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Cheer

Coach Shannon Toler – Head Coach Coach Toler has been a part of the South Paulding community since 2004 where she began coaching the little South Paulding Bears at New Georgia. She took on the role as the youth cheer director and helped with the transition from the Bears to the Spartans. She then went on to coach at the middle school level for two years as well. Coach Toler joined the high school coaching staff in 2016 as the JV coach before taking on the role as the Head Coach in 2018. She graduated from Mercer University with a degree in Early Childhood Special Education and is also certified in P-12 Spe cial Education. She is currently an IRR English teacher at SPHS. Coach Toler and her husband, Rodney, have 5 children (Hannah, Haylie, Brianna, Gracie and Luke), 4 grandsons and another due in October! Their daughter Brianna is a 2017 SPHS graduate and their daughter Gracie is a senior at SPHS this year. Coach Toler takes great pride in the athletics programs at SPHS and has just recently taken on an additional role as the Athletic Coordinator. She is looking forward to another great year! #spartanstrong Coach Taylor Kincaid – Varsity Coach This is Coach Kincaid’s fourth year coaching cheerleading at South. She has coached competition, Varsity football, and JV football and basketball. She is a third grade teacher at Dugan Elementary. Coach Kincaid cheered at South Pauld ing in high school, and also cheered in college at Shorter University where her team won an NCA Collegiate National Championship in small coed. This year, she will be coaching the Varsity competition team again, and is so excited for the season! Coach Ann Arnold – Varsity Coach Coach Arnold has been involved with cheerleading since she was young. It has always been a passion for her. She has lived in the South Paulding community for over 20 years and is active in many community outreach programs to support the student of Paulding County. She is excited to give back and serve the South Paulding community in the coaching capacity. Coach Arnold served as the Junior Spartan cheerleading director for three years, and then served as the South Paulding Cheer Club president for two years. She is a graduate of the University of West Georgia. After grad uating from UWG, she went on to acquire two college degrees. She currently serves as an administrator in Paulding County. She is the mother of a daughter (Peyton) that is in college and was a 2020 graduate of SPHS. Coach Arnold is proud to serve as one of the Varsity coaches and is looking forward to an amazing season. Go Spartans! Coach Stephanie Hutchens – Varsity Coach Coach Hutchens has been coaching football and basketball cheerleading for four years and served as the head sideline cheerleading coach for the past two years at her previous school. This will be her fifth year teaching social studies and first year teaching for Paulding County Schools.