With 14 years of All-Star coaching experience, including 11 years at Woodlands Elite and 6 years as an All-star director, Coach Sheryl is a leader in the cheer world. She is deeply passionate about coaching, athlete development, and creating an environment where athletes grow in both skill and character Coach Sheryl believes this sport is about instilling confidence, leadershi values and a sense of dedication in athletes that will stay with them throughout their lives. Her accomplishments include 15 NCA titles, 4 Cheersport titles and 4 Summit titles (including 2 Grand Summit titles). In addition, she has won silver and bronze at The Cheerleading Worlds with Generals and Bombshells. She hascoached levels 1 through 6, worked on UCA staff for 5 years, and judged for 4 years.

Coach Sheryl holds a BS from Texas Christian University, where she was a TCU cheerleader, and a master's degree in psychology from the University of Houston. She is married to Alan and is a proud mom to three daughters— Jordan, Bailey and Reese-who are all OU cheerleaders and longtime Worlds athletes. Having been both a coach and a cheer mom, she truly understands the dedication families make in their sport. Coach Sheryl is excited to meet all the Tech Cheer families and can't wait to help each athlete realize their dreams and reach their full potential!

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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 “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!

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. 

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!

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!!