The Extreme Team Of Coaches
The Extreme All-Stars is operated by Coaches
Mandy Field-Cates.
Additionally, we are fortunate to have on our coaching staff this
year
Gina Gabriel, Tara Pennington,
Julie Johnson, Mike McGuire,
Nate People,
Mike Snelgrove,
Sarah Hanke
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Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Mandy Field-Cates
Mandy has been an NCA Instructor
for 5 years and is the Territory Manager for NCA Cheerleader and
Dance Teams. She has a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from
UCF. Her coaching experience is as follows:
Eau Gallie High School JV and Varsity Coach for 7 years. Coached
teams to six State Championships and COA National Championship.
Johnson Junior High Coach for one year. Coached team to NCA
State, CTC State and COA National Championships.
Coach Tara Pennington
Dance Coach & Choreographer: Julie Johnson
Tumbling Class Coach: Mike McGuire
Hip Hop Dance Class
Coach: Nate People
Gina
Cheered for Extreme since she was a Mini herself. When she
graduated HS she had already been on our advanced Senior Co-Ed team
for four years. She now coaches Minis and our Peewees and has
done a wonderful job for the past 3 years at Extreme, applying the
skills and knowledge from first hand experience of being an All-Star
Cheerleader. Gina is also continuing her education at UCF, in
Criminal Justice.
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Tara
has cheered at Southwest Middle School and Palm Bay High School. She
worked as a Volunteer Cheer Coach for local Rec. Leagues for 5yrs
and has been a Coach at Extreme for 5 years. Tara has been
trained as a tumbling coach and enjoys working with all of our
talented athletes at all levels in the gym.
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Coach
Just recently join our Extreme Team. We are Fortunate to have her.
More to Come.
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Background Info
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Nate
is currently attending BCC and will continue his education in
Aerospace Engineering. He was on a competitive dance team for 3 yrs
and a level 5 cheer team for 2 yrs. Nate has a strong background in
hip hop, tap and ballroom dancing. He appeared on "So You Think You
Can Dance", where he made it to the Top 100 in Las Vegas. Nate has
great teaching skills, and is an excellent role model for all our
Extreme Members.
of other Tumbling Coach
Coach
Mike has 9 years experience as tumbling coach
here at Extreme. Mike
also coaches many of our local
high school and middle school teams,
and choreographs their winning routines at the local and state
competition levels.
Mike also has a B.S. of Nursing.
Coach Mike will be on Sabbatical for 08-09, as he has joined the US
Army, to enrich his career in nursing.
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Coach
Sarah cheered at Johnson Middle School and Eau Gallie High School.
Sarah also cheered at Extreme on Jr Co-ed and Snr Co-ed for 6 years.
Sarah has her AA from Brevard CC and a B.S. Degree from UCF in
Health Service Administration. She has been coaching at Extreme for 4yrs and
is continuing her education in the medical field.
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