ALL-STAR DIRECTOR & LEAD COACH

Kyle Armstrong is a team coach, stunt choreographer, and all-star director at the Brandon All-Stars Main location. Kyle first started cheering all-stars in 2000, and in 2002 started cheering with Brandon All-Stars. Kyle was a member of the Brandon Senior Black team that won Worlds in 2009. This will be Kyle's fourteenth season coaching at Brandon All-stars. He has previously coached Brandon Junior Silver (level 4) 2010-2011, winner of the triple crown, including Brandon's first NCA title ever. Kyle has also won 5 World Championship titles and 4 NCA Grand Nationals titles. This will be Kyle’s tenth season coaching Brandon Senior Black. He also coaches Legacy and Smoke.

HALF SEASON ASSISTANT, NOVICE COORDINATOR, & TEAM COACH

Q started cheering at the age of 8 in various states until coming to Brandon in 2010. She is a BA alumna and won the Bronze Globe on Brandon Smoke in 2018. She is in her 5th coaching season here at Brandon All-stars.

TUMBLING DIRECTOR

Shea Crawford attended Snead State College and was a member of the 2001 UCA Collegiate National Champion Cheer Team. He finished his Bachelors Degree in Public Relations at Hawaii Pacific University where he was an assistant coach for the 2005 & 2006 NCA Collegiate National Champions in D II Small and Large Coed. Shea then moved to Brandon where he coached for 8 seasons coaching tumbling and teams to multiple NCA, CheerSport and UCA titles at multiple levels. Shea was part of the Junior Silver coaching staff that won Brandon’s first ever NCA title and triple crown and a 4th place finish at Worlds with Sr White in the medium Coed Level 5 division. He also speaks nationwide on Tumbling Safety and Technique. Shea is now back at Brandon All-Stars and works as Tumbling Director and Director of BA Technique Camps and Clinics.

PERFORMANCE COORDINATOR & LEAD COACH

Evan is a Lead Coach at the Brandon location and is a student at HCC. Evan joined BA during the 2020-21 season, where he was a captain on Senior Black. Previously, Evan was an athlete on The Stingray Allstars Steel for three years, as well as member of the Varsity competition team at Mill Creek High School for four years. He has won many National titles including The Majors, Cheersport, NCA, UCA, and is a Triple Crown Champion. He is also a two-time GHSA State Champion, two-time Worlds Bronze Medalist, and a two-time World Champion. He cheered for eight years, and this is his fourth season coaching. He is also available for Private Lessons.

USASF DIRECTOR, INSTRUCTIONAL CLASS STUNT COORDINATOR & TEAM COACH

Halee Dixon is a team coach, the USASF Director, and the Instructional Class Stunt Coordinator for both the Brandon and Wesley Chapel location. Throughout her cheerleading career, Halee spent 7 seasons with Brandon All-stars from 2008-2015. Her last four seasons with Brandon, Halee was a member of the world-renowned Brandon Senior Black where she won multiple National titles. Halee attended Florida State University where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications. During that time, she became a member of the All-Girl Cheerleading team for 3 seasons, serving as captain her senior year. This will Halee’s fourth season coaching at Brandon All-stars.

MARKETING DIRECTOR, REGISTRATION COORDINATOR, & TEAM COACH

Brandi Hotchkiss is a team coach and director at the Brandon All-Stars Brandon location. Brandi has an Associates degree in Business Administration and Marketing, a Bachelors degree in Management and Organizational Leadership and Sports Management from St. Petersburg College. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Oklahoma Online. Brandi has fifteen years of cheerleading experience of two of which were with Brandon All-Stars! Brandi is a Brandon Senior Black alumna and was a member of the 2009 World Champion team! Brandi has been coaching at Brandon for sixteen years and has previously coached full season Tiny through Senior age teams within our full season and half season programs. Brandi's teams have won many state and national titles including Jamfest, Cheersport and UCA. Brandi has taken multiple teams to the Summit since 2015. In her spare time Brandi loves reading, watching baseball, and hanging out with her puppies, Eleanor, Phoebe, and Lillian.

LEAD COACH

JJ was born and raised in Boston, MA where he started cheerleading in 2012. As an athlete, JJ moved to San Diego his senior year to cheer on California Allstars Cali-Coed. He then spent his super-senior year as a captain on East Celebrity Elite C5. JJ began his coaching and choreography career in 2018 at Salem State University, where he brought the program to finals at NCA College Nationals for the first time in 11-years. JJ also coached at East Celebrity Elite for three seasons before moving to BA. JJ is a choreographer for many High School, College, and Allstar teams. He also teaches camps and choreography with his company, Spirit Pro Cheer.

INSTRUTIONAL CLASS TUMBLING COORDINATOR

As an athlete, Nikki was a gymnast for 11 years and cheered for 12 years. She Junior coached in both gymnastics and cheer from 1996-2000. Nikki began her coaching career in 2001 as Dixie youth league volunteer coach, then transitioned to gym owner in 2003. She was gym owner at Heart of Dixie from 2003- 2012. In 2013 she moved to NY where she was an AllStar Cheer Director at Champions for Life until 2017. In 2017 she combined her program with Core Athletix and coached tumbling, stretch, and teams with Core until 2021, taking multiple teams to The Summit Championships. Nikki joined the Brandon staff in 2021 after moving to Florida. Nikki is available for private lessons.

GYM RENTAL COORDINATOR & LEAD COACH

Jarrod started his cheerleading career in 2009. He joined the Brandon All-stars family in 2016 to go on and win multiple national titles, triple crown champion and 2 world championships with Brandon Senior Black. Jarrod started coaching at Brandon in 2017, when he won Brandon's first ever Summit title in 2019 in the youth 3 division. Jarrod is certified in tumbling levels 1-6 and is a currently a team coach on Rose, Sapphire, Legacy and Brandon Senior Black.

LEAD COACH

Marcus is going into his second season as a coach at Brandon All-Stars, but his third year with the program. Marcus is a Senior Black alum and was a member of the first Triple Crown winning team. Marcus has previously coached Brandon All-Stars Tiny teams.

PRO SHOP DIRECTOR & LEAD COACH

Erica has a bachelor’s degree from William Paterson University. Erica began her coaching career in 2003 at Star Athletics in New Jersey. After much success coaching youth and juniors to both NCA and UCA wins, she met her husband and moved to Florida. Erica is USASF certified in levels 1-6 for both Stunting and Tumbling. Erica has had much success coaching mini, junior and senior teams at BA. Erica was part of the coaching staff for Brandon's very first AllStar World Championship with Mini Blush in 2022 and they have successfully gone back to back in 2023! Erica was also part of the coaching staff that coached Senior Black and Legacy to become World Champions in 2021, silver medalist with Senior Black in 2019 and 2022 and bronze medalists in 2023. Erica’s love of fashion and shopping led her to be named the Pro Shop Director in 2019. Erica is married to Shea Crawford, our tumbling director, and has a son named Carter. Erica’s favorite moments from the 2023 season are winning allstar worlds with Chrome, Going Back to Back to Back at Cheersport with Mini Blush, winning Cheersport then NCA the following weekend with Silver and winning the triple crown for the third year in a row with Senior Black.

CAMP/CLINIC DIRECTOR, ADVERTISMENT COORDINTOR & LEAD COACH

Tre has been a part of the Brandon family for 10 years and cheered on Restricted Coed 5, where he attended the Summit for the first time. The 2015-2016 was the first season he coached at Brandon and he ended up taking Senior Crystal (Level 2) to the Summit. Tre has won numerous All-Star Worlds, UCA, Cheersport and Jamfest National titles as well as three 2nd place finishes at the 2018 and 2019 Summits by less than .04. Tre thrives off of being able to express himself creatively as well as being a mentor to the athletes that pass through the program. For the past few seasons, Tre has coached level 1 through level 6 and was a part of the coaching staff that won the 2021 World Championship with Legacy as well as the Bronze Medal in 2022!

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

Lexi attended the University of South Florida where she attained her Bachelors in Vocal Performance in May of 2014. She was a cheerleader in middle school and high school. She has been working with Brandon All-stars for 11 years and is in her 12th season in Administration!

STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY COORDINATOR, HALF SEASON DIRECTOR, BASICS DIRECTOR & TEAM COACH

Meghan cheered since the age of 7. She has been a part of Brandon All-stars for 9 years. She was a member of Senior Black in the seasons 2014-2016 and Open Coed Smoke in the seasons 2017-2019. She is a 2016 World Champion as well as a back-to-back Triple Crown Champion. She has been coaching at Brandon for 8 years and has coached levels 1-6. She is also a 2021 Summit Champion Coach with one of her previous teams Senior coed restricted level 5, Lightning. Meghan is our Half season coordinator as well as our strength and flexibility coordinator at Brandon and strives for each athlete to be the healthiest, strongest version of themselves.

TEAM COACH

Born and raised in Kansas City, Amira has been cheering for 16 years. She joined the Brandon All-stars family in 2018 as a member of Senior Black. She won The Summit in 2017, and she won NCA, UCA, Cheersport, and Worlds in 2021 with Legacy. She is currently working online to get her certification in Cyber Security and Gaming Simulation. Amira coached half season last year and is excited to be an assistant coach this year. Amira is also available for private lessons including stunting, tumbling and stretch lessons.

TEAM COACH

Jaynae has cheered for 15 years. Her cheerleading career began at the West New York Tigers in New Jersey in 2008. She cheered there until 2012, when she then moved to Florida and joined Florida Wildcat Allstars from 2012-2016. She became part of the Brandon family in 2016 and was on Brandon Senior Pink. She was recently on Brandon Smoke 2021-2023 and Brandon Legacy 2019-2021. She attended Gaither High School where she was a Varsity cheerleader for 4 years and won 2 State Championships while apart of the team. She is a 3x UCA Champion, NCA Champion, and 2021 World Champion. This is Jaynae’s first season coaching All-star Cheerleading and she can also be found in the Pro Shop. She is incredibly excited for this season!

TEAM COACH

Taylar has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of South Florida. She started her cheer career in 2003 and joined the Brandon All-stars family for the 2005-2006 season on youth level 2. She was an athlete on Brandon Senior Black, Smoke, and Legacy where she has won multiple Cheersport, NCA, UCA and Majors titles, as well as 3 Worlds titles in the 2016, 2017 and 2021 seasons. After cheering for 4 years at Bloomingdale High School, she then went on to continue her cheer career with the USF all girl program for one year. This will be her 18th season with the program and 6th season on staff. As a coach her teams have been successful placing 1st at multiple Jamfest, Cheersport and UCA nationals as well as moving on to become Summit and Worlds finalist.

TEAM COACH

Anna has cheered for 19 years. She became a part of the Brandon family during the 2016-2017 season as a member of Brandon Senior Pink. Since then, Anna was on Brandon Smoke 2021-2023 and Brandon Legacy 2019-2021. She is a 3x UCA Champion, NCA Champion, and 2021 World Champion. Anna previously coached at Gaither High School where she also was a Varsity cheerleader for 4 years. She was part of the 2x State Championship winning team. This is her first season coaching All-star Cheerleading and you can also find her in the Pro Shop. She is beyond excited for this season and can’t wait to see what this season has in store!

TEAM COACH

Maya is going into her second year as an assistant coach at Brandon Allstars. She was born and raised in Boston, MA. Maya started cheering at East Celebrity Elite and cheered there for almost 10 years. She was on both ECE C5 and M5 and was a part of ECE bombshells first NCA national championship in 2018. She moved to Tampa in 2018 to attend The University of Tampa and was on the cheer team there for 4 years. While at UT she obtained an NCA Collegiate National Championship title in 2021. She graduated with a degree in Elementary Education and is currently a 4th grade teacher.

TEAM COACH & CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Abagail started her journey as a competitive level gymnast, then found a love for All-star Cheerleading and Dance. Abagail had the opportunity to attend and medal at The Dance Worlds! She was a member of Studio One Dance, where she medaled at Hip Hop International as well as multiple projects within the dance community. Abagail decided to continue her passion of gymnastics, dance, and cheerleading by coaching young athletes. She has coached at Woodward Camp, co-owned a competitive and recreational dance studio, taught as a guest technique clinician throughout the country, and created choreography for dance and cheerleading teams. Abagail was the Dance Director, Tabulator, and Emcee for the Star Dance Alliance, as well as a judge for Dance and All-star Cheerleading. Abagail is excited for her new journey with Brandon All-stars!

TEAM COACH

Courtney cheered at Brandon All-stars for 6 seasons. She graduated high school, then attended Valdosta State University. She cheered at VSU for 4 and a half years, obtaining a NCA Collegiate National Champion title. After she graduated, Courtney came back to Brandon where she cheered on Legacy, placing top 3 at Worlds. Courtney is also a seasoned staff member for the National Cheerleaders Association. She currently is a 3rd grade teacher at Kids Community College and is the head coach for the elementary and middle school cheer team.

TUMBLING COACH

Levi is the tumbling director and facilities coordinator for Brandon Allstars Wesley Chapel. He is also a team coach at the Wesley Chapel Location. He has been involved in cheerleading for 30 years. He is an Armwood Alumni and cheered his junior and senior years. He has cheered for Lenior-Rhyne University, where he was team captain his sophomore year and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte earning a Most Valuable Athlete award at both universities. He earned two top 3 finishes at college nationals with UNCC. He worked for NCA for 8 years with 5 of those being a head instructor. He has been involved in two World titles, a Silver in Large Senior and a Bronze in Junior 5, as a choreographer. He has won several choreography awards from NCA Allstars Nationals in Dallas TX. Levi has won numerous national titles from competitions including Cheersport and UCA in his time as a team coach and competitor. He has traveled abroad to teach tumbling and stunt clinics as well as choreograph routines.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Haley started her All-Star Cheerleading career in North Carolina and has been cheering for the past 10 years. This is her third season cheering with Brandon Allstars and her first year teaching. She hopes to share her love of the sport with everyone she has the privilege of coaching.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Taina started her cheer career in 2007 in North Carolina and moved to Brandon in 2013 where she joined Brandon Allstars. From 2016-2021 she was on Brandon Senior Black and won multiple national titles and won Gold twice at the Cheerleading Worlds. Before Taina was a Team Coach, she volunteered as a junior coach for two seasons. She is currently a student at USF studying Education.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Will was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida. He has been a member of the Brandon All-stars family for over a decade. He has been on all levels and age groups, starting on mini 1 in 2015 and is now a member of Brandon Senior Black. He has won numerous Cheersport, NCA, and UCA titles as an athlete. Will is excited to join the staff to teach the Brandon techniques that sets Brandon above everyone else!

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Mckenna has been cheering for eight years and has been a member of the Brandon All-stars family for five. This includes being on various levels, two through six. She currently competes on her high school cheer team and is on Lightning here at BA!

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Nemo Chappell is a Polk County native who found her love for cheerleading by watching an All-star team practice during her gymnastics class. She switched to a cheer prep class, then joined the All-star team when she was six years old and has never looked back. Nemo has cheered on levels 1 through 4.2, winning JamFest, Cheersport, UCA and All-Star Worlds with various teams. This is Nemo’s seventh year as a member of the Brandon All-Stars family, and she still enjoys sharing her love of cheer and tumble!

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Emma Johnston has been part of the Brandon All-Stars family since she was 5 years old. She has competed on all levels 1-4, and is currently on Crush. Emma is excited to continue her time at Brandon all-stars teaching others all she has learned from being a member at BA.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Emma started cheerleading when she was 9 years old in Nevada at Five Star Athletics. At 12 years old, she made the worlds team and continued to cheer there until 2021. Emma then moved to Florida, and joined the BA family. Her first year at Brandon she cheered on Smoke, and took home her first ever Worlds globe and NCA win. Emma is now on Legacy here at BA!

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Katie Kota is a novice team coach as well as a tumbling instructor. She attended college in the United Kingdom at Bournemouth University where she earned a degree in Communications. Her day job is working at Coca-Cola in the HR department. She spent over 10 years cheerleading at Buffalo Envy All Stars in Buffalo, New York. She also previously head coached for the South Tampa Titans Pop Warner organization and is excited to take her coaching career to the All-Star level.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR & TEAM COACH

BIO & HEADSHOT COMING SOON!

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Xander currently attends Hillsborough Community College and will be transferring to USF in the Fall of 2024. He has been cheering since he was 11 and has been coaching tumbling since he was 15. Xander has competed on levels 2, 3, 4 and 6. This is his second season as a member of the Brandon family!

TEAM COACH & CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Aubrey started cheer when she was 4, so this year is her 16th season. This is her third season as a member of the Brandon All-stars family. Aubrey was on Legacy her first year, where she placed 3rd place at Worlds. Last year, she was on Senior Black and won Cheersport, NCA and UCA and got 3rd place at Worlds. This year, Aubrey is back on Legacy. She attends the University of South Florida, majoring in Criminology with a minor in Psychology. She is planning to work in juvenile corrections after graduation in Spring 2024.

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CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Taylor started competitive cheer at a very young age. Having a cheer coach as a mother, she wasn’t even out of diapers before she started flipping. Taylor cheered for 4 years in New York at Champions For Life, and another 4 years at Core Athletix. In 2021, Taylor won The Summit with Obsession, a level 4.2 team at Core. Taylor then moved to Florida and joined the family here at Brandon All-stars. This is Taylor’s 3rd season here, and she can’t wait to make more memories! She will be available for private lessons beginning in November 2023.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR

Samantha cheered at Fame Allstars Midlo, where she cheered on levels 1 and 3. She was a member of a Senior level 3 team that was an undefeated team for many years and brought home many rings! Samantha also cheered in high school as a 4-year varsity cheerleader and cheered competitively at Dinwiddie High School in Virginia. She brought home many district and regional championships with that team. Outside of cheer, Samantha works for an animal healthcare and supply company. Samantha has a passion for helping animals as well as a strong passion for All-star cheerleading. She previously coached rec league cheerleading, but her heart belongs in All-stars. She is very excited to get started at Brandon Allstars!

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CLASS INSTRUCTOR & TEAM COACH

Ralph has been cheering for 7 years. He began cheerleading in High School at in Raytown, Missouri. The same year, Ralph joined a Senior Level 4 At CG Athletics. He joined Platinum Athletics as a member of their level 6 team. At Platinum, Ralph began junior coaching and learning how to coed stunt. He then took his talents to Texas to join the Cheer Athletics Cheetahs. In 2021, he began coaching classes and stunt lessons at Cheer Athletics-Dallas until late 2023. He is a 2x all American, Majors Coed Champion, NCA Champion and Worlds Bronze Medalist. Ralph is excited to be a member of the Brandon All-Stars family!

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE

Shelly attended the University of South Florida where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Mathematics Education. Shelly was an all-star cheerleader for 10 years, some of which were at Brandon All-stars where she won Worlds as a member of Senior Black in 2011. Shelly has been a math teacher for 10 years, and still teaches here in Hillsborough County. She previously coached at Brandon and is excited to be back on the team in a new role.

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