Kate Edge
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- Title:
- Spirit Director
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- Phone:
- (734) 995-4830
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- Email:
- catherine.edge@cuaa.edu
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- Year:
- 13
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- Alma Mater:
- Eastern Michigan
Kate Edge enters her 13th year as Spirit Director and Head Co-Ed Cheer and STUNT Coach at Concordia.
Edge has built the Co-Ed Cheer program into a powerhouse at the NAIA level, reaching Nationals each of the last six seasons, including a national championship in 2019. In addition, the Cardinals have won four
consecutive WHAC Championships (2019-22), two NAIA regional championships (and three runner up finishes), and the first three Cheer CITs (2018-20). Edge is also a two-time NAIA Coach of the Year and five-time WHAC Coach of the Year (including each of the last four seasons).
Edge has spearheaded the start of a STUNT program at Concordia. The STUNT team competed in their first complete season in 2022 earning their first game point, and game win within that inaugural year.
Outside of Concordia she is the Owner of CHEER! MICHIGAN, a summer camp which helps to train all levels of cheer athletes across Michigan. She is a national cheer coach's conference speaker where she presents on team and program building for cheer coaches and athletes. Edge has also been a member of the NAIA Competitive Cheer Executive Committee, currently as the Past President. She is a member of the Stunt College Coaches Association, and has also coached cheer at the high school level in Michigan and Ohio.
Edge is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University (BA, MA), and earned a Master’s in Higher Education from Concordia. She lives in Woodhaven with her husband Jeff and their four children.
