Neal Gallant begins his sixth season at Stanford in 2020-21, serving as one of the program's two assistant coaches.
Gallant brings 31 years of coaching experience, including 26 in the Bay Area, to The Farm. Gallant joined the Cardinal from across the bay at California Gymnastics Academy in Livermore, California, where he coached from 2010-15.
Gallant coaches in all four events and helped guide many of his club athletes to collegiate programs while watching them grow into leaders at their universities.
Gallant has worked with multiple gyms in the Bay Area, including Bay Aerials Gymnastics, CalWest Gymnastics and Almaden Valley Gymnastics. He has coached individual event, all-around and team state champions and helped gymnasts qualify to regional, western and Junior Olympic national championships.
Along with coaching in the gym, Gallant placed an emphasis on planning team functions and outings such as banquets and summer events.
A 1991 graduate of Arizona State, Gallant earned a degree in exercise physiology.