University of Minnesota Athletics
Gymnastics
Parenteau, Kiki
Kiki Parenteau
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- paren228@umn.edu
Kiki Parenteau completed her fourth year as a member of the Minnesota Gymnastics coaching staff in 2024-25. She has served as the volunteer assistant coach during the past two seasons for the Gophers, where she primarily coached floor and vault.
In 2025, Parenteau helped the 'U' to a 17-7 (8-1 Big Ten) record. Minnesota finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings and took third at the Big Ten Championships.
The team made the NCAA Regional Finals for the fourth time in the last five seasons (one of just two Big Ten teams to do so) and had an individual reach nationals for the second consecutive year. Four Golden Gophers earned All-Big Ten honors, including Mya Hooten making her five all-league team in five seasons. Jordyn Lyden, Sarah Moraw and Ava Stewart were named Second Team All-Big Ten while Stewart became the first freshman since 2021 to make the B1G All-Freshman Team.
Mya Hooten made nationals for the fourth time in her career, including her second straight year as an individual. Hooten won floor event titles in 11 of 15 meets, going 9.900-or-better 10 times. She was named First Team All-Big Ten, WCGA Second Team All-America, NCAA Championships Second Team All-America and Academic All-Big Ten.
Pareanteau served as the vault coach for Mya Hooten and the senior qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual, the first time since 2019 the Gophers have had an individual go to nationals (without the team). She won Big Ten titles in three events (every one except beam) and was named a WCGA First Team All-American on both floor and vault for the first time in her career. Hooten won an NCAA Regional Title in vault, her second career regional victory (floor in 2022). She became just the fifth Gopher ever to take home multiple regional titles.
For the team, it was the sixth straight year with four-or-more All-B1G selections and the seventh straight year with 10+ Academic All-Big Ten honorees. The team had B1G Individual Champions in all four events for the first time since 1989 and second time ever. It was just the third time in the last 20 seasons that multiple Gophers took home B1G Individual titles (Mya Hooten, bars, floor, vault); (Sarah Moraw, beam).
Under the help of Parenteau, Gopher gymnasts Mya Hooten (First Team in Floor, Second Team in Vault) and Maddie Quarles (Second Team in Vault) earned WCGA All-American honors in 2022-23. Minnesota has been to the NCAA Regionals in each of the past two seasons and made a run to NCAA Nationals in 2021-22. The Gophers recorded a sixth place finish in Parenteau's first year on the staff, which was a program-best mark. In 2021-22, Ona Loper was named All-America First Team in the all-around and vault, while Hooten was named to the First Team on floor and Second Team on vault.
"I am extremely grateful for Jenny and the rest of the staff at Minnesota for giving me this opportunity," Parenteau said. "Being from Minnesota and growing up going to Gopher gymnastics meets, it is a dream come true to coach for such an amazing program. I am very excited to continue to be a part of the Gopher family!”
While working as the Gophers volunteer assistant coach for the past two years, she worked at Flip's Gymnastics, where she coached levels 7-10 on all four events.
A Minnesota native and gymnast at Southern Utah University, Parenteau was a standout on bars before injury prematurely ended her gymnastics career. She immediately turned to coaching and started to give back to the gymnastics community. Parenteau became the student volunteer coach for two seasons at Southern Utah and provided instruction to support SUU gymnasts on bars and beam.
Parenteau graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Utah University with a bachelor's degree in family life and human development, emphasis in family services.
In 2025, Parenteau helped the 'U' to a 17-7 (8-1 Big Ten) record. Minnesota finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings and took third at the Big Ten Championships.
The team made the NCAA Regional Finals for the fourth time in the last five seasons (one of just two Big Ten teams to do so) and had an individual reach nationals for the second consecutive year. Four Golden Gophers earned All-Big Ten honors, including Mya Hooten making her five all-league team in five seasons. Jordyn Lyden, Sarah Moraw and Ava Stewart were named Second Team All-Big Ten while Stewart became the first freshman since 2021 to make the B1G All-Freshman Team.
Mya Hooten made nationals for the fourth time in her career, including her second straight year as an individual. Hooten won floor event titles in 11 of 15 meets, going 9.900-or-better 10 times. She was named First Team All-Big Ten, WCGA Second Team All-America, NCAA Championships Second Team All-America and Academic All-Big Ten.
With the help of Parenteau, in 2024 the 'U' finished second at the 2024 Big Ten Championships with a score of 197.500, falling to Michigan State by just .100. 197.500 was also the second-best score at the B1G Championships in program history. Minnesota advanced to the Regional Finals for the third time in the last four seasons in 2024, one of just three Big Ten teams to do so. Their 197.400 score in Fayetteville, Ark., placed them fourth in the region behind No. 2 LSU (198.250), No. 7 Arkansas (197.825) and No. 10 Kentucky (197.475).
Minnesota finished with a 20-11 (6-3 Big Ten) final record, their most wins since Parenteau has been on the staff. The Gophers were slotted as the No. 18 team in the country according to the WCGA Preseason Poll and finished six spots ahead of that at No. 12, the highest finish of any Big Ten program. Four Gophers earned All-Big Ten honors in 2024, including the fourth for Mya Hooten (First Team) and second for Gianna Gerdes (First Team). Lauren Pearl and Ella Sirjord both made the second team for their first career All-B1G honors.Pareanteau served as the vault coach for Mya Hooten and the senior qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual, the first time since 2019 the Gophers have had an individual go to nationals (without the team). She won Big Ten titles in three events (every one except beam) and was named a WCGA First Team All-American on both floor and vault for the first time in her career. Hooten won an NCAA Regional Title in vault, her second career regional victory (floor in 2022). She became just the fifth Gopher ever to take home multiple regional titles.
For the team, it was the sixth straight year with four-or-more All-B1G selections and the seventh straight year with 10+ Academic All-Big Ten honorees. The team had B1G Individual Champions in all four events for the first time since 1989 and second time ever. It was just the third time in the last 20 seasons that multiple Gophers took home B1G Individual titles (Mya Hooten, bars, floor, vault); (Sarah Moraw, beam).
Under the help of Parenteau, Gopher gymnasts Mya Hooten (First Team in Floor, Second Team in Vault) and Maddie Quarles (Second Team in Vault) earned WCGA All-American honors in 2022-23. Minnesota has been to the NCAA Regionals in each of the past two seasons and made a run to NCAA Nationals in 2021-22. The Gophers recorded a sixth place finish in Parenteau's first year on the staff, which was a program-best mark. In 2021-22, Ona Loper was named All-America First Team in the all-around and vault, while Hooten was named to the First Team on floor and Second Team on vault.
"I am extremely grateful for Jenny and the rest of the staff at Minnesota for giving me this opportunity," Parenteau said. "Being from Minnesota and growing up going to Gopher gymnastics meets, it is a dream come true to coach for such an amazing program. I am very excited to continue to be a part of the Gopher family!”
While working as the Gophers volunteer assistant coach for the past two years, she worked at Flip's Gymnastics, where she coached levels 7-10 on all four events.
A Minnesota native and gymnast at Southern Utah University, Parenteau was a standout on bars before injury prematurely ended her gymnastics career. She immediately turned to coaching and started to give back to the gymnastics community. Parenteau became the student volunteer coach for two seasons at Southern Utah and provided instruction to support SUU gymnasts on bars and beam.
Parenteau graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Utah University with a bachelor's degree in family life and human development, emphasis in family services.
Signing the Block M
Tuesday, May 20
Mya Hooten: NCAA Floor Final
Friday, April 18
Mya Hooten Previews NCAA Championships
Monday, April 14
NCAA Qualifier Mya Hooten
Monday, April 07
