In 2001, Kellie met her husband and relocated to the San Diego area. She taught at a Special Ed. school in San Diego for 2 years. After having her first child, Brady, she decided to get back into the sport she loved and missed. She continued her coaching in Murrieta for a year as a Cheer Director and decided it was time to make her life dreams come true. 5 years ago, Kellie and her husband began the most succesful cheer gym in Riverside County, Pacific Coast Cheer on May 1, 2005. This location continues to have the best athletes in the county and now in the state of California.Kellie has built her resume judging for many pronound cheerleading companies: Spirit Sports, Jamfest & National Cheerleaders Association.
Kellie (Dellasala) Elliott has a long history of cheerleading, coaching and choreaography. She grew up in upstate New York, in a small town called Elmira. Kellie started cheering a the young age of nine for her church league and then progressed throughout high school. In high school, she was an NCA All-american for 3 years and in her senior year, she traveled to Hawaii to participate in NCA's half-time show for the Alhoa Bowl. Kellie participated in gymnastics from age six to seventeen. She attended Elmira College, NY and continued on throughout college as a cheerleader. She was awarded Cheerleader of the year for two out of her four years of college. In her senior year, the division II cheer team won NCA Nationals in 2000. Kellie Graduated from Elmira College with her degree in Elmementary Education. Throughout her college years she was an Northeast NCA Instructor and began working as a NCA judge. After college, Kellie helped choreograph high school and all-star teams up and down the East Coast.
Jarret and Kellie have two children: Brady, now 6 years old and their daughter Berlynn, now 3 1/2. and have been living in Temecula, CA for the past 6 years. On April 28, 2009 merged with Magic Allstars to become a bigger and better Program: PCM!! Together, Jarret and Kellie Elliott successfully run the Murrieta location for Pacific Coast Magic, Inc.
Troy & Keri Hedgren: Co-Owners & Operators to PC Magic. email: troy@pacificcoastmagic.com andkeri@pacificcoastmagic.com
Troy Hedgren founded Magic All-Stars in 1997 and in 2009 became the co-owners of Pacific Coast Magic along side Jarret and Kellie Elliott. Troy was named California Coach of the Year by Cheer Pros and the Golden State Spirit Association (GSSA) in 2008. Troy’s passion and love for his job is evident daily by his enthusiasm and excitement in the gym. Troy’s favorite thing about coaching is watching the kids grow up in his gym and seeing them accomplish great things through hard work and perseverance. He has been coaching gymnastics and tumbling since 1992 and has coached numerous local school teams which include Aliso Niguel High School, Dana Hills High School, Laguna Hills High School, St. Edwards and Capo High School. He is a choreographer and cheer camp director and is hired out for private coaching for other all star programs and schools around the country. He judges frequently for a number of different prestigious cheer companies such as the American Championships, the National Cheerleader’s Association (NCA), JamFest, Federation of Christian Cheerleader, Cheersport and Spiritleaders. Troy’s favorite saying comes from a man he regards highly, John Wooden “much can be accomplished if you don’t care WHO gets the credit”
Keri grew up in Fountain Valley and was a Class 3 Advanced Optional Competitive Gymnast at New Hope Academy of Gymnastics. She was the 1986 State Champion on the Balance Beam and took 3rd in the All-Around. She cheered at Los Amigos High School on the J/V and Varsity Squad and then went on to start coaching gymnastics. Keri coached Level 5,6,7,8 and 9 teams from 1989-1997 at New Hope Academy of Gymnastics. She was an integral part of the coaching staff that produced numerous State Title Champions and State Championship Teams.
Troy and Keri have been married for 17 years and have 3 children, Aubree, Tyson and Daely. The owners reside in Laguna Niguel and attend Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo. Keri currently runs the front office of Pacific Coast Magic in Laguna Hills.
Sean Evans: Laguna & Murrieta Small Coed, Large Senior and Small Senior Coach & Tumbling Instructor
Sean was formally the owner of two all-star cheer training facilities based near Portland, Oregon. During his time at Willamette University, Sean founded the cheer team for the university and staffed for both Americas Best and Power Athletics, where he was the Staff Manager. Sean’s coaching includes McNary High School, two years as the Head Coach of Portland State University, the Head Coach for the National Championship West Coast Extreme College Cheer team, Head Coach for the WCE Senior Elite Small Co-Ed team, OC All-Stars Senior Coed 4 team, Senior 5 team and Junior 5 team, as well as numerous choreography jobs. Sean was a member of the Blazer Stunt Team (2003-2004) and has been a Guest Speaker at the OCCA Coaches Conference, the Washington State Coaches Conference, the GSSA Conference in California and the Utah Cheerleading Coaches Conference.
Tim Passalacqua: Murrieta Large Coed & Small Coed Cheer Coach and Tumbling Instructor.
Tim has held a very successful career in the cheer industry. His career begin in 1993 as a cheerleader for the well-known High School Aliso Niguel in Orange County. In 1996, he attended Palomar College and cheer for 2 years, then transferred to the University of Kentucky. He was a member of their elite cheer program from 1997-2000. During his years at Kentucky he built his career as the top male partner stunter in the nation. He won partner stunt nationals in 1996, 1997, 1998. And then in 2000, he earned both UCA and NCA Partner Stunt Nationals. He is the only individual to ever hold this credential. In 1997, 1998 and 2001 he also won USA Partner Stunt National award. During his College years, Tim was a NCA camp instructor and has coached various levels of Power Tumbling (as he was a power tumbler athlete at a young age). In 2002, Tim starred in the Famous Cheer Movie, "Bring it on 2". In 2002-2004, he came back to Southern California to coach/Choreographed the talented Palomar College Collegiate Cheer Team. Tim comes yto Pacfic Coast Cheer with many years of success as an individual athlete and coach. Tim continues to strengthen the sport of cheerleading in many ways
Jessica Nickel: Murrieta Large Mini and Small Junior Cheer Coach
Jessica started at the age of 5 in gymnastics at Gymnastics USA. She then moved on to the Bellflower Premier competition dance/ drill team at the age of 8 where she used her gymnastics ability to incorporate into her team & individual routines. She was a competitor in Jr. Miss Drill team pageants for 5 years and at the age of 12 she became Miss Hawaii Invitational for the Jr. Miss division. At age 13 she moved to the Temecula valley area where she enrolled back into dance. Jessica attended Murrieta Valley H.S. and became captain of the Song team. Throughout high school she went back into gymnastics at Artistic Gymnastic Academy where she was a level 7 & 8 gymnast and won numerous state championships. Jessica also coached level 5 and academy classes. After high school Jessica became a member of the Universal Cheerleaders Assoc. staff. Jumping into the cheerleading world, she then tried out for the nationally ranked Palomar College cheer team, with no experience of coed stunting and made the competitive team. Palomar College had won numerous National Championships with her 3 years on the team. After college she became a member of the Champion Cheer Outlaws open team and West Coast Mavericks open team located in San Diego. In 1998 Jessica came back to the Temecula area and started up an all-star team called Southern California All-Stars. In 2000 she merged her team with the Temecula Valley Stars and became a coach there for 3 years. In 2002 she had the opportunity to take over Temecula Valley Stars and own her own all-star gym and she changed the name to TVS Elite. In 2001 Jessica also became the cheer advisor and Varsity cheer coach for Murrieta Valley high school. In 2004 she sold TVS Elite and moved back into coaching at California All Stars in San Marcos where she coached for 3 years. In 2007 she came back to her hometown and began coaching for Kellie Elliott at Pacific Coast Cheer. Throughout her many years in the business she has choreographed and coached numerous high schools and all-star teams in the Southern California area.
Melissa Lonkard: Laguna & Murrieta Cheer Coach for our Tiny, Mini and Junior Teams.
Coach Melissa was born and raised in Kentucky where she began her career in athletics as a level 8 gymnast and then matured into becoming a power tumbler and trampline competitor. She competed at the National level for Power tumbling and trampoline from the ages of 12 to 17. After High School, Melissa entered the University of Kentucky and made their renouned cheer squad for 3 years. Also, during her college years she began teaching and instructing cheerleading to young children. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Melissa relocated to Chattanooga, TN where she Co-Founded and Owned the first cheer gym in that area called Tenessee Elite. After deciding to move to California in 2006, Coach Melissa has helped all-star gyms develop well-known Tiny and Mini teams. We are so happy to have Melissa coaching and developing PCM's younger teams and enrollment. With her consistent record and class structure, our Tiny and Mini program is the BEST IN THE WEST!
Brandi West-Ward: Murrieta Head Coach with all our Flyers and Flyer Classes. Large Senior and Large Coed Cheer Coach
Brandi is going into her 15th year of cheerleading. She has participated in Temecula Pop Warner, High School and All-Star Cheerleading. In 2002, Brandi received an individual national title from Jamz. She coached Pop Warner for three years and the summer of 2006, she will be working as a Jamz Instructor. In addition, Brandi was also a competitor on our 2006-2007 senior elite team (Inferno). Brandi continues to be a driving force for our flyers and our teams. She works very hard making sure all our flyers are flexible and elite performers. Brandi is a new mom of son, Michael (born in January 2009). This season, Brandi is coaching our Murrieta teams: Large Coed, Small juniors and Small seniors. In addition, she coaches our flyer classes and choreographs for various local teams in the PCM facility.
Ali Miller: Laguna Cheer Coach, MIT & Academy Class Instructor
Ali Started her cheerleading career 10 years ago and spent most of those years as a former competitive cheerleader for Magic All-stars. She began her cheer career as a pop warner cheerleader for four years and then Middle school. Once at Magic All-stars, she was on their talented senior 5 team for three years and was given the Magic Award her Senior year for being a standout individual. She has been employed by Magic All-stars since 2000 and is a certified USASF instructor up to level 5 coach.
Ali graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Adolescent Development with a minor in Natural Science and a Multiple Subject Elementary Education and Single Subject in Natural Science Credential. Ali is a great asset to Pacific Coast Magic's cheer teams, MIT and Academy Classes.
Cassie Valentine: Laguna and Murrieta Head Coach and Flyers Classes. Assistant to small youth, small senior flyers and Large Coed
Bio Coming soon!
Tony Crump: Murrieta Beginnger to Advanced Tumbling Instructor, Partner Stunting Instructor
Tony started his cheer career in Northern California during high school at Madera High. Tony ventured into coaching cheer and tumbling in Central Valley. He attended Palomar College for the 2005-2006 school year, where he won the title of 2005 UCA Junior College Champions. Currently, Tony is entering his last year at Morehead State College, in Morehead Kentucky and continues to work for Jamz Cheer and Dance Company, while building strong cheerleaders and tumblers at Pacific Coast Magic. At Morehead, he has earned 3 National UCA Collegiate titles for Div. 1 Coed and in 2007 he won NCA Collegiate Partner Stunt title. Tony’s hope and focus is teaching strong partner stunting to our young flyers. One more year in Kentucky and he will be back home Coaching and working in Southern CA.
Lance Ward: Murrieta Tumbling Instructor
Lance graudated from Palomar College in 2007. He cheered for Palomar Community Collegiate Cheer Squad for two years (2006-2007). His first year he received Palomar's Most Improved and Male Cheerleader of the Year Award. Lance also was an instructor for Jamz during 2006-2007. Lance was a part of Pacific Coast's first coed team in 2005 for Senior Coed 3. Since then, Lance has been an influential instructor to PCM's development and success. He has a great attitude and is always having fun with our kids. Lance is a great beginning to intermediate tumbling instructor. This is Lance's fourth year coaching with PC Magic.
Kyle Maremont: Laguna Cheer Instructor, Academy Class and Open Gym Instructor
Kyle grew up in Southern California. He attended Aliso Viejo High School. He began his cheerleading career in High School his senior year. In addition to high school cheer, Kyle began competing on Magic's Coed team in 2005. After High School, Kyle participated on West Coast Mavericks Pro Team (level 5-Open team). Kyle is a USASF certified instructor to Level 5. Kyle is a great asset to our Laguna location and is fun to be around. He runs our academy and open gym times while assisting in our cheer teams.
"The Powerhouse Staff"
