Corrinne Tarver was announced the seventh head coach in SCSU Gymnastics history on Friday, June 13, 2025.
“It is with great joy and excitement that I welcome Corrinne Tarver as our next gymnastics head coach,” director of athletics Terrance Jones said. “Corrinne has extensively experience in coaching and athletic administration and I hope her success as a student-athlete serves as inspiration to our student-athletes.”
Tarver comes to Southern Connecticut from Fisk University, where she was the first head coach in program history. The program, the first of its kind at a historically Black college, featured five All-Americans and the USA Gymnastics National All-Around Champion under Tarver's leadership. She also served as Fisk's athletic director.
A former standout gymnast at the University of Georgia, Tarver was the first African American woman to win the NCAA all-around national championship in 1989. She was a nine-time All-American and helped Georgia win two NCAA national championships.
Tarver graduated from Georgia with a degree in social work and later earned a juris doctor from New York Law School. She worked in athletic administration at the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference and held positions at Stockton University and Syracuse University. Tarver also coached at Star Bound Gymnastics Academy and the University of Pennsylvania.
