Meet the SCHS Cheer coaches
Coach Nicole Dudas
Nicole has been coaching cheer for 18 years, the last seven with SCHS Varsity. Throughout her coaching career her teams have earned multiple state, runner-up and national titles. Prior to coaching, her career was teaching and administration in early childhood education, with a master's degree in Human Development. Nicole also coached the UArizona competitive cheer team
from 2015-2023!
Coach Jenna Ortiz
Jenna began coaching at SCHS in 2014. Jenna worked with the JV cheer team for 5 years, and has been with varsity since 2022. Jenna is also a 4-year Salpointe varsity cheer alumni, and captain her senior year! Jenna has her bachelors of science degree from the University of Arizona in Public Health.
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Our program is also assisted in Nationals by Alicia Vega and former coach Lauren Garcia. Alicia, Lauren and Jenna were all teammates on SCHS varsity cheer!
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Our team is also assisted at Nationals by former coach Caroline Dudas and alumni/coach Sarah Dudas!
Assistant Coach   Ana Calderon
This is Ana's first year with Salpointe as a coach, but she is a 4-year SCHS varsity cheer alumni, and was captain her senior year. Ana has previously coached with Monsoon All-Stars for two years, and was part of the University of Arizona competitive cheer team. She also spent two seasons with the Tucson Sugar Dolls.
Assistant Coach Lauren King
Lauren helped the team out last season on a visiting basis, but this year decided to coach! Lauren is an SCHS cheer varsity alumni, and was captain for two years. She also participated on The Arizona competitive cheer team as executive secretary.
Our philosophy
As coaches, it is our responsibility to be positive role models and leaders who help to develop hard-working young people with integrity. Â By demonstrating fairness, honesty, positivity, and compassion, we can create a culture where students are self-motivated to give 100% to their team. Â It is our job to communicate schedules, organize practices and teach skills in a way that our teams are able to reach their full potential and be confident competitors in any given season. Through our sport, we are able to model and teach how to set goals and measure achievements. Consistent discipline and successful competition provide an avenue to teach time management, responsibility, respect, teamwork, loyalty, true confidence, accountability, commitment and resilience. Â These are life-long skills that will make a difference in the lives of our athletes. We will teach the athletes to be accountable for their successes and mistakes; to understand and accept natural consequences and to practice self-advocacy, diplomacy and compromise and to above all appreciate their gifts of athleticism and the privilege of competing on an SCHS team.