Zachary Cohen
Experienced cheerleading coach with decades worth of coaching experience at the high school, college, and all star levels.
Coaching Objectives
Help educate and grow cheerleaders in a safe manner.
Coaching Experience
Salve Regina University
Led practices, games and various team events throughout my three year invovlement with the program.
Drove development of the cheer program towards alignment with modern collegiate standards while simultaneously raising the team profile on campus and in town.
Arranged and taught the team gymnastics at the Newport YMCA on early Tuesday mornings.
Fund raised over $4000 in my third year (first year in charge of fund raising) to afford more cheerleading uniforms and pay for additional cheerleading team expenses like team shirts and team dinner.
San Francisco State University
Various Positions from Head to Assistant depending on the need of the team in the given season. Worked with the team to bring them from a local team to a competitive level. Got second place in USA Collegiate Nationals in our small coed division. Traveled with team multiple times to NCA nationals in Daytona Beach Florida.
Woodside High School
Head Cheerleading Coach – oversaw the development of the program. Helped the school purchase proper safety equipment and brought the team to local and USA competition.
CT Spirit
Tumbling Coach – led tumbling classes of all levels. Hand spotted and ran drills students ranging from 8 to 22.
Greenwich Tumble and Cheer
Tumbling Coach – as part of the beginning of the gym, helped to put together the tumbling classes to grow the program.
Liberty Cheer Institute
Tumbling Coach – worked with a team of additional tumbling coaches to instruct all the athletes on the all-star teams as well as additional local high schools.
Team Experience
Rebels Elite
- Cheered on their Coed Level 6 Open program (“Kings”)
- Competed across the west coast, including Sacramento, CA, and Las Vegas, NV.
- Part of the 2010 Coed Open Jamz National Champions
- Competed at Worlds
Cheergyms.com
- Competed at USA College Nationals in Anaheim, CA
CT Spirit
- Competed with the program for two and half seasons.
- Competed across the northeast, including Providence, RI, Atlantic City, NJ, Baltimore, MD
- Was part of the five-time national champs Onyx Coed Open team in 2008.
Liberty Cheer Institute
- Cheered on their first college coed program as the only male.
- Competed in several All-Star competitions in the Philadelphia Area and at Reach The Beach in Myrtle Beach MD.
Villanova University
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Varsity Team Member four out of four years.
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Cheered for Football, Basketball, Competition, and additional University events including Special Olympics.
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Was part of nationals competition teams:
- 2002-UCA Collegiate Nationals Division 1 Coed 12th place
- 2003-NCA Collegiate Nationals Division 1 Small Coed 8th place
- 2004-UCA Collegiate Nationals Division 1 Small Coed 2nd place
- 2005-UCA Collegiate Nationals Division 1 Small Coed 8th place
- 2005-Reach the Beech Myrtle Beech MD 2nd place
Staples High School
- Cheered for football basketball and competition seasons.
- Was named a member of the 2001 All FCIAC team.
Sayre High School
- Participated as the school’s Spartan mascot.
- Took external tumbling lessons at the pep club.
Harriton High School
- Part of newly formed coed cheerleading program with 4 boys.
- Appeared at high school basketball games and school rallies.