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Prime Tyme Athletics Staff
Booster Club and Fundraising Coordinator
Cheer Technique Instructor, Tumbling Instructor
Fill-In Instructor
All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Sarah started cheering in fifth
grade at age eleven for her school and then joined her
first all star team, coached by Karen Snyder, at age twelve.
She then cheered in
middle school, and progressing to make the varsity squad her
freshmen year. Her
junior year she cheered on the varsity squad at Pope John
Paul II High School, and
was elected captain her senior year. Sarah has also cheered
at Premier TN Cats of
Cool Springs for the past four years on level four and five
teams. The past two years
her senior coed limited level five team has competed at the
Cheerleading and Dance
Worlds and received a top ten placement (8th place) in 2007.
She now attends
Belmont University and is majoring in Political Science in
order to prepare herself for
law school. This will be Sarah’s first year coaching at
Prime Tyme.
Special Needs Coach
All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor,
Choreographer
BJ has been dancing for 18 years with his strong
areas being hip hop and jazz. BJ has danced
successfully on the national level and also some
small stage productions. BJ was in competitive
gymnastics for eight years and in tumbling for
five years. BJ started cheering his sophomore
year of high school at Ashbrook High School and
cheered there for three years. His senior year he
led his squad, who had never competed before, to
four competitions and left each competition with
a first place trophy! He has been doing
choreography for middle school, high school,
college, and all star dance teams and cheer
squads for 10 years. In March of 2005 BJ was
given the opportunity to open his own all star
gym, Gaston Elite All Stars.
 All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Darius is from Murfreesboro, TN
where he was an all state football player and
wrestler. He began his cheerleading career at
Middle Tennessee State University. He also
cheered on the nationally ranked Austin Peay
State University team. Darius graduated with
a degree in elementary education from MTSU in
1998. After graduation Darius was appointed
the head cheerleading coach at Austin Peay
State University and brought APSU to a fourth
place finish at NCA Nationals. He started his
coaching career at United Cheerleading in
Antioch, TN. He was a three year veteran staff
member for Universal Cheerleading Associates
where he served as a head instructor. His
coaching career has taken him through
Murfreesboro, Hermitage, and now to
Hendersonville. He has been a national judge
for Athletic Championships, CheerNation, and
Cheersport over the past nine years. Darius
is USASF and AACCA safety certified and has
coached for 11 years. He is currently in his
third year at Prime Tyme Athletics. Darius is
an 8th grade school teacher at
Hawkins Middle School. He has been a coach in
their cheer program for the past four years.
Pro Shop
Owner, Gym Manager, All-Star Coach,
Choreographer
Katie started cheering at
Knox Doss Middle School and also cheered
four years at Beech High School. During this
time, she won two national individual
competitor titles. Katie continued her
cheerleading career throughout college at
Middle Tennessee State University. She
graduated with a degree in criminal justice
in 1999. Katie started her coaching career
at All American Cheerleading in
Murfreesboro, TN. She was a four year
veteran staff member for Universal
Cheerleading Associates where she served as
a head instructor. Her coaching career has
taken her through Franklin, Hermitage, and
back to Hendersonville. She has been a
national judge for Athletic Championships,
CheerNation, and Cheersport over the past
nine years. Katie is USASF and AACCA safety
certified and has coached for 12 years. She
is currently in her third year at Prime Tyme
Athletics and resides at the Gym Manager and
Pro Shop Owner. Katie has been married to
Darius for seven years, and they just
recently welcomed their first daughter,
Olivia Grace.
All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Charles Lyons, ’Chico’
was a football player in high school and decided his
junior year
to also try cheerleading. He cheered for Roswell
High School in Roswell ,GA where
he graduated. His senior year he cheered for Pro
Cheer Allstars of Marietta,
GA. After high school he joined the United States
Army where he was stationed at
Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO. Chico coached
cheer tumble in Colorado at
Artsports which is primarily a gym for trampoline
gymnastics. He then moved back to
Georgia and started as an instructor/coach at World
of Kids. He then moved on from
there to be part of The Stingray Allstars which is
where he was apart of their 348 total
national championships. Charles is father of three
who he loves dearly, Kaila 8,
Charles 6, and Jayden 1.
 All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Chad started cheering
for Barren County High School his
junior year and cheered there for two
years. While cheering for Barren
County he received two national
titles. Chad continued his
cheerleading career at Western
Kentucky University for two years. He
started his coaching career at Extreme
Gymnastics in Glasgow, KY where he
instructed for five years. Chad was
able to be one of the first to start a
senior level all star team to compete
nationally from Extreme Gymnastics.
Chad is USASF and AACCA certified and
has coached for six years. Chad is a
member of Prime Tyme Athletics’ Open
team and is currently in his first
year employed at Prime Tyme Athletics.
He is also the Marketing Manager of
Prime Tyme Athletics. Chad is midway
through his Advertising major &
Religious Studies minor at Western
Kentucky.
Fill-In Instructor
Gym Owner, All-Star
Coach, Choreographer
Sarah Smith is the
owner of Prime Tyme Athletics.
She is from Franklin, TN where she
went to school and cheered for
Battle Ground Academy. She spent
most of her time cheering for the
nationally ranked United Gators
all star team. Sarah graduated
from David Lipscomb in 2006 with a
B.S. in marketing. Sarah has a
strong background in dance and
cheerleading. She has won more
than 2 dozen national
titles with her choreography over
the past seven years. Sarah is USASF
and AACCA safety certified and has
coached for eight years. She is
currently in her fourth year at
Prime Tyme Athletics.
 All-Star Coach, Choreographer
Karen started
cheering in Goodlettsville, TN
at her middle school and at
Hunters Lane High School. She
is a graduate from Western
Kentucky University with a
degree in elementary education.
Karen began coaching at Cordell
Dance Studio were she taught
dance and tumbling. Her all
star career took off at United
in Madison, TN. In the past
five years she has won an
amazing 22 National Titles! Her
most prestigious title was in
2005 at the Cheersport Nationals
in the youth advance division.
Karen is USASF certified and has
been coaching for 22 years. She
is currently a kindergarten
teacher at Madison Creek
Elementary. She and her husband
Danny have three children who
are all actively involved in
community sports.
All-Star Coach, Tumbling
Instructor
Jonathan
started his cheerleading
career at McGavock High School
on their coed competition
team. Jon also cheered for the
Tennessee Cheerleading Company
all-stars for two years and
United Cheerleading Gators for
two years. He has been
coaching tumbling and all
stars for four years, and is
currently in his third year at
Prime Tyme Athletics. As a
coach and competitor all
together, Jon has 34 national
titles. He also has competed
as one of the few standing
double fulls. Jon is USASF and
AACCA safety certified and has
coached for seven years. He is
a member of Prime Tyme
Athletics’ Open team and is in
his first year on Ace of
Alabama’s Open team. Jonathan
is currently a student at
Volunteer State Community
College and a student athlete
in soccer. He is studying
physical therapy and will
graduate this spring with an
associates degree and transfer
to Trevecca Nazarene
University to play soccer.
Congrats
to all staff members who received certification by
the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches &
Administrators!!
**PRIME TYME ALL-STAR COACHES ARE USASF CERTIFIED LEVELS
1-5!!**
Click Here for More Info on USASF
Certification!
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