Brittney spent 8 years cheering at East Elite and was an athlete at ECE during the first year of the merge. She started volunteering coaching for Dracut Pop Warner when she was in high school, and over the course of the 9 years she spent there, she won numerous National titles and choreography awards. Shortly after graduating high school, Brittney began coaching in our Half Year program. Around this same time, she also began doing choreography and stunt clinics with high school and youth programs. After a few years of coaching Half Year, Brittney transitioned into coaching our Full Year program. This year Brittney coaches the Wonder Girls and Angels in Tewksbury.

Casey Ballou has coached tumbling for over 20 years. He is the head tumbling coach at East Celebrity Elite. He has been a part of numerous NCA and Summit championships and is a three-time World Champion coach. Casey does private tumbling camps throughout the U.S and all over the world, including coaching at Woodward over the summer. Casey is USASF certified in tumbling levels 1 through 6 and is knowledgeable in all aspects of tumbling. He loves to downhill mountain bike, snowboard, and anything that involves being outdoors!

Jacki grew up and cheered for the town of Arlington while simultaneously doing All Star Cheer. When she reached high school in 2003, she volunteered to coach for her town’s Pop Warner program and when she graduated high school in 2007, she became the assistant coach at Arlington High. A few years later, she accepted her first head coach position at Medford High School while also taking on the director role for APW. In 2016 she started her journey here at ECE as a half-year coach and during the 2019/2020 season, she was the head coach at Merrimack College. Jacki is currently in her third season as a full-year coach and really enjoys working alongside her co-coaches and meeting new athletes through private lessons. Jacki is looking forward to a successful season with J2 Crew and Snipers this year!

Lisa Nugent is a team coach and tumbling instructor at the Tewksbury location. Lisa grew up in New Hampshire and cheered at East Celebrity Elite for 10 years, where she ended up becoming a coach. Lisa moved to Tampa Florida in 2010 where she became a Gym Director at one of Brandon All Stars’ gyms. She has won several state and national titles, including a silver medal finish at The Cheerleading Worlds. Lisa attended Northern Essex Community College in New Hampshire, where she studied Special Education. Lisa currently coaches Showgirls Wicked in Tewksbury.

Matt is currently the Gym Director of the Tewksbury location. Matt is originally from Ohio until he moved to Massachusetts in 2016 to work for ECE. In addition to working at ECE, Matt has judged All Star Cheer for 8 seasons, and currently coaches Rebels, Royal 5, and Bombshells.

Meagan worked in cardiology and endocrinology/diabetes for 5 years as a Physicians Medical Assistant before making all star cheerleading her full-time job. She has been coaching all stars for 13 years and is the current coach of Wicked, and Bomb Girls.

Michael Brady is one of our tumbling instructors and has been teaching tumbling for over 20 years. Growing up in Woburn, Michael started in gymnastics before moving over to All Star Cheer. He teaches classes and works with all of our Full Year teams during their regular practice time. Michael has been an integral part of many of our NCA, Summit, and Worlds winning teams. in Tewksbury!

Pete began his cheering career at Boston College, where he graduated in 1993 as team captain. Fresh out of college, he was hired as the coach at Framingham State College from 1993-2000. During this time, they attended NCA collegiate Nationals finishing as high as 2nd place in the all-girl division. After coaching for three years at Medford High School, which included a National Championship title, he came to ECE where he coached multiple teams including Juniors, Senior Coed and All-Girl Open 6. After stepping aside for a few years due to the birth of his two girls, Sophia and Gianna, he came back once again.

Sierra has worked for ECE since 2008. She has worked at multiple locations throughout the years including Tewksbury, Oakdale, Central, and Londonderry. She was a NCA Head Instructor for 12 years, where she taught camps around the country. Sierra now works full-time at our Tewksbury location where she coaches Tiny Shells, M2, Rebels, and JWow.

Kylee began as an athlete at ECE in 2008 and has been involved in the program ever since. She began coaching for our half-year program in Londonderry before attending High Point University in North Carolina, where she continued her cheerleading career at Cheer Extreme Allstars. After graduating college in 2018, Kylee moved home and began coaching full-time at both the Tewksbury and Londonderry, NH locations. She is also a staff member and head instructor for Action Spirit, teaching camps at gyms all over the country each summer. This season, Kylee is super excited to be coaching Wonder Girls & Angels in Tewksbury, and Blackout in Londonderry.

Shayna was first an athlete at ECE in 2012 and cheered until she graduated from the program in 2016. She has now been coaching here at ECE for 5 years. Shayna currently coaches three teams in the gym – Tiny Ops, Cherry Bombs, and JWow.

Brittani began as an athlete at East Elite in 1998, the year East Elite was first established. Throughout the years, Brittani cheered at The University of Louisville, was a head instructor for Action Spirit, and was featured in many cheerleading magazines including American Cheerleader Magazine as “Top 21 Athletes Under 21”. After college, Brittani began coaching at ECE teaching tumbling classes, doing private lessons, and coaching full year while also working as a Third Grade teacher in Lynn, MA. Brittani is now a mother of two toddlers and enjoys spending time at ECE teaching classes, coaching half-year, and doing private lessons.

Deb Smith has coached at the Youth Level, High School, and All Star Level for over 30 years, winning many national titles along the way. Deb currently coaches in our Half Year Program, as well as does various classes, clinics, and Private Lessons.

Mikel (pronounced like Michael), is originally from California, but now is a tumbling coach at ECE Tewksbury. Mikel cheered levels 5/6 (2009-2012), and continued on to coaching for over 10 years. Mikel also trained with Cirque Du Soleil (Terrance Harrison), and has been on USASF Worlds Staff for the past 8 years. Mikel currently coaches Private Lessons, Classes, and Clinics in Tewksbury.

Becca started coaching in 2009 with Pop Warner and High School. In 2017, she began coaching with our Half Year program at the Tewksbury location. This season, she is thrilled to be coaching Snipers and Junior Ops in Tewksbury.

Cassidy is coaching Wicked this year as well as giving private lessons. As a former World Cup athlete, she won worlds twice with Shooting Stars. She has a passion for tumbling and was voted best tumbler in her gym at age 16. She spent five years in acrobatics & tumbling at Quinnipiac University, where she excelled in every event and was named an All-American. Fun fact: she was a flyer in acrobatics and a base in cheerleading!

Ella started cheer when she was 5 years old. She has been at ECE for 7 seasons and is currently on Bombshells. Ella currently coaches Minions and Baby Bombs in Tewksbury!

Katie began at ECE as an athlete in 2005 until 2011 when she graduated. She took time off from cheering to attend college and begin her career as a teacher. She came back to ECE in 2017 as a coach in the Half Year program, and in 2018 coaching Full Year. Katie is currently a kindergarten teacher during the day and coaches Crush, Fireflies, and Bomb Girls in Tewksbury.

Megan is excited to be back to the place I called family her whole life! Megan cheered at ECE for 14 years. She won NCA With JWow in 2013, and won Worlds in 2015 with C5. She then went off to Quinnipiac to continue her athletic career in acrobatics and tumbling. Megan graduated in 2020 and is now a first grade teacher. She loves teaching kids and pushing them to their full potential. Megan is excited to be back at ECE to share all of her past experiences with cheerleading and acro. Megan is excited to be coaching Snipers this season!