2025 ICCA Coaches Conference
Friday
March 14
- Registration opens at 5:00pm
- Vendor Fair & desserts from 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- Welcome and Keynote Speaker 8:30pm
Saturday
March 15
- Hot breakfast starts at 7:30am
- Classes from 9am - 4pm covering a variety of topics
- Lunch Buffet with awards and giveaways
2025 Conference Speakers & Topics
Paige Bolton
Former UCA Cheer Director
Former Arkansas State University -
Head Cheer/Dance Coach
Current Staff Orangetheory Fitness in Oregon
Keynote Speaker on Friday from 8:00pm-8:45pm
Topic: Jumps - Conditioning and Incorporation
Learn more about jump conditioning to help improve your teams' jump technique and execution for the competition floor. You will have the opportunity to see proper jump technique and understand the importance of uniformity from a judge's perspective.
Topic: Strength and Conditioning for the Long Season
How to maximize your conditioning based on your season's timeline. We will dive into individual conditioning based on skill level and position.
Billy Hoskins
Former SEMO Head Cheer Coach
MCCA Board of Directors
Current High School Cheer Coach
Topic: Game Day Cheer/Competition
What to do on the sidelines for game day: how to get the crowd involved; what works and what doesn't. Understand how to prepare for game day: practice set up and planning to engage the crowd. Discussion on how to set up your program which will include season set up, setting up from Day 1 matters, and taking a look at the teams as a whole and developing that into Performance and Game Day competitions.
Derek Ramel
Super CDA
Topic: Choreography - Creativity is Leadership
Understand the empowerment of cheerleading's artistic aspects. Interact with fans beyond callbacks. Send effective messaging through poetry and rhyme. Add unique signs, props and accents to make it memorable. Choreograph conceptually...Create and Lead!
Jeff Siegal
Owner of Camp Jeff
Cheer Coach - Buffalo Grove High School
Topic: Stunting - Drilling the Basics; Entries and Dismounts
Topic: Advanced Stunts, Basket Tosses and Pyramids
Ryan Salami
Arkansas State University -
Current Head Cheer/Dance Coach
All Star Director Jonesboro Arkansas
NCA Arkansas Staff
Topic: Tumbling - Improving Form
Topic: Developing the High School Athlete for College
Seth English
Athletic Director -
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Topic: Do's and Don'ts - Working With Your Administration
Working with your Athletic Director (AD) as a cheerleading or dance team coach comes with its own unique dynamics. These programs often straddle the line between athletics and performance, so collaboration with your AD is crucial to secure resources, visibility, and support. Some do's and don'ts for cheer and dance teams, focusing on scheduling, practice spaces, transportation, event hosting, spirt coordination, and team unity.
Becky Weslow
Cheer Coach -
St. Michael School
Topic: Building a Competitive Junior High Cheerleading Program
Maggie Turner
Captain of the Arkansas State Dance Team
Topic: All Things Dance for Cheer
In this class, I will be speaking on the important of fan engagement from the sideline. We will go through different ways to improve image and entertainment from a fan's perspective and simple actions that positively affect sideline presence. Also, I will speak about the utilization of dance in competitive routines and its impact.