit to a fourth place ranking in the northeast division, led by Cassidy Rushlow’s 9.850 NQS.
In 2020, Penn State earned eight dual-meet wins, including four against Big Ten opponents, and a No. 30 ranking in the RoadToNationals standings. The Nittany Lions tallied five scores above a 196.000, its most since 2015. The Nittany Lions averaged a 196.230 in five home meets, their highest since 2015. Penn State collected wins over four ranked opponents, including No. 32 Iowa, No. 24 Maryland, No. 31 Michigan State and No. 27 NC State. No postseason events were held after the season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nittany Lions ranked 21st in the nation on bars with a 49.130 National Qualifying Score (NQS) and held a 48.910 NQS on vault. On the season, PSU had five scores above a 49.000 on bars and two scores above a 49.000 on vault. Penn State earned team-high scores of 49.300 on vault (Big Five Meet, 2/22) and 49.300 on bars (West Virginia, 1/11). PSU tallied four individual scores above a 9.900 on bars and two above a 9.900 on vault.
Junior Lauren Bridgens, an All-Big Ten first team selection, led the team with three event titles on bars. Junior Alissa Bonsall won two bars titles, while senior Tess McCracken and freshman Cassidy Rushlow each won one. Rushlow, a second-team All-Big Ten selection, tied Bonsall and Bridgens for a team-high two event titles on vault. Junior Kourtney Chinnery added one title on vault.
Penn State earned a 10-9 meet record in 2019, including five wins over ranked opponents. The Nittany Lions finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships before placing third in the Session I meet of the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor. Penn State concluded the season ranked 24th in the RoadToNationals poll, its highest finish since 2015.
Sophomore Lauren Bridgens earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, while senior Sabrina Garcia was selected second-team All-Big Ten. Freshman Jessie Bastardi and Garcia both qualified for the NCAA Championships. Bastardi tied a PSU NCAA Regional record with a 9.900 on beam, which matched the top beam score in the regional. Garcia also scored a 9.900, on bars, matching her 2017 performance for the Nittany Lions’ top beam score in an NCAA Regional. Garcia tied for the top bars score in the regional to advance to the championships in Fort Worth, Texas.
Penn State went 11-8 in dual meets in 2018, including three wins over ranked opponents.
The Nittany Lions made an appearance in the NCAA Regionals and finished the year with a No. 32 national ranking.
Freshman Lauren Bridgens and senior Briannah Tsang collected All-America accolades. Tsang was the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year and captured the individual Big Ten floor exercise title. Penn State earned three All-Big Ten selections with Bridgens and Tsang on first-team, while junior Sabrina Garcia was a second-team honoree. Bridgens competed in the All-Around at the NCAA Championships.
Bridgens set a Nittany Lion record with a perfect 10 on the uneven bars on March 4, 2018, while Tsang earned two top five scores in program history on the floor exercise.
While at Eastern Michigan, Becerra served as the recruiting coordinator, bars coach and he helped with the program’s social media efforts. As the bars coach, Becerra’s gymnasts set a school-record score of 49.300 and Kendall Valentin became the program’s first All-American.
Before joining the Eastern Michigan program, Becerra was the primary bars coach at the AIM Gymnastics Training Center in The Woodlands, Texas. At the AIM Gymnastics Training Center, he developed a new training system for optional-level gymnasts on bars, in addition to being the main spotter for level 10 and elite gymnasts on floor and bars. He also assisted in creating conditioning circuits to help the overall fitness of his gymnasts.
Becerra began his coaching career serving as the women’s optional coach at FlipzUSA Gymnastics in Columbia, Missouri. During his time at FlipzUSA Gymnastics, Becerra created daily workout plans and drills for optional gymnasts, ranging from level eight through level 10. Overall, he was able to provide a safe environment at practice for all athletes, utilizing spotting techniques learned at coaching clinics.
A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, Becerra earned a bachelor’s degree in parks, recreation and tourism with an emphasis in sport management from the University of Missouri in 2013.