Kentucky native Mark Coleman, who possesses more than 30 years of experience coaching at all levels, has been the head cheer coach at Morehead State since the 2013-14 season.
He directs all activities for the 56-time national champion MSU programs. He choreographs the Eagles' national championship routines, organizes their game-day plans, and coordinates all community service projects involving MSU cheer.
He is the all-time winningest (UCA championships) coach in program history, with 21 national titles.
He led the MSU All-Girl squad to UCA Division I national championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, and 2024.
In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023, the MSU Coed team won a UCA national title. Under Coleman, MSU has also won UCA Collegiate Partner Stunt titles in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2026. The Small Coed team won its first national title in its first-ever competition in 2023, and the Gameday squad claimed its first-ever national championship in 2026.
Coleman has coached numerous athletes who have earned spots to, and represented, the country on Team USA cheer.
Coleman was born in Florence, Ky., grew up near Memphis, Tenn., and lived in Lexington, Ky., after college. He cheered collegiately at Vanderbilt from 1992-97, where he served as team captain of their Nationals team in 1997, and also cheered at Kentucky.
Coleman choreographed and assisted the Purdue University cheer program from 2010-13. He helped take the small coed division Boilermaker team to the finals of the 2013 Universal Cheerleading Association Championship and the 2011 large coed squad to the Division 1A finals.
Mark owns and operates Performance Spirit, LLC, where he produces routine music for more than 50 cheer and dance teams each year. As a choreographer, he has worked closely with Graves County (Ky.), McCracken County (Ky.), and Blackman (Tenn.) High Schools for years and has assisted those programs in winning more than 25 coed and coed partner stunt national championships at the National High School Cheerleading Championships.
Coleman coached youth all-stars for eight seasons and led the Pep Club All-Stars and Kentucky Elite All-Stars to more than 20 national titles in multiple divisions. With West Jessamine Middle School, he assisted teams to 4 Jamfest national titles and also helped Georgetown College win the 2005 and 2006 Mid-South Conference championships.
He is a USA Cheer certified coach and served on the National Advisory Board of the United States All-Star Federation.
Coleman earned his bachelor's degree in engineering science/mathematics from Vanderbilt. He and his wife, Shanna Coleman, who is the MSU Dance Coach, have four children - Sterling, Porter, Harper, and Keaton.
