Mabry Craddock was hired by Kirsten Becker as an assistant coach for Penn Gymnastics on February 19, 2025.
In her first season at Penn, Craddock helped lead the Quakers to the 2025 Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) Regular Season, GEC Championships and Ivy Classic titles.
In 2025, Penn completed the “treble” for the second year in a row, winning the GEC Regular Season, GEC Championships and Ivy Classic titles. Penn saw two gymnasts qualify for NCAA Regionals (Mimi Fletcher on beam; Skyelar Kerico on all-around) with Fletcher being the first freshman since 1991 to compete at NCAA’s. Under Craddock's guidance, Kerico experienced one of the greatest seasons in Penn gymnastics history. The junior repeated as GEC Gymnast of the Year and won GEC Co-Performance of the Year for executing the first stuck 1.5 Yurchenko on vault in school history against West Virginia (3/14). She took home three GEC titles (vault, bars and all-around) and two Ivy Classic titles (bars and all-around). Kerico also set a new school and Ivy League record in the all-around with a 39.450 at the NCAA Regionals (4/3). Jordan Barrow also saw huge success in her second season in University City, winning a GEC title (beam) and repeating as the Ivy Classic champion on vault. Overall, the Quakers had a program record 17 first-team All-GEC selections in 2025 with 21 total honorees. As a team, Penn finished with its highest end-of-year ranking at No. 45.
Craddock comes to the program with over 15 years of coaching experience. She coached at the Trussville Academy of Gymnastics in Trussville, Ala. for the past year and a half. At Trussville, she guided young athletes in the development of their skills at the foundational level, with a focus on vault and floor. She guided her gymnasts to more than five individual state titles.
While coaching at Trussville, Craddock also worked as marketing and development coordinator at The Bell Center in Birmingham, Ala., which provides critical therapy for children with special needs.
Craddock's most recent stop at the collegiate level was at the University of Alabama where she served as the Gymnastics Events and Program Relations Coordinator for three seasons. In the role, she oversaw backend team logistics and development.
Her responsibilities included: assistance in the recruitment process, team development, hosting home meets that averaged more than 9,000 fans, and social media. During her time in Tuscaloosa, Craddock was able to gain valuable guidance and experience in the operation and leadership of a high-level championship program.
With the Crimson Tide, Craddock was a part of three top-three ranked teams in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), three NCAA Championship qualifying teams, and the 2021 SEC champions.
Before coming to Alabama, Craddock spent three seasons coaching levels 3-10 at Mountain Brook Gymnastics in Birmingham, Ala., where she won multiple state individual and team championship titles two years in a row.
Craddock graduated from Alabama in 2016 where she obtained a bachelor's degree in human performance and exercise science. While pursuing her degree, Craddock interned for the women's gymnastics program.
