ABOUT AARON
Current Role: Head Coach, UTA Movin' Mavs Men's Wheelchair Basketball
Classification: 2.0
Alma Mater: UT Arlington Movin' Mavs (2007 NWBA MVP)
Paralympic Games: Rio 2016 (Gold Medalist)
International Play: Team USA Men's National Team Veteran
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Aaron Gouge is a titan in American wheelchair basketball, combining an elite athletic career as a Paralympic Gold Medalist with high-level coaching leadership. A former standout player and 2007 NWBA Intercollegiate MVP for the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Movin' Mavs, Gouge anchored Team USA's men's national team on the world stage for years. Today, he channels his deep tactical mastery, chair mobility expertise, and champion mindset into shaping the next generation of collegiate talent as the Head Coach of the UTA Men's Wheelchair Basketball program.
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Career & Coaching Highlights
- Paralympic Champion: Key member of the Team USA squad that captured Gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, helping break a 28-year gold medal drought for the U.S. men's wheelchair basketball program.
- UTA Movin' Mavs Head Coach: Hired in 2022 to lead his alma mater, heading one of the most decorated collegiate wheelchair basketball programs in the nation.
- IWBF World Championship Medalist: Multi-time international medalist representing Team USA in global competition.
- Collegiate Legend: Led the UTA Movin' Mavs to national prominence as an elite player, earning NWBA Intercollegiate Division Most Valuable Player honors in 2007.