About Us
Cheer Dawgs is an after-school program designed to teach students the basic fundamentals of cheerleading.
The program runs each nine-week session (correlating with AISD calendar), covering basic skills such as motions, jumps, chants, cheers, stunting, and tumbling, all while focused on building a positive community.
Cheer Dawgs is led by Heather Miller, a 1st grade teacher at Doss. She is a former college and competitive cheerleader. Heather is entering her 20th year of coaching, and currently coaches competitive cheerleading as well!
Meet the Team
Read more about the Cheer Dawgs Founder, Heather Miller!
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Founder & Head Coach
Heather Miller started off as a young girl in dance, tumbling, and gymnastics, who eventually became starstruck with cheerleading once her older sister joined the sport. Heather quickly transitioned to the sideline and competitive cheerleading side in early middle school. She started her coaching career at the young age of 14, where she coached a middle school team as a freshman in high school. This is where she found her passion in coaching, and has coached for 19 years since. Heather has coached various all star/competitive teams, been the Varsity and JV coach at a high school, coached private tumbling lessons, led cheer camps, and more. Currently she coaches competitive cheer at Tech Cheer in Austin.
Heather has trained with and been a part of some world-renowned Allstar cheerleading gyms over the years, including The OC Allstars, Stingray Allstars, and Georgia Allstars. One of her greatest cheerleading accomplishments has been competing at the USASF Cheerleading Worlds Competition, where she placed top in the nation and fourth in the world. She has also been a NCA and UCA All-American multiple years in a row, including when she was captain during her high school years. Most recently, her team won the NCA National Championship in 2026!
Heather attended the University of Georgia and made the cheerleading team there. Her college cheerleading career was shorter than originally planned due to multiple injuries, so Heather took her passion for the sport and continued coaching. She founded Cheer Dawgs in 2022 and is eager to see the program develop over the years. Heather’s favorite part of the sport is the sense of community it brings among a team, and is thankful to have an opportunity to create that through Cheer Dawgs at Doss Elementary.
Fun Facts:
Heather broke her foot the day before UGA Cheerleading tryouts, but taped her foot up until it was numb so she could still try out!
Until the age of 26, Heather did a backflip on her birthdays.
Her high school mascot was the Pope Greyhounds. Before football games, we used to run out on the football field with actual greyhounds!
Sponsor An Athlete
Cheer Dawgs is an independently-run after school program. We are completely self-reliant, including the hiring of staff, coaching materials, apparel and more.
If you would like to sponsor an athlete for this session or future sessions, please click the button below.