Virginia State University Women's Cheerleading

Coach Adrian L. Taylor was named the Head Coach of the Virginia State Woo Woo Cheerleaders in 2019-20 and the 2023-24 season will mark her fifth season as head coach. Coach Taylor previously served as an assistant coach since 2016. From 1994-1996, Coach Taylor was a member of the world-renowned VSU Woo Woo Cheerleaders and she also was a volleyball student-athlete at Virginia State. Additionally, during her undergraduate years for VSU, Taylor served as the volleyball team's statistician from 1992 to 1994. Coach Taylor graduated from VSU and received her B.S. degree in Family and Consumer Science and her M.Ed. degree in Vocational, Technical Education. Coach Taylor also holds an Ed.S in Teacher Leadership through Walden University. Coach Taylor comes to the VSU Athletics Woo Woo Coaching Staff with 20+ years of coaching experience. Not only has she served as a cheerleading coach at numerous schools over the years, but she has also served in the capacity of step team and dance team coach. During her undergraduate years at VSU, she started her own student organization, Aboogie Dance Troupe, and after graduation opened her own dance studio- Aboogie Dance Studio. She served as the Debutante Cotillion choreographer for the Wives of the Beaux Twenty Club (Petersburg, VA) for 15 years. Adrian is a Full Time Certified Educator with Chesterfield County Public Schools where she teaches Culinary Arts. She is the 2014 recipient of Steve Harvey’s Neighborhood Award- Best School Teacher in the Nation and 2015 Nominee for the same title. Although currently residing in Chester, Virginia, Coach Taylor is a proud native of Dothan, Alabama. She looks forward to keeping the Legacy of Woo Woo alive and is excited to see what the new year has in store for the VSU Woo Woo Program.

After being a member of the world-renowned VSU Woo Woo Cheerleaders during her undergraduate years at Virginia State, Coach Chardon L. Jones rejoined the Woo Woo program as an assistant coach in 2019-20 and the 2023-24 season will mark her fifth season as an assistant. Chardon Jones comes to the VSU Athletics Woo Woo Coaching Staff with 13+ years of cheer experience and seven years of coaching experience. She has served as coach for two recreational leagues in Richmond, VA, and coached at Henrico High School. Prior to joining as an assistant coach, Coach Jones served as a volunteer coach with the VSU Woo Woo program for four years. After graduating, she received a position starting in the VSU President's office that lead her back to the Athletics Department as an Administrative Assistant II until starting her current career as an IT Applications Sr. Specialist and Procurement Associate with the Commonwealth's auditing agency, Auditor of Public Accounts, where she has been employed for 12+ years. Jones received her B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems from Virginia State before receiving her M.S. degree in Administration through Central Michigan University. Coach Jones was raised in the Northern Neck in a small town named Edwardsville in Northumberland County, Virginia. She looks forward to keeping the Legacy of Woo Woo alive and is excited to see what the new season has in store for the VSU Woo Woo Program.