Alli Lumpkin was named WKU Head Cheerleading Coach and Spirit Program Coordinator in August 2020.
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Lumpkin brings significant experience in the college and national ranks, including a six-year run as an assistant coach for the USA Coed National Cheerleading Team.
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The Glasgow, Ky., native has also been an assistant coach at Jones Community College in Mississippi for eight years, as well as the owner of all-star gym Gem of Champions in D’Iberville, Miss., for 11 years.
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Lumpkin frequently attended WKU Cheer’s clinics while she was in high school and received training from the programs former coaches in Glasgow and Bowling Green.
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In her time with the U.S. National Team, the program was named gold medalists at the ICU World Championships from 2016-19, and a silver medalist in 2015. Her teams at Jones Community College took second place at the UCA National Championship in 2019 and 2020.
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As a participant, Lumpkin was a three-time national champion as a cheerleader at the University of Kentucky from 2007-11. She was a two-time gold medalist with the USA Coed National Team, as well as a gold and silver medalist for the ICU Partner Stunt Division.
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She is married to her stunt partner from those accomplishments, Jeremy Lumpkin, and they have one daughter, Zella.
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