TUMBLE TECH COACHING STAFF
Alex McKay
T&T Director
Coach Alex was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993 and began artistic gymnastics at the age of 3. He became a Scottish National Champion before transitioning to trampoline at age 14, where he joined the Scottish National Trampoline Team. He moved to Dublin, Ireland for college, where he trained and coached with the university's gymnastics program. In 2018, Alex and his wife René relocated to Texas. He began coaching at Tumble Tech in 2019 and took on the role of Trampoline & Tumbling Program Director in 2021. Since then, Alex has coached athletes to the Elite Development Program, as well as the Junior and Senior U.S. National Teams. In 2025, he represented Team USA internationally as a coach at the Coimbra Gymfest in Portugal.
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.
Kat Walling
Cheer Prep & Show Team Director
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.
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.
Lilli Brown
Tots Director & Tumbling 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!
Jonathon Thackrey
Parkour Director
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Josh BelewSNL Director & Coach
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.
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.
Ian Duncanson
School Program Director & 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.
Brandon HertelCheer Coach & Choreographer
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.
Makenzie Thomas
Cheer Coach
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!
James Ruiz
Cheer Coach & Choreographer
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.
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!
Raven Dalosto
Cheer Coach
Coach Raven was born and raised right here in Round Rock, Texas! Throughout her 16 years of high school, all-star, and collegiate cheerleading experience, she has had the opportunities to win prestigious competitions including the 2021 World Championship, 2021 Majors, 2016 Summit Championship, and NCA in 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Coach Raven even had the honor of competing with two Tech Cheer teams; Outlaws and Gunsmoke; one of her NCA wins on Tech Cheer Outlaws! She competed with Woodlands Elite Black Ops for three years and finished her collegiate cheerleading career winning NCA Nationals with Hawai’i Pacific University. Coach Raven is so excited to share her love for cheer and her knowledge with the athletes at Tumble Tech! Let’s go Tech Cheer!!
Keyona Heubel
Cheer Coach
Coach Keyona was born and raised right here in Austin, Texas. She has been a cheerleaderfor 17 years and she started when she was just 3 years old! Coach Keyona then moved to Houston to further her cheerleading and academic career where she competed at Woodlands Elite on Generals and Red Angels, receiving the bronze medal at the cheerleading worlds as well as many other titles along the way. She began coaching when she was 15 years old and is currently in school majoring in Psychology. Coach Keyona is very excited to continue her love for the sport at Tech Cheer.
Allyson CampbellCheer Coach
Coach Allyson was born and raised in Hazlet, New Jersey, however moved to Texas in 2011 with her family. Her cheerleading career began at just 7 years old in pop warner and she cheered for numerous programs including World Cup and Cheer Athletics over her 17 year span as an athlete. In her early years of adulthood she worked as a Behavioral therapist for children with Autism. She is Currently a Professor at ACC in the Visual Communication Department and holds a Masters Degree in User Experience Design, as well as a teaching certificate. She has experience coaching, being an all star director, and doing choreography for almost 20 years now! In 2014 coach Allyson hung up her cheer shoes when she won the cheerleading world championships with Cheer Athletics Ladykatz. As a coach she has led and choreographed numerous teams to NCA, Cheersport, Summit, and many other championship titles.
Allyson lives in Leander with husband and her one year old baby girl named Emersyn.
Mary MojicaCheer Coach
Mary Jo was born and raised right here in Austin TX where she attended McNeil High School where she cheered for
the Mavericks and also completed high school gymnastics. She competed with Capital Gymnastics All Stars since their inception in the mid 90's. Coach Mary Jo married her high school sweetheart a few years after graduation and started a family. They have 3
amazing kids. 2 of which have graduated high school and pursuing college and career and one who is attending
Round Rock High. They have a huge family and spend all of their free time together! They all love the Dallas
Cowboys and always have the most fun! Shortly after they began gymnastics, Mary Jo got involved with judging TNT. She became certified as a category 3 judge on all the disciplines of TNT in 2014. In 2017, she began coaching TNT with a focus on trampoline and double mini at Acrotex in Round Rock. Coach Mary Jo joined the amazing Wolfpack family at Tumble Tech as a coach in 2019.
Her family has been coaching youth football and cheer for the last 21 years. in 2014, the Mojica family chartered their
very own 501c3 Pop Warner Association, Northside Youth Sports and have volunteered both their time and talents to
the community. They have grown to have a football and a cheer team on all four levels of play.
She currently serve as the Association Cheer and Dance Coordinator and founding board member for NYSA and
oversees the coaching staffs, parent relations, administration and hands on coaching of the 4 cheer teams.
Coach Mary Jo also serve as the League Cheer and Dance Commissioner for Hill Country Pop Warner and oversees
the Association Cheer and Dance Coordinators for all 16 associations within Hill Country as well as facilitates and
organizes their Competition and Showcase.
Roman Alvarez
T&T 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.
Robbie Finley
Tumbling Coach
Coach Robbie was born and raised in Greenville, SC and started learning how to flips after becoming fascinated with videos on YouTube in 2013. Although he started with parkour, he quickly fell in love with tumbling and tricking along with the community that surrounded it. Robbie began coaching at his local gymnastics facility in Greenville in 2015 and has been coaching tumbling & trampoline ever since. He has competed in various trampoline, parkour and tricking competitions and has traveled all over the US for events.
Outside of work you can find Robbie training, cliff jumping or golfing.
Christian MojicaTrampoline Coach
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Michael Lachner
Tumbling Coach
Coach Michael was born in Houston, Tx in 1992. He participated in artistic gymnastics from the ages of 9-20, competing as a level 10 athlete in high school. In 2010, Michael moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas, where he continued training as a part of their club program. Michael’s coaching career began in 2012, primarily working with preschool age, rec gymnastics, and rec tumbling. In 2014, he started a trampoline and tumbling (T&T) program that he ran for 10 years. During that time, Michael coached numerous national champions, Elite Development Team members, as well as World Age Group Competitions (WAGC) athletes. He was selected as an assistant clinician for the Elite Development Camp in 2021-22, and as a coach for the WAGC in 2022-23. In 2025 Michael began his journey at Tumble Tech, working to support the T&T program on trampoline and tumbling.
Outside of gymnastics, Michael spends most of his time rock climbing or weight lifting. He also likes to read sci-fi/fantasy novels, play video games, and spend time on the water/in nature.
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
Josh Jager
Parkour Coach
Coach Josh grew up in the Austin Metro Area and discovered parkour in 2015 after being inspired by videos on YouTube. Since then, he’s been hooked—filming his own videos, competing in local events, and always pushing for more. Outside of parkour, Josh plays guitar in his band Inside The Hollow and enjoys anything that lets him be creative, whether it’s photography, art, or filmmaking.
Vanessa Chavez
Cheer & Tumbling Coach
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Oskar Albuja
Parkour Coach
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