GCU Athletics

Raina Nolan

Head Coach | 1st Season

New Jersey native Raina Nolan has been selected to lead Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling, having been hired in October, 2026. 

Nolan returns to New Jersey after spending two years as the head coach at Emmanuel University in Franklin Springs, Georgia. She began her collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at East Stroudsburg University.

Nolan's coaching experience extends beyond the collegiate level. She has coached teams and individual athletes at Power Athletics, a youth acrobatics and tumbling gym in Pennsylvania, and has worked alongside former Olympians at International Gymnastics Camp (IGC) in Pennsylvania. Nolan also played an integral role in launching a gymnastics gym from the ground up in Colbert, Georgia, helping establish and develop the program from its earliest stages.

Prior to beginning her coaching career, Nolan was a four-year member of the Davis & Elkins College Acrobatics & Tumbling team, competing in all events from 2019–2023. She earned a bachelor's degree in Community and Corporate Health with a minor in Business.

For Nolan, the opportunity at Georgian Court also marks a return home to the Jersey Shore. A native of Brick, New Jersey, she spent 12 years competing in gymnastics and captured a state all-around title before continuing her athletic career at the collegiate level.