Mazeika was selected in February 2008 as the men’s gymnastics head coach for the 2008 Olympic Games by the Men’s Program Committee for the second straight Olympic Games. He coached the U.S. Team to three of its most successful performances in recent history: the men’s team silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, the men’s best finish since they won the team gold medal in 1984 and the first team medal in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932; and the team silver medal at both the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. Prior to 2001, the men had not won a world team medal since 1979. Mazeika also was the men’s head coach at the 2007 World Championships, where the men finished fourth.
Mazeika is the men’s program manager at Houston Gymnastics Academy. Among the athletes he coaches are Sean Golden, a member of the 2005 and 2007 World Championships Teams; Sean Townsend, 2001 parallel bars world champion and a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team and the 2001 silver-medal World Championships Team; and Raj Bhavsar, 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate and a member of the 2001 and 2003 silver-medal World Championships Team. Mazeika began coaching men's gymnastics in 1984 and has served on the National Team Coaching Staff since 1988.
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