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Brandy Laney is in her fourth year as the head coach of theCheerleading program at USC Upstate.
In addition to her coaching duties at Upstate, Laney also ownsand operates United Cheerleading of Spartanburg, a local branch ofthe United Cheerleading Training Centers. She manages and coacheslocal high school competition teams, five all-star teams, andtumbling and cheer technique classes.
Laney has a long history of cheerleading experience. She was athree-time All-American at Winder-Barrow High School in her nativeWinder, Ga. She went on to cheer at Georgia College & StateUniversity where she was a co-captain of the Bobcat squad that wontwo national championships. She graduated from GCSU with aBachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1997.
Laney got her coaching start shortly after graduation, returningto Winder as an elementary teacher and serving as the JV coach atWinder-Barrow High School. She moved on to teach on the middleschool level and also coached the school's cheerleading program.Winder opened a new high school, Apalachee High School, in 2000 andcalled upon Laney to start and coordinate the cheerleading program.After three short years, she coached the squad to a statechampionship in 2003.
Laney moved to Spartanburg in 2003 and opened UnitedCheerleading of Spartanburg in 2004. She and her husband, Shaw,have a daughter, Abby. The family lives in Enoree on their fullservice Paso Fino Horse Farm.
