Bay Island Gymnastics is proud to introduce our fantastic line-up of coaches! BIG coaches are required to be USA Gymnastics Members, Safety/Risk Management Certified, Professional Development Accredited, and attend monthly staff training sessions. Our staff is dedicated, passionate and proud to assist in the development of tomorrow's future stars.
Jennifer Engle
Gym Owner & Optionals Coach
Renee Nichols
Manager, Compulsory & Recreational Coach.
Renee is a former Bay Island gymnast with over 10 years of coaching experience. Due to her dedication to the sport of gymnastics and her strong organizational skills she has been promoted to the Gym Manager position. She will be assisting in creating the rotational schedule for classes, training new staff memebers, answering parent questions and maintaining the overall appearance of BIG! She is also the beam and vault coach for BIG's Level 4 team, and teaches recreational and preschool classes.
Jessica Theadore
Compulsory & Recreational Coach.
Jessica is a former Bay Island team gymnast and has been coaching at BIG for 6 years. She is the floor coach for the Level 4 team and also works with pre-team and preschool classes. She has a degree in Early Childhood Development and is currently working toward completing a teaching credential with the hopes of becoming a kindergarten teacher.
Kirsten Barnes
Optionals, Compulsory & Recreational Coach.
Kirsten is a former competitive gymnast with over 10 years of coaching experience. She has worked in the bay area and Hawaii, and currently coaches Bay Island's level 5, 6 and Optional gymnasts.
Tim Prideaux
Compulsory & Recreational Coach.
Tim has over 20 years of experience coaching boys and girls gymnastics from preschool to Optional levels. He is a former competitive gymnast and currently works as the Level 4 bars coach. He also coaches preteam, recreational, and adult classes.
Jacob Butler
Recreational Coach.
Jacob is a former Bay Island competitive gymnast who currently coaches many of our boys classes. He has been coaching for 2 years and currently enjoys working at the preschool and recreational levels.
Brendan Devine
Recreational Coach.
Brendan is an award-winning dancer who has been coaching gymnastics at BIG for the past year. He is an enthusiastic member of the staff who loves working with our preschool and recreational classes, and occasionally steps in to assist with our compulsory gymnasts' dance training.