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CHEER & DANCE TEAM COACHING STAFF

Lisa Aucoin Cheer Director

Lisa Aucoin

Director
Lisa is beginning her 11th Season as Director of the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheerleading & Dance Team. She is an 8x World Champion Cheerleading Coach specializing in global education for the provisional Olympic sport of cheerleading.

Lisa started cheering right here in Ottawa for the Orleans Bengals as a young girl. She founded GCA & the University of Ottawa Coed Cheerleading team.

Lisa is the Founder & CEO of Bloom Agency, an international instructional cheerleading company that operates in 42 countries worldwide. She is passionate about creating opportunities for women in female driven industries.

She is an internationally renowned choreographer, coach, conference speaker and judge. She has been the Director of Team Canada Performance Cheer Pom & Hip Hop Duo for the last decade.

 
 

Team Coaches

 
 

Brittany Clarke

Brittany Clarke

Cheer Team Coach

Brittany Clarke is starting her 7th season with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer and dance team after a four year pause. She was a part of our inaugural team and was Captain of our cheer team.

Brittany cheered on the sidelines during 3 Grey Cup Games including our championship in 2016.

She has competed with the University of Guelph and University of Ottawa Cheerleading Teams and has competed at the World Championships twice with Cheer Sport Sharks.

Emily Cleveland

Emily Cleveland

Cheer Team Coach
Emily is making her debut with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheerleading and Dance Team.
She has been involved with All-star cheer since 2007 and was a 5 year member of the Ottawa Gee Gees Cheer team.

She is currently an All-Star Cheer Coach at Black Widow and is a huge CFL fan! Emily was born in Hamilton, and has been going to Ti-cat games since I was a little girl!

Amy Pappin

Amy Pappin

Dance Team Coach
Amy is starting her 7th season with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer & Dance Team.

She spent 6 years on our Dance Team and was Team Captain for 3 seasons. Amy has coached the REDBLACKS Junior Cheer Program in 2019 and 2023, as well as coached the REDBLACKS Alumni Program in 2020.

She has performed at the 2019 Grey Cup Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, as well as the 2023 Grey Cup Festival in Hamilton.

Amy has represented Team Canada at the PanAmerican Cheerleading Championships in 2019, where she received a Sliver Medal for their Freestyle Pom Duo performance, as well as represented Team Canada at the ICU Cheerleading World Championships from 2020-2023. She is now the Coach of Team Canada’s Freestyle Pom Duo.

She coaches and choreographs for competitive dance teams in the Ottawa area and has been for over 8 years.

 
 

COMMUNITY & ENGAGEMENT

 
 

Olivia Miller

Olivia Miller

Community Events
Olivia is starting her 9th season with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer & Dance Team.

She has 15 years of cheerleading experience including 8 years of All-Star cheerleading and 7 years with REDBLACKS on the cheer team where she was Captain.

Tracy Radford

Tracy Radford

Social Media
Tracy is starting her 9th season with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer & Dance Team.

She has been a cheerleader with the Cheer Sport Sharks for 5 years, Ottawa Sooners Cheer Team for 3 years, and the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer and Dance Team for 9 years.

Taylor Laveau

Taylor Laveau

Social Media

Taylor Laveau is entering her 7th year with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheerleading & Dance Team after being a member of the REDBLACKS dance team for 6 years.

She coached the RedBlacks Alumni team in 2023 and performed at the 2023 Grey Cup in Hamilton.

Holly Walpole

Holly Walpole

Sponsorship
Holly has been a cheerleader with the Ottawa REDBLACKS Cheer team for 7 years and is going into year 8 helping with sponsorship. Last season she was our team unity and engagement captain .

Holly has been a competitive cheerleader and provincial level gymnast.