Bellarmine University Women's Cheerleading

Houston Wood was elevated to cheerleading head coach on July 9, 2024. He had been on the staff as an assistant coach since August 2021. In the assistant role, he helped the Knights to three National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College Nationals appearances in Daytona Beach, Fla., including a fifth-place finish in the Intermediate Small Co-Ed I division in 2022.   Wood has also previously coached at the Kentucky Cheerleading Center in Louisville.   A Bellarmine cheerleader from 2015 to 2019 and squad captain, Wood took part in four NCA College Nationals, helping the team to a national championship in the Intermediate Small Co-Ed Division II in 2019, a year after placing third.   A Shelbyville, Ky., native, Wood attended Martha Layne Collins High School and graduated from Bellarmine in 2019 with a degree in business administration.

Coach English attended Bellarmine University and was a member of the dance team from 2013-2017. She was a member of the first National Title winning Dance Team during the 2015 season. English was an NDA All-American nominee in 2016 and also served as the team's Spirit Captain.  English achieved her bachelor's in Exercise Science from Bellarmine and went on to the University of Cincinnati to obtain her master’s degree in Education with an emphasis on Applied Behavior Analysis. She currently works as a District Board Certified Behavior Analyst for Fayette County Public Schools.  Previous coaching history includes New Albany High School Dance Team in New Albany, Indiana, Trifecta Dance Center in Clarksville, Indiana and Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Kentucky.