[KentuckyHillBilly5321]

Great question.

My hope would be that the schools/administrators/BOE's take the hiring of a cheer sponsor/coach very seriously. At both of the schools where I coach--they do. But--money/resources always become a question. There is not a lot of money for ANY coach (to start). And--schools are not going to pay to attract top flight coaches. IF they are lucky, they are going to get someone (maybe a recent college grad, who cheered in college/high school who just started teaching in the school), who has cheer knowledge and has the integrity to run the program the right way. But even those types of coaches are few and far between.

The Mommy coaches are a different question all together. There are some who are objective and try to do the right thing (which is a good start for any coach). But they need to be qualified. And--if they have a child on the team--it is imperative that they are harder on their child than any other member of the squad (that is a good rule of thumb for any coach who has their child as a member of the team). Our BOE does a great job of setting criteria for any/all coaches/sponsors. But I am not familar with the other areas of the state. So--if they are the right person--I am cool with it. But that has to be determined in a very well thought out way.