| Oleksii Koltakov Career | ||
| 2021-22 | Alabama | Volunteer Assistant Coach |
| 2023-24 | Nebraska | Assistant Coach |
| 2025-26 | Georgia | Assistant Coach |
| 2026-Present | Missouri | Assistant Coach |
Oleksii Koltakov joined the Mizzou gymnastics staff as an assistant coach in June 2026, bringing SEC coaching experience, an international competitive background and a track record of developing All-Americans to Columbia. The 2027 season is his first with the Tigers.
Koltakov came to Missouri after two seasons as an assistant coach at Georgia, where the GymDogs advanced to the NCAA Championship final site in Fort Worth, Texas, and finished the 2026 season sixth nationally. Five GymDogs combined for seven NCAA All-America honors at the NCAA Championship Semifinal, four earned WCGA Regular Season All-America accolades and nine were named to the All-SEC Team. Georgia went 24-11 in 2026, improving its win total by 18 from his first year on staff, tied for third in the SEC at 5-3 and posted 18 wins over top-25 opponents. The GymDogs finished the regular season with a 197.391 National Qualifying Score, their best national finish since 2014 and best NQS since 2008, and set a program record with 15 scores of 197.000 or better.
In 2025, Georgia recorded six consecutive meet totals of 197.000 or higher, including a 197.975 against Oklahoma, the program's best regular-season score since 2009, and earned a national seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019. Lily Smith and Ady Wahl qualified individually for nationals on floor and vault, respectively, and earned First Team All-America honors, with Smith finishing fifth nationally on floor.
Koltakov spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as an assistant coach at Nebraska, helping the Huskers to back-to-back NCAA postseason appearances. Nebraska closed the 2024 regular season with three straight scores of 197.000 or higher, and Husker gymnasts combined for 36 event titles. In his first season in Lincoln, he coached three gymnasts to All-Conference honors, Emma Spence was named Co-Regional Gymnast of the Year and Koltakov was recognized as the 2023 WCGA Co-Regional Assistant Coach of the Year.
He began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at Alabama in 2021 and 2022, helping the Crimson Tide win the 2021 SEC Championship, finish fifth at the 2021 NCAA Championships, place second at the 2022 SEC Championships and advance to the 2022 NCAA Finals. Before that, Koltakov worked in club gymnastics in Austin, Texas, served as a High Performance coach at camps and clinics across the United States, and coached internationally beginning in 2013 at the Piddubny Olympic College in Ukraine and with the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation.
A former member of the Ukraine National Team, Koltakov competed at the 2009 European Championships in Milan, Italy, and the 2009 World Cup in Ostrava, Czech Republic, where Ukraine reached the finals, and helped lead Ukraine to the finals of the 2011 World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a five-time Ukrainian pommel horse champion from 2008-12 and the 2011 Ukrainian floor exercise champion, and helped his team to Ukrainian Championships in 2009 and 2011. He also performed as a high bar catcher in Cirque du Soleil's Alegria.
Koltakov is a two-time graduate of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, earning a bachelor's degree in coaching and physical education in 2009 before completing a master's degree in biomechanics of sport with a specialization in Olympic and professional sports. He is married to British Olympic gymnast Marissa King, and the couple has one son, Leon.