Coaches
Coach Shana
Team Coach/Rec Team Coach/Choreographer
Shana coaches a little bit of everything: competitive team, rec team, recreational classes, as well as, the gym’s choreographer. Her vision in creating floor and beam rooms for the team programs is MAGnificent! She was a State and Regional Champion at Magnitude competing through level 8 and has been at the gym for 11 years. She is currently a Surgical Technology Major at Nashville State.
Coach Jon
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Jon is the strength & conditioning coach for the competitive team program. With a degree in Exercise Science from MTSU, as well as having competed as a collegiate soccer player, he channeled his love for sports working as a certified strength & conditioning coach and personal trainer for many years before joining Magnitude in 2016.
Coach Tara
Cheer Team Coach/Director
Tara graduated with a BS in Mass Communication from James Madison University and while at JMU, won the NCA Collegiate Cheerleading National Championship. She was the Head Instructor for Universal Cheerleaders Association summer camps for 5 years. Also, she was the Head coach of Rhythm & Cheer Rockers All-Star Cheer team in Springfield, Va and Coach at Cheer Madness Strikers in Ashburn, Va. She is now the Head Coach of our Magnitude Royals!
Coach Brent
Tumbling Coach/Cheer Coach
Brent grew up in Pensacola, FL, where his love for tumbling and cheer began. He was a UCA All-Star and CTC All-American and worked for CTC teaching cheer camps all around the country. He received a cheerleading scholarship to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has been coaching cheer and gymnastics for 20 years. He has been with Magnitude for 10 years and helped start the gym’s competitive all-star cheer program. He coaches all team programs and recreational tumbling classes.
Coach Casey
Rec Team Coach
Casey has been coaching at Magnitude for 7 years. She is a second grade teacher in Wilson County and loves being active, reading, spending time with friends and being outdoors.
Coach Kendall
Rec Team Coach
Kendall coaches recreational gymnastics classes. She has been at Magnitude 9 years and was a member of the competitive gymnastics team for 8 of her 9 years with us. She is a Junior at McGavock High School.
Coach Mia
Rec Team Coach
Mia is one of the recreational coaches and also helps with the rec team program. She did competitive gymnastics at Magnitude for almost 12 years before she started coaching. She is a junior at Greenhill High School.
Coach Dani
Rec Team Coach
Dani was a gymnast for 13 years, a competitive gymnast for 8 years with 4 of those competitive years at Magnitude. She loves coaching because it allows her to work with and help kids. She is a junior at Greenhill High School.
Coach Pia
Rec Team Coach
Pia has been at Magnitude for 10 years and a member of the competitive gymnastics team for the past 6. She is still currently competing, as well as, coaching when her limited practice schedule allows. She is a junior at McGavock High School.
Coach CJ
Busy Bodies Coach
CJ is one of the recreational coaches and was a member of the Magnitude competitive gymnastics team for nine years competing up to level 9. She is a sophomore at Green Hill High School.
Coach Ainsley
Busy Bodies Coach
Ainsley started gymnastics at Magnitude when she was 3 and became a member of the competitive team at 7 years old. She retired after the 2020 season and is one of only a few girls at Magnitude who scored a perfect 10.0 in competition. She is a freshman at Hume Fogg High School.
Coach Cate
Busy Bodies Coach
Cate started gymnastics at the age of 4 and competed for Magnitude for 8 years. She is a member of the Magnitude “Perfect 10 Club” having scored a perfect 10 not once but twice during her career. She is a junior at Greenhill High School.