Jamie Parrish is one of the top acro-choreographers in the U.S. He has been consistently awarded the National Innovative Choreography award for acro skills, uniform design, and dance choreography. With 20 years of experience as the Head Coach for the nationally acclaimed and World Champion Georgia All-Star cheerleaders, he reigns as the single most decorated cheerleading coach in the United States. Mr. Parrish holds over 200 national championship titles. Formerly a cheerleader at the University of South Carolina under Bill Boggs (The current National Cheerleading Association’s VP of College Cheer Programs), he has produced more Division 1-A cheerleaders than any other program in the country.
Technical Qualifications
Member of USASF National Advisory Board
2010 USASF Coach of the Year
Winner, 2010 World Cheerleading Championships, Orlando, Florida
Medalist, Every single World Championship since 2006
Winner, 2006 World Cheerleading Championships, Orlando, Florida
World Cheerleading Association’s 1994 National Coach of the Year
Former National Cheerleading Association Head Staff Instructor and member of College staffing team
Safety Certification Instructor for the National Cheerleaders Association (High School and Collegiate)
Assistant Choreographer for cheerleading section, 1996 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Head Choreographer for several Bowl Game Half-Time Shows including the Hula Bowl, Peach Bowl and Gator Bowl
Founding member of the National All-Star Cheerleading Coaches Congress
(current board member www.NACCCongress.com)
Winner of American Cheerleader Magazine’s Who’s Who in American Cheerleading Coaches
American Cheerleader/Dance Spirit Magazine’s Advisory Board
Produced over 150 NCA/UCA All American cheerleaders in the past 13 years
Coached the only nationally ranked co-ed high school all-star program in Georgia
Produced more than 80 Division 1-A cheerleaders
Former students have been placed at the University of Kentucky, University of Florida, Ohio State University, University of Georgia, Florida State University, Georgia Tech, University of North Carolina, Tulane, Wake Forest, University of South Carolina, University of Alabama, University of Tennessee, Hawaii Pacific University, and Morehead State University
Georgia All-Star squads have been featured nation-wide on television venues such as ESPN, ESPN II,, Fox Sports South, USA , and NBC respectively
Judge for the National Cheerleader’s Association, Universal Cheerleader’s Association, Cheerleaders of America, World Cheerleading Association, Atlantic Cheer and Dance, Cheerleading Technique Camps, and All-Star Challenge Cheerleading Regional and National Championships
Judge for the World Cheerleading Championships, Glasgow, Scotland 2003
Featured in the New York Times “Cheerleading Demands the Field for Itself” by Alex Williams