Since being established in 1975, the program has won twenty-three conference championships and qualified for the NCAA women's gymnastics tournament twenty-seven times.

Judy Schalk took over in 1977, leading the Huskers to five conference titles and an AIAW bid in six seasons as head coach.

In 1983, Rick Walton was hired as head coach, and under his guidance the program won its first NCAA individual event title, when Michele Bryant came in first place on the vault in 1990.

From 1987 to 1990, Walton captured four straight Big Eight titles, taking the Huskers to the NCAA Championships each year, including a program-best fourth-place national finish in 1989.

[2] Kendig retired in 2019 amid NCAA compliance issues and assistant Heather Brink was named head coach.