Todd Bragan

Owner/Program Director

Coach Todd has been in the Cheer industry for over 25 years. Growing up with parents who ran a gymnastic program, it was only fitting that becoming a coach would come naturally. As a cheerleader in college at UAB, he found a passion for the sport and soon after college opened a gym in Trussville. Over two decades of coaching all star, middle school, high schools and colleges lead to the creation of Trussville Academy of Cheer. Today coach Todd wears many hats as a gym owner, choreographer, judge, cheer music producer, coach, Husband to a Cheer Coach, Daddy to an 11 year old cheerleader and a 5 year old baseball player.

Coach Todd founded TAC on the principles that every athlete, no matter the age or skill level, holds intrinsic value. He hopes and prays that every athletes finds their potential while being a part of Trussville Academy of Cheer.

Chandler Holley

Assistant Program Director

Coach Chandler was introduced to cheerleading at a young age because her mom was the cheer coach at a local high school. She has been coaching for five years and has found her second home at Trussville Academy of Cheer!

Coach Chandler cheered at Hewitt-Trussville High School and was on the University of Alabama at Birmingham All-Girl team for four years. She plans to graduate in December of 2023 with a public relations and management degree, staying close to home to be with her family. She grew up with three brothers and one sister, so cheerleading has always provided her with individuality within her family.

Coach Todd was Chandler’s first cheerleading coach and she hopes to instill her passion, hard work, and determination into all of the athletes she coaches like Todd did years ago.

Anna Grace Owen

Class and Team Coach

Coach Anna Grace has been cheering/tumbling since the age of four. She has cheered on several competitive teams competing throughout the Country. Anna Grace attends Hewitt Trussville High School and is proud to be a HTHS cheerleader. She is also a member of Leadership Hewitt-Trussville in coordination with the City of Trussville, the Trussville Chamber of Commerce and HTHS. While coaching and cheering, Anna Grace maintains over a 4.0 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society. In her spare time, she enjoys time with her friends and family including her four nephews and her niece.

Anna Grace has been a coach with TAC for two years coaching classes and showcase teams, The teams that she coaches right now are PAW Patrol and DAWG pound. She enjoys combining her love for coaching and her love for children into one and seeing her students grow in confidence and skills.

Haley Hollis

Class and Team Coach

Coach Haley is currently a senior at UAB pursuing a degree in marketing. She began cheerleading at the age of eight and continued on for 10 years! She was a member of the Hewitt-Trussville middle and high school competition team. Coach Haley has a cat named Ozzy who she is obsessed with, and two small dogs that she loves very much. When she is not coaching she is most likely putting together balloon arches and backdrops for various parties and events. Coach Haley has spent the last two years coaching and choreographing for TYCA teams and absolutely loves it. The bonds that she has created with the athletes are truly something special and it is so rewarding to see their faces light up when performing! She loves helping them reach their fullest potential and watching them have fun.

AnnaBeth Nelson

Class and Team Coach

Coach Anna Beth has been cheerleading for over 11 years now. She has cheered on all-star teams and is now a Hewitt-Trussville Varsity and Competition team member. In her first tumbling class, she instantly fell in love with cheerleading and like many of our athletes, it was always the highlight of her week due to the great coaches she met long the way that were constantly encouraging her. Now, as a coach she aims to put forward the same energy so that her athlete can learn to love cheer in the same way that she does. If Coach Anna Beth is not at the gym then she is hanging out with her friends and spending her time in the outdoors.

Coach Anna Beth hopes to continue to grow as a coach so that she can be the best version of herself for her athletes. One of her biggest goals is for her athletes to learn lessons they can apply in and out of cheerleading like hard work, perseverance, and dedication.

Tori Dunn

Class and Team Coach

Coach Tori has been in the cheerleading world for 13 years. Her cheerleading story started in 2005 on a small competition All-Star team in Pell City. That’s when Tori discovered a passion for the sport. She now has experience in competing, teaching, judging, and coaching! Tori was a cheerleader for 4 years at Jacksonville State, graduating with a degree in Merchandising and Marketing. While she was there, she met her husband Casey. They have a daughter named Mercy.

Tori has learned through years of cheering that you can do anything you set your mind to and to believe in yourself. Always have confidence and courage in yourself and be thankful that you get to be a cheerleader, it’s a blessing!

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous, be strong.”

Carlton Kirk

Class Instructor

Coach Carlton has been a competitive dancer for 12 years and goes to Birmingham Dance Theatre in Hoover. Although she’s a dancer, she has been tumbling for 8 years and has worked skills all the way up to fulls. She went to Hewitt Trussville her whole life until she decided to do online school this year. She recently got connected to an agency in Nashville and wants to pursue professional dance. She loves being a leader and helping kids achieve their goals and become their best selves. When she would travel with her company she would assist professional choreographers in classes where over 1000 athletes from around the world would attend. Carlton loves a good work ethic and loves to see positivity. She will strive for every child to have a positive outlook on tumbling and cheer. She has fallen in love with coaching at TAC and cannot wait for what the future will bring!!