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Tim Antonelli - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Alex McKay

 T&T Director

Alex was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1993. His dad who was a British wrestling champion taught him gymnastics from 3 years old and at twelve he won the Scottish National championship. At 14 he moved to trampoline and was on the national team for Scotland for 3 years. Alex went to Dublin Ireland for college studying graphic design and coaching gymnastics and parkour there as well as training with and coaching the national trampoline team. Recently married and moved to Texas with his wife René. He also loves playing the bagpipes, eating barbecue and watching soccer. 
Emily Lung - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Emily Lung

Cheer Director

Coach Emily was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She started cheer and dance at a young age. She was the varsity cheer captain in high school and competed as an all-star cheerleader at the same time. Emily is a 7 time NCA champion and 2014 cheerleading world champion in the international open all girl level 6 division. Emily cheered at Cheer Athletics in Plano on Ladykratz throughout her first few years of college. Emily currently attends Texas State University where she is pursuing a degree in Health and Fitness Management. Emily has coached tumbling and cheerleading for eight years and has experience in coaching all-star cheer as well as working with many Austin high schools. As a coach, Emily has won several NCA National Titles, has placed top 10 at UCA high school nationals, coached several teams to finals at the Summit, as well as winning numerous choreography awards. She has found a true passion coaching tumbling and loves working with kids. Emily is certified in levels 1-5 for USASF in tumbling and stunting.
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Makenzie Thomas

Cheer Half Year Director

Makenzie “Mak” Thomas has been in the cheerleading world for 18 years. She is joining the Tumble Tech/ Tech Cheer family from Cheer Athletics, Plano where as a Worlds athlete on some of the most prestigious teams in cheer, she has won 6 NCA titles including 1 NCA grand champion title, 3 bronze, 4 silver, and 1 gold medal at the Cheerleading Worlds. Mak has also competed at prestigious invitation only competitions such as The Majors and Champions League. 
Mak continued her journey before coaching and cheered at Blnn Jr. College and Hawaii Pacific on their acrobatics and tumbling team. As a coach at CA Plano for the last 4 years, Coach Mak and her teams have won 5 NCA titles and have numerous D1 Summit bids! Coach Mak is excited to continue her career as a coach here at Tech Cheer and Tumble Tech!
Phil Sorrells - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Tim Antonelli

Tumbling & Freestyle Trampoline Director

Coach Tim was born in Pennslyvania and then moved to California with his family before he turned 1. He spend most of his adult life in Colorado before joining us here in the great state of Texas! He brings over a decade of coaching tumbling, trampoline and competitive TnT experience to Tumble Tech from both the perspective of an athlete and a coach. Starting in his senior year of high school, he cheered for the Cheer Central Suns before advancing to a coaching position in his second year. 

He has tumbled for the Denver Broncos, the Denver Nuggets and in college at SFA. He has also trained and jumped trampoline with Cirque performers in Las Vegas.  When Tim is not in the gym you can find him playing video games, working flexibility and spending time with friends. 
Ashton Aarons - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Josh Belew
Parkour Director

Joshua was born in Escondido, California, but raised in Houston in the great state of Texas! When he was younger he enjoyed playing both soccer and football and excelled at both sports for 3 years. Then began training parkour in 2014 and was training anywhere he could find. Josh was looking to progress his parkour skills and applied at a gymnastics gym in north Houston and while he was there he gained his first exposure to T&T, a spot to which he quickly fell in love. He has spent over 3 years coaching team and is a GAT & USAG certified coach and has coached national champion athletes. When he is not coaching T&T or training parkour Josh enjoys hiking, cliff jumping and spending time with his friends.
CJ Beasley - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Sheldon Jackson

Cheer Classes Director

Coach Sheldon was born and raised in the Austin area. Sheldon graduated from St Edward’s University with a degree in Graphic Design in 2014. Sheldon started competitive cheerleading at the young age of 10. He competed at the cheerleading worlds on team Purple from Austin Cheer Factory in 2010. He began coaching at age 15 and has cultivated a strong passion for the sport. Sheldon has lead multiple teams to national championships with recent highlights being a win at NCA and D2 Summit in 2021 with a junior coed 5 from Cheer Station. Sheldon was a senior level coach at Cheer Station from 2018-2023 specializing in stunting and flyer training. He hopes to continue to instruct and inspire the next generation of athletes at Tumble Tech. 
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Angel Mojica

Tots Director

Coach Angel was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She first began tumbling at the age of 7 and went on to compete for a trampoline and tumbling team. She competed for 10 years and retired to begin her coaching career. Coach Angel is the Tots director for Tumble Tech and has been working with younger kids since she has started working at Tumble Tech. Coach Angel is passionate about contributing to the development and growth athletes of all ages
Ian Duncanson - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Ian Duncanson

Tumbling Coach

Ian Duncanson was born and raised in Texas. He graduated from Texas State University in 2012 where he was a cheerleader for 4 years. Since 2002, Ian has been coaching tumbling, gymnastics, and cheer in and around the Austin area. He was the head cheerleading coach and program director for PrimeTime Cheer from 2016-2017 and Austin Cheer Factory from 2013-2016. He has also coached many high school cheer teams including Round Rock and Rouse High School. He has coached championship routines, individual routines, and fitness competitors. 
 
Ian is a highly focused leader who has a proven track record of success with the hundreds of athletes he has coached. When he is not training athletes at Tumble Tech, Ian is spending time with his family and daughter Vivian. 


Mikayla Schuster - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Jamar Young

T&T, Tumbling & Trampoline Coach

Jamar Young was born and raised in Lubbock, Tx. He was a self taught tumbler until the age of 11, when he began his tumbling and trampoline journey. He was a member of the USAG Junior and senior National teams and attended two WAGs(1999 and 2001) and World Championships (2003), earning numerous national championship titles during his career. Trampoline and tumbling then opened the doors to amazing opportunities. In 2004, he joined Cirque Du Soleil where he performed in a traveling production and multiple resident shows until 2016. He decided to retire his acrobatic skills and focus on coaching and mentoring the up and coming generation of TNT. Jamar and his wife Carmen have three children and two senior pitbulls. When Jamar isn’t coaching, you can find him spending time with his family and enjoying activities like traveling, camping, and sporting events. He is very excited to continue his coaching journey here at Tumble Tech!

Lacy Cones - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Brandon Hertel
Cheer, Tumbling & Tots Coach 

Brandon has been in the cheerleading industry for 11 years and started to peruse his passion for coaching in 2018. While getting his degree in Health and Kinesiology, he strived for greatness as both a high school and Allstar coach. With his dedication and hard work he has won many titles coaching including winning NCA in 2020. All of his teams in the past two years have received either an at-large or paid bid to the Summit. He is super excited to start his time here with Tech Cheer growing as a coach and changing kids lives while sharing his knowledge and passion for cheer.
Twitch Tippet - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX
Lilli Brown
Cheer, Tumbling & Tots Coach
Coach Lilli was born in S. Korea and grew up in Dallas, TX. She made her debut starting in gymnastics at 3 years old. She loved tumbling and naturally jumped into cheerleading at 12 years old. She continued her cheerleading career at Pride Allstars. In college she went on to cheer at Navarro, Weatherford, and Cheer Athletics.
As an athlete she has won 2 NCA titles while at Cheer Athletics, placed 2nd at World's, and has various other National championships under her belt. She understands the competition world and all that is involved to compete at various levels.

Lilli began coaching cheer and tumbling in 2010 and has more than 10 years of experience. She has coached at various levels with varying goals. She has a passion for showing her athletes how to unlock their full potential. Watching individuals grow and achieve their goals is a passion for Lilli. She understands that every athlete learns differently and finds the best way to coach them according their learning style. Along with being very technique driven, she knows the importance of proper progressions to ensure competitors don't plateau and keep improving.
She has spent 9yrs of her coaching career in Hawaii and is excited to continue that journey here at Tumble Tech!
Lacy Cones - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

James Ruiz

Cheer Coach

Rico was born and raised in Austin Tx. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a major in communications. Rico has cheered for 20+ years has won worlds back in 2008 and silver in 2017. He has also won 17 NCA High School and All-Star National Championship titles coaching and as an athlete. Rico continues to teach choreography around the United States and has won several choreography awards from NCA All-Star, High School and Collegiate Nationals. 
Jordan Reyna - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Jessie Ayala

Cheer Coach

Coach Jessie was a cheerleader at Morehead State University where she won Coed Division I National titles in 2016, 2017, and 2018. She was also a UCA Coed Partner Stunt National Champion in 2017. Coach Jessie graduated from Morehead with a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. She has been a UCA instructor for 14 years, including 10 years on the UCA College Circuit. She assisted in coaching the competitive cheer teams from the NRC Tigers Gym in Norway and helped them win four program national titles in 2018 and two in 2019. Coach Jessie was the Co-Head Coach at Missouri Valley College from 2019-2021 and brought home back-to-back conference and regional championship titles.
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Izzie Bair 

Cheer & Tumbling Coach

Coach Izzie was born and raised in Houston, TX and moved to Austin to pursue a degree in special education at The University of Texas. She has been apart of the cheerleading world for 16 years and began coaching at the age of 15. Coach Izzie is excited to continue sharing her love for the sport at Tech Cheer and Tumble Tech!
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Anthony Alvarado

Cheer & Tumbling Coach, Clinics Director

Anthony was born in Grand Island, Nebraska where he was a gymnast for 9 years at his local gym before moving to Iowa and discovering cheer. Upon moving to Des Moines he began cheering on his highschool team as well as All Star teams. At 16 Anthony was offered a position at Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute, where he taught all levels of tumbling and gymnastics. After graduating Anthony continued his education at the University of Missouri- where he cheered all 4 years while completing his bachelors degree in psychology. While working on his degree he coached numerous teams at all levels; before leaving Missouri for Texas he head coached a senior level 3 team which reached the finals at the D1 summit-the first year the gym qualified.
Lacy Cones - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

CJ Fox
Cheer Coach

CJ was born and raised in Austin, Tx. He started cheer and dance when he was 2 years old. He competed with Austin Cheer Factory until 2015 and has collected 3 NCA titles. As a coach CJ has 4 NCA titles. He has done choreography for Round Rock ISD for 6 years. 
His favorite part of coaching is seeing the growth the athletes gain from cheer, Learning great work ethic and working together as a team.
Lacy Cones - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Sara Huddle
 Cheer Coach

Coach Sara Huddle is originally from Canton, Texas. She received her Bachelor’s of Exercise and Sport Science at Texas State University and is currently studying physical therapy at South University. She was a competitive cheerleader for 14 years where she won NCA, ACA, Cheer Sport, and other titles. Coach Sara started cheerleading at Paramount Comets and ended her career on the Spirit of Texas A-Team. She was on varsity school cheer for 3 years, where she was co-captain her senior year. Sara started her coaching career at age 17 coaching all tumbling skills. At age 18 she received her credentials from USASF and started coaching higher levels. She has choreographed full routines for multiple teams and has received the innovative choreography award at NCA. Sara is really excited to coach again and spread her love of cheer to others! 
Anthony Carlton - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Jordan Tijerina
Cheer Coach

Coach Jordan was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She has been in the all-star cheerleading world for 20 years. Along with school cheer, Jordan cheered at the all-star level throughout middle school and high school. She has won NCA and Majors as an athlete and placed 2nd at the Cheerleading Worlds with Woodlands Elite Generals in 2018. Coach Jordan continued her cheerleading career at Texas Christian University. While cheering at TCU, she was all-girl co-captain her junior year and head captain her senior year. Along with coaching She is also currently in graduate school at Texas State University- Round Rock pursuing her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. She is so excited to a part of the Tech Cheer family and continue sharing my passion for this sport!
Twitch Tippet - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Angela Nguyen

Tumbling & Tots Coach

Coach Angela was born in Boston, MA and moved to Houston, TX in 2005. Angela has experience in all-star cheer, power tumbling, gymnastics, colorguard, and collegiate cheer. She began coaching in 2018 for several gyms in the Houston area.
Angela is currently working towards her Dental Hygiene and Spanish degree. She strives to provide students with the knowledge and confidence to become the best athletes they can be.

When Angela is outside of Tumble Tech, she loves to travel and is passionate about music and arts
Anthony Carlton - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX
Coach Evan was a Men’s artistic gymnast for over 10 years in Illinois. He has coached over 20 years between Illinois and Texas in the following disciplines: Women’s Artistic, Tumbling and Trampoline, and Power TeamGym. 
Evan is a certified judge for USAG Power TeamGym and Acrobatics & Tumbling. Additionally, he serves on the Gymnastics Association of Texas Board as their Treasurer.

Evan Mcwahirter
 T&T Coach

Anthony Carlton - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Roman Alvarez

Trampoline Coach

Coach Roman was born and raised in Austin, Tx. He has been competing trampoline for 7 years and specializes in double mini trampoline. He has been coaching TnT at Tumble Tech for 2 years and is excited to keep sharing his knowledge of the sport with new athletes. 

Scott Holland - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Robbie Finley

Tumbling Coach

Coach Robbie was born and raised in Greenville, SC and started learning how to do flips after becoming fascinated with parkour videos on YouTube in 2014. Although he started with parkour, he quickly fell in love with the tricking and tumbling along with the community that surrounded it. Robbie began coaching at his local gymnastics facility in Greenville in 2015 and has been coaching tumbling, parkour and trampoline ever since. He has competed in various parkour and tricking competitions and has traveled all over the US for events. Outside of work you can find him training, cliff jumping or playing video games. 
Scott Holland - Cheer Coaches in Cedar Park, TX

Kat Walling

Cheer Coach

Coach Kat was born in Paris, Texas and grew up in the Dallas area. She started cheerleading when she was 4 years old. Throughout her cheerleading career Kat has won NCA 3 times and went to the Summit numerous times. She also cheered at the collegiate level at the University of Texas at Arlington for 2 years. Coach Kat started her coaching career when she was 15 and fell in love with helping kids achieve their goals. She learned as a coach that there is no better feeling than watching your athletes learn new skills that they have worked so hard for. Kat loves Tech Cheer and every single athlete that walks through the door day in and day out. When She is not in the gym, you will find her in a classroom working as an Inclusion and Math teacher. In her free time Coach Kat likes to spend time with her family and friends, read a good book in the pool, and find new trails to hike on.
Luis Sagastume
Tots Coach
Coach Luis was born and raised in Houston Texas where he lived for 23 years before moving to the beautiful island of Hawaii. He has spent the past 10 years training in gymnastics, breakdancing and parkour so that he can share his passion with all of his incredible students. Some of Luis’ other passions and hobbies include music, dancing, visiting amusement parks (especially roller coasters) and spending time with his beautiful wife and son. Fun fact: They have a second child on the way!

He truly loves the athletic community everyone trying to learn and better themselves through athletics. Luis is excited to share his knowledge and passion with the families and students here at Tumble Tech.

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Jarrod Luty

Parkour Coach 

Coach Jarrod has been training parkour and free running for over 8 years along with participating in gymnastics, tricking and tumbling. Jarrod aspires to be a great coach and athlete in the parkour community and influence the younger generation of athletes
Gabriel Chavez
Parkour Coach 
Coach Gabriel was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico but currently lives in Austin Tx. He has been training Parkour and Freerunning for over 9 years as well as coaching for over 3 years. He discovered Parkour at age 12 and has been passionate about it ever since. Coach Gabriel loves to be able to share his passion through coaching swell as help grow the sport in a positive way. 
His goal is to inspire the next generation of athletes through his coaching efforts
Drew Hicks
Tots Coach
Coach Drew was born right outside of Houston Texas but moved to Austin at a young age. She spent her childhood learning to tumble, and at age 12 began her all-star cheer journey at Cheer Station. From there she went on to compete in and win various competitions including NCA, Cheer Power, and The One. Coach Drew joined Tumble Tech in July of 2022. 
She is excited to share her passion for the sport and kickstart her coaching career!
Vanessa Chavez
Tumbling Coach
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Christopher Winn
Parkour Coach
Coach Christopher was born in Dallas Texas. When he was a year old he moved to France where he spent 15 years of his life in Europe. He graduated high school in New Jersey. During the last 3 years of high school he began coaching parkour and grew a strong passion for it. He is very happy to be continuing his coaching career at Tumble Tech. In his spare time he enjoys drawing and training parkour.
Oskar Albuja
 Parkour Coach 
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Scott "Scooter" Holland
Wacc Tumbling Coach

Coach Scooter was born in Shreveport, LA and raised in Arlington, TX. He has been involved in cheerleading, tumbling and coaching since the mid 90’s. Scooter’s impressive cheerleading career as an athlete includes Midwestern State University, Trinity Valley Community College, Florida Atlantic University, and Stephen F. Austin State University. As an athlete, Coach Scooter has won two NCA Collegiate National Championships. Scooter has also been a coach at the collegiate level at both SFA and Barton County Community College where he led his teams to 3 NCA Collegiate National titles. Coach Scooter spent one year as the first assistant coach of the Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling team. He has also been a director of an All-Star gym for 3 years. He also obtained a college degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Pyschology. When he is not coaching Coach Scooter enjoys disc golf, video games, and spending time with friends.
Hailey Scott
Wacc Tumbling Coach 
Coach Hailey is from Hutto, Texas. She started her cheerleading career in Middle School. From cheering through Middle school to Highschool as well as cheering at Texas Allstar Cheer in Pflugerville, Hailey decided to continue her cheer career and cheer at The Unviersity of Texas at Arlington and latering transfering to The University of Texas at Austin. Hailey will be obtaining her Bachelors degree in Government and Black Studies this upcoming spring and then pursuing her acting career. From competing at Daytona to cheering on the sidelines at one of the biggest game day schools, Hailey has shown a strong loving passion for the sport. Hailey’s goal is to inspire the future generations, share her knowledge and skills, and truly show that the work is worth it

Bailey Harter
Wacc Parkour coach 
Coach Bailey was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. .He has been practicing parkour for the last 8 years. in 2019 Bailey won the parkour USA cup. He has a passion for the sport and enjoys teaching others. Coach Bailey loves the outdoors and finding new spots to train on. 

Isaiah Baird
Wacc Tumbling Coach 
Coach Isaiah was born & raised in El Paso, Texas. Isaiah’s cheerleading journey started at age 12 at a Small All Star Gym called, Knight Time Cheer. At KTC, he was able to compete & win NCA in numerous divisions. At age 14, he began Junior Coaching with lower levels. After All Star cheer & 2 years in High School Cheer, Isaiah moved from El Paso to attend the University of Texas at Austin. He is studying to achieve his Bachelors in Kinesiology & Health. Also while at UT, he has become a member & Co-Captain of Orange Squad, the Coed Cheerleading Team. Working at the WACC, Isaiah is teaching multiple classes varying skill sets. He also is a coach in the Flight Class & offers Coed stunting lessons for athletes wanting to join Collegiate Cheerleading.

Isaiah has an extreme passion for cheerleading. He has been able to participate in multiple styles of cheerleading & loves to share his knowledge with the cheerleaders of the future! 

Daeron Brodie
Wacc Tumbling Coach 
Coach Daeron is originally from Houston, Texas. He started his cheerleading career at age 12. He began at a small gym called “Houston Elite Cheer” building up his tumbling skills and within only a year he wen’t from learning a back handspring to gaining most level 6 skills. Once he gained all the skills he was striving for, he started cheering on his first competitive level 5 cheer team at Apex cheer, located in Stafford, Texas. Slowly after that he made his way to Prodigy All-stars. After he graduated high school, he attended Blinn College for the prestigious 6x national champion cheer team the school had and had the opportunity of becoming a NCA champion! After two years at Blinn, he made his way to the best university ever, The University of Texas at Austin and got his Bachelors degree in Public Relation & Advertising. Daeron has a true passion for the world of cheerleading and although he is retired his goal as a coach is to pass on all of his knowledge he has gained from the many years of his cheerleading career onto athletes who will be the future of the cheer world.

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