The Iowa State Men's Gymnastics program was created in 1961 and competed for the first time in 1963. The program only had two coaches over thirty-two seasons; Ed Gagnier (1963-1983) and Dave Mickelson (1984-1994). They completed seven undefeated seasons (1970-1971, 1973-1975, 1977, 1981), won ten Big 8 Conference titles (1965-1967, 1969-1975) and three NCAA titles (1971, 1973-1974). The program also produced eighteen individual NCAA champions and seventy-six individual Big 8 champions.

Then Athletic Director Gene Smith decided that the Men's Gymnastics program was to be eliminated (1994). The decision was made partly because of financial difficulties and partly because Iowa State was attempting to be more in compliance with Title IX. To move closer to Title IX compliance, Iowa State also eliminated Men's Tennis and created a new Women's Soccer program.

The collection (1917-2004, n.d.) contains media guides, news clippings, rosters, scoresheets, and histories written by students for the men's gymnastics program.

The collection is organized alphabetically.