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About Coach Justine
Co-owner of NGTC which opened in June 2012. Justine is a Belmont graduate with a BBA in finance and economics. After several years as a Financial Advisor Justine returned to her true love of coaching. She has coach many State and Regional qualifiers. Justine is married to Brian Bobinger (the friendly guy at the front desk). They have 2 children Joseph and Jacob. |
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About Coach Stephanie
A former Tennessee Gymnast herself, Stephanie was a six time national qualifier and team captain. She began coaching competitively at age 18 right after retiring as a gymnast. She has 15+ years of experience alongside some of Tennessee's best coaches. In the past 4 years alone, she has had 11 regional qualifiers, a member of the level 8 regional team, and 2nd and 4th place finishers in the region. She also has a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education with 8 years of teaching experience. While in college, Stephanie spent 4 years cheering for the Tennessee Titans. This helped her gain extensive dance experience, which is crucial to well rounded gymnastics coaching. Stephanie is a true student of the sport. She is always out to find new and improved training techniques. Experience
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About Coach Geri
Spending numerous years in the weight room as a collegiate athlete, as well as one year as a Lipscomb Strength & Conditioning Intern, Kristin utilizes all her knowledge of strength, resistance & endurance training for her gymnasts during every practice session. Kristin has been with NGTC since the very beginning, and before coaching, did gymnastics for 12 years. She is ecstatic to be coaching at NGTC, and helping the TOPS & Competitive Programs grow. Kristin strives to make every child's visit to NGTC a positive experience through educational coaches training, exciting class curriculum, and building customer relationships. Each year she aims to gain more knowledge of the sport of gymnastics, as well as new training techniques, drills, and strengthening exercises. This past 2017 season she decided to take on the role of the TOPS Manager for the state of Tennessee which included training judges for and hosting state testing. Kristin quoted, saying "It was an amazing opportunity and experience! The knowledge I gained through the process was more than I could have ever asked for." This is Kristin's 8th season coaching, 6th season at NGTC, and she wouldn't have it any other way! :) Experience
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About Coach Cassie
Cassie was a competitive gymnast in Louisiana for 12 years. She continued her gymnastics career at Centenary College of Louisiana, where she studied Biological Sciences. Cassie competed on vault during her freshman year, retiring after her team competed at nationals. She continued to help in the gym at Centenary as a student coach and assistant until she graduated in May 2014. Cassie began coaching tumbling classes for cheerleaders in the fall of 2013 until moving to Tennessee in the spring of 2016. Before graduating high school, Cassie's coaches honored her with the "Most Positive Attitude" Award, which she uses in her coaching to help and encourage her students. Experience
About Coach Taylor C.
Taylor grew up in a gymnastics family. Her mom and dad competed at Oregon and transferred to Iowa after the men's program shut down and her brother competed at University of Oklahoma. She grew up at the gym and started coaching compulsory and optional levels while she was in college. She did gymnastics for 22 years, including competing in college for Northern Illinois University where she graduated with a B.S. in Psychology in 2017. After graduating, Taylor moved to Nashville and began coaching at NGTC in the fall of 2017. Experience
About Coach Taylor S.
Taylor grew up in Florida, where her mom owned a gymnastics gym. She grew up in the gym doing competitive gymnastics as well as competitive cheerleading for most of her childhood. She started helping out with camps and classes as soon as she was able to and started coaching her senior year of high school. Then, she moved to Nashville, where she attended college at Belmont University and graduated in 2018 with a BBA in Music Business. She started coaching at NGTC in 2017 and has continued to follow her passion for coaching gymnastics ever since. Experience
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