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Montana Rall was named an assistant coach for the Illinois women's gymnastics program on May 27, 2026.
She joins the Fighting Illini after spending the 2026 campaign as an assistant coach at Nebraska.
During her time with the Huskers, Rall worked primarily with the floor lineup while assisting on vault and helped guide Nebraska to an NCAA Regional berth. She oversaw routine construction, skill progressions, daily practice planning, social media, and strength and conditioning.
Rall also helped with various aspects of the program’s recruiting efforts, including prospect evaluations, mailers, communication, campus visits, and camp correspondence.
Prior to her tenure in Lincoln, Rall spent over a decade coaching all levels of club gymnastics, including several years at Omaha Gymnastics Academy coaching Levels 8-10 and HOPES athletes. Serving primarily as a lead beam coach, choreographer, and spotter, she helped develop athletes who earned more than 29 regional titles and 12 national qualifications, including HOPES Championships and Nastia Liukin Cup qualifiers and multiple Devo Camp selections.
Several gymnasts she helped develop have gone on to compete collegiately, including Division I scholarship athletes.
Across her coaching career, she has spent time in various coaching roles at Metro Stars Gymnastics (2019-23), Rowland Ballard Gymnastics (2017-18), Amplify Gymnastics (2016-17), and Nebraska School of Gymnastics (2009-13).
Rall (née Whittle) competed at Kentucky from 2013-16 and featured regularly in the Wildcats’ beam and bars lineups. She secured SEC Academic Honor Roll and University of Kentucky Dean’s List recognition all four years while receiving SEC Academic Team honors in 2014-16. She was named to the SEC Community Service Team in 2015.
A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Rall earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science from Kentucky in 2016.
She is married to her husband, Jesse, and has two sons, Ryker and Jagger, and a daughter, Winslow.
