Coaches
Our Coaches are the cornerstones of our success
At Karilee our coaches are the cornerstones of our success. Not only do they choreograph and train our teams, and develop the skills of our team members, they also provide a caring environment for some very young people.
All Karilee coaches are accredited with Calisthenics ACT Incorporated and have undergone significant training and development over many years to achieve their coaching certification.
Our teams (except our seniors) generally have a principal coach and an assistant coach or two co-coaches. In Tinies and Sub Juniors each coach usually and a cadet and a class assistant. Cadets and a class assistants are usually dancers from our Intermediate team who are training for their own coaching accreditation.
Rachel Holdway
Rachel is the Karilee Head Coach and 2020 Principle Subbies Coach.
Jessica Costigan
Jess is the Karilee Principle Coach of our 2020 Seniors team.
Merry Jackson
Merry is the Karilee Principle Coach of our 2020 Juniors team.
Simmy Barker
Simmy is the Karilee Principle Coach of our 2020 Tinies team.
To find out more about our current Karilee coaches read their responses to a series of interview questions.
Taylor Bye
Taylor is the Karilee Principle Coach of our 2020 Inters team.
Jodie Sims
Jodie Sims is the Karilee Principle Coach of our 2020 Masters team.
Natalie Sainsbury
Natalie Sainsbury was the Karilee Assistant Coach of our 2019 Tinies team and Cadet Mentor for the 2020 Sub-Junior Teams.
Taryn Leslie
Taryn is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Sub Juniors teams with Rachel Holdway and Jessica Townsend.
To find out more about our Karilee coaches read their responses to a series of interview questions.
Louise-Jane Barker
Louise-Jane is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Juniors teams with Merry Jackson and Samantha Bourne.
Deb Putt
Deb is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Seniors teams with Jessica Costigan and cadet mentor for the Tinies team.
Stacie Howell
Stacie Howell is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Inters teams with Taylor Bye.
Samantha Bourne
Samantha is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Juniors teams with Meredith Jackson and Louise-Jane Barker.
To find out more about our current Karilee coaches read their responses to a series of interview questions.
For the current coaching positions: See Teams & Times.
Jessica Townsend
Jessica is an Assistant Coach to the 2020 Karilee Sub Juniors teams with Rachel Holdway and Taryn Leslie.
New Coach
To find out more about our current Karilee coaches read their responses to a series of interview questions.
For the current coaching positions: See Teams & Times.
Previous Karilee Coaches
Jessey Muller
Jessey was a cadet for the 2018 Karilee Juniors team. Jessey was gained her Level One accreditation in 2019 while coaching the Inters Team with Taylor Bye.
Katie Reber
Katie coached the Karilee Juniors team as a cadet from 2013 to 2015 and as a level one from 2016 to 2018.
Jess Boyton
Jess is new to Karilee but not new to coaching. She was the Level One Coach to the third teams in the 2018 Karilee Juniors Teams.
To find out more about our current Karilee coaches read their responses to a series of interview questions.