Montreat College announced the addition of Taylee Newhouse as its new competitive cheer & dance head coach in April of 2026. Newhouse will enter her first season leading the Cavaliers in 2026-27.
PRIOR TO MONTREAT
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Prior to her hiring at Montreat College, Newhouse accumulated 13 years of experience coaching cheerleaders in the Swannanoa Valley. Since 2015, she’s led the Charles D. Owen High School cheerleading program. In addition to numerous regional titles during that 11-year run, Newhouse’s Owen squad claimed back-to-back North Carolina Cheerleaders Coaches Association (NCCCA) State Championships in the small co-ed non-tumble division the past two seasons. The initial title in 2025 marked the school’s first NCCCA State Championship in at least a decade.
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Before taking over as the head high school cheerleading coach, Newhouse began her coaching career in 2013 with the Owen Youth League.
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A graduate of the Art Institute of Charlotte, Newhouse earned a degree in interior design. Along with coaching, Newhouse has worked with the Montreat Conference Center as a food service and special event coordinator, the Carolina Event and Conference Center as an event manager and, most recently, Ingles Markets, Inc. as an advertising coordinator.
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Newhouse and her husband, Logan, currently live in Old Fort, N.C. with their four children.
