Camp Staff
Kim Landrus
Head Coach
Kim Landrus enters her ninth season as head coach of the NC State gymnastics program in 2026, having taken over the Wolfpack in 2017.
During the 2025 season, she led the team to its 34th-consecutive NCAA appearance following a historic campaign. The year began with the highest season opening score in program history, a 195.825. NC State maintained its strong performance with a five week stretch of scores above 196, capped by a season best 197.025 in a win over in-state ACC rival North Carolina.
Ashley Knight and Elle Hadrick earned spots on the ACC Championship Team, with Knight recognized for vault and floor and Hadrick for bars and floor. Chloe Negrete delivered a standout season, becoming the first NC State gymnast in ten years to earn regular season All-America honors from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association. She was also named WCGA Southeast Gymnast of the Year, the second-straight year a Wolfpack gymnast received the award under Landrus.
A 14-time all-conference honoree and nine-time conference championship honoree, Negrete led the team with 24 podium finishes and 13 individual titles in her final year. NC State remained in the top 25 nationally throughout the season, continuing its tradition of excellence under Landrus.
Philip Ogletree
Assistant Coach
Phil Ogletree serves as an assistant coach for NC State gymnastics, entering his ninth season with the Pack in 2025-26 after arriving in Raleigh in 2017. He works primarily with vault and floor.
In 2025, Ogletree helped guide the Pack to its 34th straight appearance in the NCAA Regionals and a top-20 national finish to conclude the campaign. The team had two All-ACC selections on vault and floor, with Ashley Knight named to the vault squad and Chloe Negrete selected to the floor team.
Alongside the rest of the coaching staff, Ogletree helped lead NC State to a successful 2024 campaign as the team captured both the ACC regular season and championship titles and made an NCAA Tournament appearance in its first year in the conference since 1984. During the season, NC State matched the third best vault score in program history with a 49.250 against Clemson on February 17. The Pack also earned five All-ACC selections across Ogletree’s primary events.
Bob Starkell
Assistant Coach
Bob Starkell enters his 15th season as an assistant coach for NC State gymnastics in the 2025-26 season, focusing primarily on the uneven parallel bars. Starkell has enjoyed a successful tenure in Raleigh after being named to his position with the Wolfpack on September 12, 2011.
Starkell comes off a 2025 campaign in which he helped guide the Pack to its 34th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance, with the team finishing the season ranked No. 20 in the country and No. 23 on bars. Throughout the year, he coached three gymnasts to scores of at least 9.900 in the event.
In 2024, alongside the rest of the coaching staff, Starkell helped lead the Wolfpack to both the ACC regular season and championship titles, as well as an NCAA Tournament appearance. That season, NC State recorded the second and third highest scores in program history, a 197.575 against Clemson on February 17 and a 197.550 at the ACC Championship on March 23. In the win over the Tigers, the team recorded its season best bars score with a 49.950. Additionally in 2024, three members of the Pack earned spots on the All-ACC bars squad.
Emily Gaskins
Assistant Coach
Emily Gaskins was named an assistant coach for the NC State gymnastics program by head coach Kim Landrus on July 27, 2023, and is set to enter her third season with the Wolfpack in 2026.
"We are thrilled that Emily will be joining the NC State coaching staff, as we are confident she will play a key role in our success moving forward," Landrus said at the time of her hiring. "She brings a wealth of experience both as a student athlete and from her time as a graduate student coach at Alabama last year."
"Her passion for the sport, along with her attention to detail at the highest level, will have a positive impact on our program."
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