Chad Butler begins his first year as the head cheer coach at Limestone after serving as the assistant coach for the previous two years.
In his two years as an assistant on the cheer staff, Butler has helped guide the competitive team to a pair of bids at the NCA College Cheer Camp. The Saints earned a Silver Paid Bid during his first year with the program before helping lead the team to a Gold Bid for the first time in program history this past season.
The Blue and Gold won Grand Champion honors at the Cheer LTD College Championships in Myrtle Beach during the 2018-19 campaign, posting a zero-deduction routine to take home both the Small Coed Collegiate Division and overall Grand Champion trophies with a combined score of 91.4 points.
The Saints then scored a second zero-deduction routine on the first day of NCA Nationals – the program’s fourth straight trip to nationals in the Small Coed Division II category – and would end up placing fourth overall with the program’s highest point total in team history with a two-day 92.0375 score.
Limestone earned a Gold Bid for the first time in team history this past year, but the competition season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Butler temporarily assisted with the Limestone Acrobatics and Tumbling team in 2020 before its season also came to a premature close.
Prior to his time at Limestone, Butler was the cheer and dance coach at Seward County Community College and was as an assistant coach at Young Harris College for a year. He was a member of the cheer team at Shorter University, helping guide the team to four straight top-3 finishes at NCA Nationals.
Butler graduated from Shorter in December 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Christian Studies. Butler is currently certified by the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators (AACCA) in Safety.
