By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
TRUSSVILLE – The Hewitt Trussville Huskies welcomed a new head coach for their varsity cheer squad on Monday and they hit the proverbial home run with this hire.
Jenny Williams is no stranger to being a successful cheer coach. A 2008 graduate of Homewood High School, she got her start in the coaching realm in 2006, while she was still in high school. She does not only have experience, with around 25 years cheering and coaching, but she has found great success at every stop she has had.
Williams has spent the last 10 years of her career at Liberty Park where she led her teams to multiple AHSAA national championships as well as several top 10 finishes in the National High School Cheerleading Championships.
Her coaching highlights are as follows:
State Champions-2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 State Runner Up- 2022
National High School Cheerleading Championship
2015 placed 11th Traditional Routine
2017 placed 9th Traditional Routine
2020 placed 3rd Gameday
2018 National Champions (Non-Building)
2020 National Champions (Non-Building)
Smoky Mountain Regional Champions 2022
Magic City Regional Champions 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Space Center Regional Champions 2021
Trussville City Schools Athletics Director Lance walker had the following to say about his new cheer coach, “”We are excited to welcome Jenny to the Hewitt-Trussville family! Our cheerleaders have consistently done a tremendous job competing and supporting other student-athletes. Our Cheer program has established a reputation of representing our school with pride. We look forward to supporting the team under Coach Williams’ leadership.”
Coach Williams is eager to get started with her new team. “I am excited to get to know all of the athletes and their families,” said Williams. “I am anxious to begin building on the tradition of excellence the community expects from its sports programs. I have always found that setting high expectations yields the best results. I always tell my athletes that progress is perfection and I love them just as hard as I coach them. I do expect to make mistakes and work hard to correct them. I chose Hewitt because our values seem to match up. The athletes and parents are hungry for someone that will push their students to be the best version of themselves and I have always been told that I am good at pushing athletes to do better than they thought they could be. I value fairness and direct communication so that parents and athletes are clear on expectations and the path to success.”
There will be a meet and greet for the community on Thursday night for everyone to come out and introduce themselves to the new cheer coach for the Huskies. Williams said, “I cannot wait to meet the Trussville cheerleading community at Thursday’s meet and greet.”
The meet and greet will be held Thursday June 8 at 6pm in the HTHS Gym Lobby.