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Varsity Coach: Kim Klaus
Kim has been the Head Coach at Brighton High School for 16 years and has coached at BHS for 17 years. Kim is a graduate from Milford High School. She was also a member of Champion Staff for 4 years and a camp director for 2 years. "Cheerleading has given me many opportunities. I was able to travel to Spain and perform for 2 weeks, have been asked to speak many times at conferences, judged many competitions, and was named regional coach of the year by CCCAM. Kim is a full time mom and lives in Brighton with her husband Gordon, and their four children. "My teams have won many titles over the past 17 years, but the best thing about coaching for me is seeing these young girls grow into young ladies with goals, dreams, and visions of great things. I always say Great things happen to those who work hard and believe....Anything is possible!" Kim is also a member of CCCAM, Competitive Cheer Coaches Association, and MCCA, Michigan Cheerleading Coaches Association.
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Assistant Varsity Coach: Taylor Raymond
Taylor Raymond is in her 1st year as the Brighton Varsity Assistant Cheer Coach at Brighton High School and has been the 8th grade Scranton Head Coach for 2 years. She is a 3rd year undergraduate student at Michigan State University working towards a degree in Elementary Education. She was a cheerleader at Brighton High School for 4 years and on the Michigan State All-girl Competitive Cheer Team for 2 years. She has competed in Las Vegas, the National Collegiate Cheer Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the Division 1 State Finals at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids, MI. "Cheerleading has brought me so many experiences and opportunities. I can only imagine what will come in the future."
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J.V. Coach: Chelsey Randell
This is Chelsey’s second year with Brighton’s cheer program, and she is very excited to have the opportunity to work with such great coaches and girls. She is currently a student at Eastern Michigan University and is majoring in Language, Literature and Writing for secondary education. Chelsey cheered all for four years in high school and coached Rocket Cheer before coming to Brighton. “I owe so many of my life long friendships to cheerleading and I love watching that happen for these girls as well.”
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Freshman Coach: Kathy Rassel
Kathy is a certified AACCA cheerleading coach. She has been involved with cheerleading at both the recreational and all-star levels. Kathy has been a cheer parent, a team mom, an assistant, a head coach, and has also judged competitions! Kathy is married to Greg and has 2 children, Rachael, and Sean. Kathy is also a member of CCCAM, Competitive Cheer Coaches Association, and MCCA, Michigan Cheerleading Coaches Association.
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Webmaster / Go To Person: Laura Sulkowski
Laura Sulkowski is our Webmaster, team helper, and miscellaneous go to person. Laura coached the Freshmen team at Brighton for 1 1/2 years, and the JV team at Brighton for 3 years. She has also coached at Stockbridge High School (Varsity and JV), and Fowlerville High School (JV). Laura is a former 4 year Staff member and 2 year private camp member for Champion Cheerleading, and was a member of the 2 time Class B MCCA State Championship teams from Fowlerville.
Laura took a year off from the Brighton program because she had a baby, and is now back and excited to participate in the program again. Laura is married to Andrew, and they have a little boy named Cadyn. She teaches second grade at Perry Elementary, is a devout Catholic, and lives in downtown Howell. “I am SO excited to be back and to be able to help out anyway I can! I missed this program, and I am very thankful to be a part of this wonderful group of Coaches and athletes!”
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