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Tonia Grimsley
Tonia Grimsley
Title: Head Cheer Coach
Phone: 252-908-5984
Email: tgrimsley@ncwc.edu

Tonia Grimsley was recently hired as the new head Men's and Women's Cheer Coach for the Battling Bishops in the summer of 2021. She will begin her first season in August.

Since the summer of 2018, Grimsley has been the All-Star Cheer Director at Hunter's Competitive Cheer. From 2014-2016, Tonia was the head Cheer Coach at Southwest Edgecombe HS and led the team to a national championship.

Tonia was also the Cheer Coach at the East Carolina Cheer and Tumbling School in Greenville where she helped lead multiple teams to national championships and coached athletes from ages 4-15.

Tonia graduated from ECU in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. She plans on receiving her Master of Business Administration from UNC-Pembroke in May of 2022 as well.

She resides in Pinetops, NC with her husband Lee.

Tonia can be reached at 252-908-5984.