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Prime Tyme Athletics Staff
All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Jamison
started his cheerleading career at McGavock High School
on their coed competition team. Jamison also cheered
all-stars for four years. In total, Jamison
has
been tumbling for 11 years and cheering for 10.
He has
been coaching tumbling and all stars for five years, and
is currently in his fifth year at Prime Tyme Athletics.
Jamison is a member of Prime Tyme’s International Open
Coed 5 team Phoenix. Jamison is currently the head
instructor over all of Prime Tyme Athletics tumbling
program.
Booster Club and Fundraising Coordinator
All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Bruce was
born in Augusta, Georgia. With father being in the military,
Bruce has lived in 42 of the 50 states and lived abroad in
countries such as Korea, Germany, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.
Bruce started coaching gymnastics in 1992 and taught teams
up to level eight. After an injury in football, Bruce began
his collegiate cheerleading career at Austin Peay State
University. Two years later he transferred to Middle
Tennessee State University where he cheered with Darius and
Katie. Bruce is a nationally recognized judge and judges for
companies such as Cheersport, UCA, and American
Championships. After 17 years Bruce is happy to be part of
the Prime Tyme family!
Performance All-Star Coach, Tumbling Instructor
Special Needs Coach
Performance All-Star Coach, Owner of Full-Out Bows
 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 an allstar gym 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, Cheersport,
Americheer, and Jamfest over the past eleven
years. Darius is USASF and AACCA safety
certified and has coached for 13 years. He is
currently in his fifth 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 seven 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 an allstar gym 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, Americher, CheerNation, and
Cheersport over the past eleven years.
Katie is USASF and AACCA safety certified
and has coached for 15 years. She is
currently in her fifth year at Prime Tyme
Athletics and resides at the Gym Manager and
Pro Shop Owner. Katie has been married to
Darius for ten years and they have two young
daughters.
All-Star Coach, Choreographer,Tumbling Instructor
He was born
and raised in Memphis Tennessee in a family where athletics
and other extra curricular activities played a major role in
their everyday lives. Both his mother and sister were
cheerleaders when they were in school. Being that his father
was a football coach at the high school both his sister and
brother attended, he found himself to always be around the
cheerleaders. He began cheering when he was in the 7th
Grade at Snownden Middle School where he was the first and
only male cheerleader in school’s history. After cheering
there for two years, he went to competitive dance. He danced
for an allstar team in Memphis, where he was given the
opportunity to explore the world of choreography. He did
choreography for East High School, Earle High School,
Snowden Middle School, as well as many of the Hip Hop Boot
Camps. Upon entering college at Tennessee State University,
he was asked to tryout for the co ed cheer squad. After
making the team, his coach noticed that he had an eye for
creative choreography. He was then hired to work his “Back
to Basics” cheer camps where he choreographed routines for
both middle schools and high schools that attended the
camps. Since then, he has done choreography for Tennessee
State University and McGavock High School. He continues to
sharpen my creative eye by surrounding himself with people
that are very creative and inspirational such as those at
PrimeTyme Athletics.
 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 a
gymnastics gym in Glasgow, Kentucky
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 at that gym. He
has also judged for several
cheerleading competitions including
JamFest, UCA, Americheer, and NCA.
Chad is USASF and AACCA certified and
has coached for nine years. Chad is
the Marketing Manager of Prime Tyme
Athletics. Chad is a member of Prime
Tyme’s International Open Coed 5 team
Phoenix. Chad plans to finish his
degree at Western Kentucky.
Tumbling Instructor, All-Star
Coach
Courtney started
tumbling at a dance studio at the
age of 3 and started her competitive
cheering career coached by Karen
Snyder in 1st grade. She continued
at there until 4th grade and then
starting cheering for an allstar gym
where in 2002 her Youth Squad won
their first National Championship at
CheerSport. During this time
Courtney also cheered for
Goodlettsville Middle School and
then for Hunters Lane Comprehensive
High School. Courtney has been with
Prime Tyme since its inception
cheering for their Junior, Senior
and International Open Squads. As a
competitor Courtney has been on
teams that have won over 20 National
titles, including the undefeated
Falcons’ season of 2006-2007 and was
a recipient of the 2008 Prime Tyme
Scholarship. Currently a junior at
Middle Tennessee State University
majoring in Elementary Education,
Courtney cheered on MTSU’s All-Girl
Squad in 2008-2009 and was on their
2009 Competition Team and competed
at the NCA College Nationals in
2009. Courtney is currently a member
of Prime Tyme’s International Open
Team Phoenix and is in her 4th year
of coaching at Prime Tyme as well as
teaching tumbling and cheer
technique classes.
Tumbling Instructor
Brent
was born in Houston, Texas. He moved to Pensacola,
Florida at the age of 5, and was raised there for most
of his life. He started cheering at Washington High
School when he was 16 and fell in love with the sport.
Throughout the next 2 years, Brent became an NCA
All-Star and CTC All-American before graduating from WHS
in 2000. He joined CTC staff that summer, in
Gainesville, and began traveling the country to teach
cheerleading camps to squads that ranged from 5 year
olds to the college and all-star level. He went to the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette on a cheerleading
scholarship in 2000, where he began studying
Kinesiology. Brent has worked as a tumbling coach for
over 7 years in various gyms around the country,
including a gymnastics gym in Pensacola, and another in
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. He moved to Nashville in
December of 2009 where he became a part of the Prime
Tyme family.
Tumbling 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 a
nationally ranked 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 many
titles with her choreography over
the past ten years. Sarah is USASF
and AACCA safety certified and has
coached for ten years. Sarah is a
national and often Worlds Bid
panel judge for Jamfest,
CheerNation, World Spirit
Federation, and Athletics
Championships. She is currently in
her sixth year at Prime Tyme
Athletics.
 All-Star Coach, Choreographer
Karen stared
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 a dance
studio where she taught dance
and tumbling. Her all star
career took off at later in
Madison, TN. In the past 8
years she has won an amazing 33
National Titles! Her most
prestigious title has been head
coach of a PT team that competed
in the World Cheerleading
Competition for the past 4
years! Karen is USASF certified
and has been coaching for 25
years. She is also a national
judge for Jamfest. Karen 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
Kyle is a
Nashville native, born and
raised right here in the
Volunteer state. Kyle began his
cheerleading journey in 2002 but
has been closely involved since
the 1995. Kyle transferred to
the Bluegrass state in 2003 to
become a Hilltoper and to cheer
at Western Kentucky University,
where he cheered for five years
and was captain for two. Kyle
coached while cheering for
Western including nationally
ranked Bowling Green Junior
High, and Bowling Green High
School. Since graduation Kyle
has continued to help young men
and women achieve their goals
and dreams in cheerleading and
is extremely excited to join the
Prime Tyme team!
All-Star Coach, Tumbling
Instructor
Jonathan
started his cheerleading
career at McGavock High School
on their coed competition
team. Jon also cheered
allstars for four years. He
has been coaching tumbling and
all stars for five years, and
is currently in his fifth year
at Prime Tyme Athletics. As a
coach and competitor all
together, Jon has 35 national
titles. He also has competed
as one of the few standing
double fulls. Jon is USASF and
AACCA safety certified. Jon is
a member of Prime Tyme’s
International Open Coed 5 team
Phoenix. Jonathan is a
graduate of Volunteer State
Community College. Jonathan
has an associates degree in
physical therapy.
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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