Coaching Staff

Ginny Gulbrandson
Head Coach

Coach Ginny fell in love with cheering in high school, there she found that she loves bringing smiles to people's faces. Since then she's gained seven years of coaching experience and one year of judging. She spent two years in the Northdale Middle School program and five with the Blaine High School program. She's judged for Varsity Spirit All-Star on a national level. When she's not doing something involving cheer, she's with her family camping, gardening, and enjoying the outdoors. This is Ginny's second year as head coach for Blaine Cheer! She is very excited to work with the Blaine High School families and its surrounding communities.

Jenn Fleener
Competition Coach

Coach Jenn has been coaching cheerleading for 8 years. She is excited to be back at Blaine, after serving as head coach at Roseville (2019-2024) and previously being an assistant coach at Blaine (2015-2018). Jenn grew up in Rogers, MN where she cheered on both the sideline and competitive teams. Besides coaching, Jenn serves on the Minnesota Cheerleading Coaches Association Board of Directors and judges at All Star cheerleading events. Outside of cheerleading, Jenn enjoys traveling and music.

Kalli Bennett
Sideline Coach

Coach Kalli found her love for cheer during her junior year of high school at Coon Rapids. She cheered both her junior and senior years for JV Basketball, JV Football, and JV Soccer. She was also a captain during the fall season of her senior year. This is her first year coaching and she's really enjoyed it so far, and is looking forward to continuing to be part of the Blaine Cheer program. Outside of cheer Kalli enjoys working with the elementary students, doing arts and crafts, being outside, and spending time with her husband, her cat, and her family and friends.

Faith Anderson
Sideline Coach

Coach Faith fell in love with cheerleading in at Roosevelt Middle School. At the end of year performance the high school cheer team performed and she realized she wanted to try-out for the high school team. 

Faith cheered all four years at Blaine High School. Her freshman year, she cheered for varsity soccer and varsity basketball. And for the other 3 years of high school, she cheered for varsity football. Faith was on the comp team her sophomore and junior year, during which Blaine made it to finals and got 14th at national in Florida. It was her best core memory that she will hold on to forever. During Faith's senior year and ]first year of college she did all star cheer at Planet Spirit.

Outside of cheerleading Faith is either reading a good book, coloring, watching her favorite tv show, traveling to see her amazing family in Florida, or hanging out with amazing friends.

Jasmine Fritz
Assistant Coach

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Coach Jasmine began cheering her freshman year of high school. Jasmine is a Blaine Cheerleading alumni and participated on both the competitive and sideline cheerleading teams. She graduated in 2020 and was fall sideline captain her senior year. 

Aside from cheer, Coach Jasmine loves to spend time outdoors with her dog, her family and friends. She spends a lot of her spare time at the lake and is currently a toddler teacher at New Horizon Academy.