Meet the Coaches and Managers
Marcus Cureton, Full Time Allstar Manager, Coach and Choreographer
Coach Marcus started cheering at Wilmington Allstars in 2002 on the junior coed. In high school, he cheered for North Myrtle Beach HS and majored in dance at the Academy for Arts, Science, and Technology. During his junior year in HS, Coach Marcus moved to Wilmington and became co-captain of the Laney HS Dance Team. In his senior year of high school, he cheered at Cheer Extreme Raleigh, won Cheersport, and won bronze at Worlds. His roles with Cheer Infinity are Allstar Manager and Coach, Choreographer, and Stunt coach, and he has been coaching for 14 years. If you know him, you surely know his passion is amazing.
Shane Robbins, Full Time Tumble Manager and Allstar Elite Coach
Coach Shane, Originally from Wilmington, NC, he began his 30-year coaching career. He coached in Wilmington from 1994-2004. During that time, he was part owner of Premier Wilmington All-Stars and coached Hoggard High School and UNCW cheerleading while working for Universal Cheerleaders Association. He moved to the Cary/ Raleigh area in 2004, where he began coaching and running Southern Spirit Unlimited, which merged with Impact Athletics within a year, making them SIA/Southern Impact. Upon closing the doors in 2007, he went to Elite Cheer and Dance, where he remained until they became Rockstar Cheer Raleigh. In 2018, they decided to merge with CEA. During his career, he has been fortunate enough to coach and help lead teams to win everything that has ever been offered in ALL-STAR Cheerleading on every level! These wins include- the Southeast Varsity Cup on several Levels. Multiple UCA National Titles. Multiple NCA National Titles. Multiple Cheersport National Titles. 1-Triple Crown Title. 2- Majors Titles. D1 & D2 Summit Gold Titles and 2- World Champion Titles. He says, “I do not let my past define who I am as a coach. It is about the connection you can make with the kids and what you can do to make them succeed in cheer and life! My life goal is to always bring the best out in every athlete and team I ever get to work with. Titles are nice, but the real WINNING is done in LIFE!” “I am beyond ecstatic to be able to coach with my “family” at CIA!”
Favorite quote- “I Dare You To Be Great. I Challenge You To Be Great in Every Single Thing That You Do.” Eric D. Thomas!
Merkyia Floyd, Allstar elite, novice and Stunt Coach
Coach Merkyia started cheering here at Cheer Infinity in seventh grade until she graduated high school. She went to Wingate University, and while there, she always came during her breaks to help out and visit. She then moved back and started working with our tiny tumble and stunt classes and continued her education at the University of North Carolina At Wilmington (UNCW), where she graduated with a BS degree in Business Development and Entrepreneurship. She currently coaches Allstar, Prep, and Stunt and helps in Tiny Tumble when needed. Merkyia is a massive asset to the program.
Somer Hancock, Allstar Elite and tumble Coach
Coach Somer's background varies from Trampoline and tumbling (level 10) to competitive hip-hop and Cheerleading. She has won NCA College Nationals with Hawaii Pacific University and competed with the Acrobatics and Tumble team. She completed her college career at The University of South Florida. Somer worked for NCA for ten years, which led to traveling the country teaching high school and college cheer camps and becoming an FHSAA-certified judge. With 15 years of experience, she has coached all levels, from cheer abilities to level 7 skills. She also is a 2023 World Champ for Top Gun Allstars Level 7 international team. On top of her passion for Cheer, Stunt, Tumble, and Dance, she is also a Full-time Nursing Home Administrator! Welcome Somer to our CIA Family.
Colleen Boisvert, Allstar Senior Open elite Coach
Coach Colleen began cheerleading at four years old. From 2002-2017, she cheered at Bay State All-Stars in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She also cheered for her varsity high school team freshman through senior year, where she won 4 state championships. In 2018, after finishing her degree in Business, she moved to North Carolina and started coaching with local recreational leagues. We then scooped her up, and now she is a great coach for CI. Colleen’s passion for cheerleading came from the incredible environment her coaches and teammates created, and she hopes to build the same passion in her CI athletes here.
Savannah Clark, Preschool Tumble and Stunt Coach
Coach Savannah started cheerleading when she was 5 years old. She has been cheering here at Cheer Infinity for the past 10 years on our Elite teams until graduating HS. In high school, she cheered for Ashley High Schools Varsity cheerleading team all four years. She is attending the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she is majoring in Elementary Education. She started working at Cheer Infinity in 2023 and is currently coaching our Tiny Tumblers and Stunt classes. We are so happy to have Savannah continue here passion at a coaching level now and continue to help grow these young athletes.
Megan Dean, Preschool Tumble and Tumble Coach
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Danielle Mignogna, Front Desk manager, Allstar Novice and Tumble Coach
Danielle began cheering at 5 years old on her youth league, the Lynvet Jaguars in New York. She went on to cheer at William Floyd Middle School, and be one of only two athletes to make William Floyd High School varsity cheer team as a freshman. She became Captain for her varsity team during her senior year. She continued to cheer in college at Suffolk County Community College and was on the team that was the first cheer team to go to UCA Nationals at that college. She has won two silver medals and a bronze medal at UCA Nationals as an athlete with SCCC. Danielle has coached cheerleading since she was 13 years old. She started coaching on her youth league and continued until she moved to North Carolina in 2022. After finishing college, she became the assistant coach at Suffolk County Community College. She coached there from 2018-2022 and took the team to UCA Nationals from 2018-2020, making it to finals each time. After moving to North Carolina, Danielle took a break from cheerleading for about a year and then she was hired at Cheer Infinity as a tumbling coach. Danielle has a strong love for cheerleading and is very passionate about it.
Her favorite saying from every team she has been on is “cheer is life!”
Ava Fuller, Preschool Tumble, Tumble, Allstar prep & Stunt Coach
Coach Ava has cheered Allstars for 13 years, starting at Cheer Vibe in Pennsylvania and then moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, where she continued cheering at Cheer Infinity Allstars. She cheered here at Cheer Infinity for four years on Lady Rain and Lady Jaws, and two years on Great Whites. In the 2021-2022 season, she helped junior coach our junior 2 team, Hammerheads, where she learned to love and appreciate the coaching aspect of cheerleading. Now, she's at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, majoring in Marine Biology. She is also on the UNCW club competitive cheer team and works at Cheer Infinity teaching Stunt class and her babies in the tiny tumble classes. We are so thankful for her presence here in the gym every day.
Jamie Rowe, Tumble and Stunt Coach
Coach Jamie started cheering at Cheer Infinity when he was four years old. He was on teams with Cheer Infinity from 2007-2016 and continued to work on tumbling for many years. He’s also filmed and edited two commercials for the gym. Jamie is taking classes at The University of North Carolina at Wilmington for Film, which is one of his highest passions. Still, Jamie’s passion for tumbling is so high, and We are happy that we can keep his passion of the sport alive.
Kaitlyn Brown, Preschool Tumble, allstar Novice and Stunt Coach
Coach Kaitlyn started cheerleading at cheer infinity when she was 4 years old and has been here ever since. Her first team was a tiny trio, then she made her way up to great whites and a level 6 tumbler. Throughout those years she also junior coached and helped out with different teams helping improve the younger generations abilities in this sport. It really has been her second home and she now get to stay connected with cheer through coaching. She currently attends UNCW studying recreation therapy and Is also on the club competitive cheer team there. We are so happy to have Kaitlyn stick with her program and become a coach!
“I love being able to help our athletes and see their growth and accomplishments”.
Alyssa Graham, Preschool Tumble, stunt and Tumble Coach
Coach Alyssa began her cheerleading journey at just six years old. She trained and competed in All-Star cheer at DuPage cheer and tumbling (DCA) before transitioning into county cheer with the Wheaton Rams in Wheaton, Illinois. She went on to Cheer for two years at Wheaton North High School. She eventually returned to DCA, where she had trained for years, as a tumbling and stunt coach. During that time, she also volunteered for two seasons as a cheer coach with the Wheaton Rams. In addition to Cheer, Alyssa wrestled competitively for two years before college, an experience that strengthen her mindset and deepened her appreciation for discipline, cross training and trailblazing in sport.
Alyssa continued her cheer career at High Point university as a member of the club cheer team before retiring from the sport to pursue her undergraduate studies. She is currently earning her degree in biochemistry with a minor in psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, with the long-term goal of earning her doctorate in naturopathic medicine.
She joined the CIA coaching staff in 2025 and currently coaches, tiny tumblers, level one tumbling, and stunt classes. Alyssa‘s passionate about helping young athletes grow both in skill and self-confidence. She believes that great coaching goes beyond technique. It is about building trust, resilience, and a genuine love for the sport. Above all, Alyssa hopes to instill mental skills that help athletes handle pressure, set goals, engage in positive self-talk, and build concentration. When she’s not in the gym, you can find her hiking, working as a fashion photographer, or volunteering at church.
Shelby Kennedy, Tumble and stunt Coach
Shelby began her cheer journey at 7 years old at Lake Norman All-Stars. After two years on their youth and junior level 1 teams she began cheering at White Lightning All-Stars where she remained for 4 years. In 2014, her senior 4.2 team earned the gym’s first bid to the Summit National Championships. Her love for the sport continued to foster when she stepped foot inside Cheer Athletics Charlotte. The teams she is most proud of being apart of are CrownCats (S4.2) and ThroneCats (IOC-NT6). She has 2 top 3 finishes at NCA, as well as winning bronze at the Cheerleading World Championships in 2019. Unable to finish her last season in 2020 due to Covid, Shelby took a break from cheerleading to focus on her studies at UNCW. She graduated in May 2024 with her B.S. in Public Health and aims to go to grad school in the future. Following graduation, Shelby saw the opportunity to step back into the sport she loves dearly and couldn’t be happier to be apart of the CIA team.
Favorite saying: “Be the change you want to see in the world”
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