Cheer Coaches

 

2011 Football Cheer Coaches - Michelle Spring, Amie Clark, Ericka Payne

  

2011-2012 Basketball Cheer Coaches - Coach Bauman, Head Coach Ericka Payne, Coach Green

                
 

2011-2012 Competition Cheer Coaches - Lisa Butt and Amie Clark

Competition Coaches

              Lisa Butt and Amie Clark
 
Varsity Football- Amie Clark
JV Football- Ericka Graves
Freshmen Football-Michele Spring
 
Varsity Basketball- Ericka Graves
JV Basketball- Kaity Green
Freshmen Basketball- Danielle Bauman
 
Varsity Competition- Lisa Butt and Amie Clark
 
Meet the Varsity Coaches…
Coach Clark is entering her 8th year coaching in Hilliard.  Prior to coming to Darby she coached 3 years at Heritage Middle School as the head of their cheerleading program, coaching both football and basketball cheerleading.  She is a Hilliard Darby High School graduate and cheerleading veteran.  She cheered throughout her middle school and high school years, and was a member of the Varsity competition team.  Coach Clark is a National and State Dance Champion as well as an OCC Cheer Champion.  As a competition coach, she has helped lead Darby to three Grand Champion Titles, an OCC Championship, two National Championships, and three Top 7 finishes at the State of Ohio Cheerleading Championships including a 3rd place finish in 2009 and a 4th place finish in 2011.  After high school, she attended Word of Life Bible Institute in New York and then Cedarville University in Ohio where she met her husband, Jonathan.  The two were married in May of 2003 and have three beautiful daughters, twin girls, Alivia and Alaina and Addilyn.  She loves being a stay-at-home mom to her kids who keep her very busy!    

Coach Payne is also a Darby alum and cheered throughout her middle school and high school years.  She has been coaching in Hilliard for 5 years and has coached at both Memorial and Heritage Middle Schools in the past.  She is entering her forth year as the JV football cheer coach and this year will also be the new Varsity Basketball Cheer Coach.  She is a graduate of Otterbein University and also studied Education at Ashland University.   Outside of cheerleading she works with kids at The Oxford School of Dublin and is pursuing a teaching career. 

 Coach Butt is a former cheerleader and graduate of Hilliard Darby High School.  She cheered on the football and basketball squads throughout middle school and high school, and competed on the JV and Varsity competition teams.  As a member of the Varsity competition team, Coach Butt is a National and two-time State Dance Champion, and an OCC, State, and National Cheer Champion.  She also cheered at Ohio Dominican University during their inaugural football season.  Since graduating high school in 2002, Coach Butt has been teaching cheerleading, tumbling, and dance classes at Cheer Express/Hilliard Cheer Academy where she helped form the All Star program.  Furthermore, she choreographs competition and tryout material for individuals and teams across central Ohio. Coach Butt has coached cheerleading at Memorial, Weaver, and Heritage Middle Schools and most recently for the JV basketball and Varsity competition cheer teams at Darby.  As a competition coach, she has helped lead Darby to two Grand Champion Titles, three consecutive OCC championships and three Top 5 finishes at the Sate of Ohio Cheerleading Championships.  In addition to coaching, Coach Butt spends her time with her husband of three years, Sean, and their two sons, Christian and Caleb.