Meet The Staff

Tammy McLean has been in love with gymnastics since she first saw Nadia Comăneci compete in the 1976 Olympics. She has been involved in the greatest sport ever since.

She started coaching in that same gym when she was 17 and has now been coaching for over 30 years. Tammy has experience in the classroom as well,  running an academic preschool, Kindergarten, and working with children with special needs. Vault was her best event and still her favorite to coach.

Tammy and her husband, Todd, owned and operated Flip Factory Gymnastics in Hayden, Idaho for nearly two decades before her extended family encouraged them to settle in Florida.

Flip Factory hailed many state champions, regional competitors, and scholarship recipients.

Todd enjoyed gymnastics as a child, but decided to focus solely on football to finish his high school career at East Valley High School in 1990.  He later studied Sports Psychology and Physical Therapy at Eastern Washington University.

Todd met his wife Tammy in 1994 at a gymnastics training facility in North Spokane, Washington. He started coaching part time, and he and Tammy have been coaching together for over 25 years. They started Flip Factory Gymnastics in a small town in Eastern Washington in 1998. Shortly thereafter, they outgrew this facility and reopened in North Idaho, running the facility for nearly 2 decades.

Over the years, Todd has coached gymnastics and cheer at several high schools and colleges. He's instructed and spoken at numerous seminars and Gymnastics and Cheer Congresses. Todd has also been a guest coach at many gymnastics and cheer camps. 

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Amanda has been a resident of Apollo Beach for eight years. She and her husband, Justin, are the parents of 4 children, 2 girls and twin boys.

After graduating from USF, Amanda was a sales service manager for Swarovski Crystal covering Tampa to Naples. She spent nearly a decade in cardiovascular pharmaceutical sales as a sales specialist before having the privilege of being a stay at home mom.

Amanda watched her daughter’s intense love for gymnastics and cheer grow, as well as her own. She wanted to be an active member and contributor in the community and ABGA  provides her this opportunity.

Amanda loves volunteering at school. She’s a travel enthusiast, animal lover and amateur writer who enjoys skiing, crafting and yoga.

Sydney was involved in gymnastics before she could walk. She was raised in a gym and loved every single minute of it. Sydney competed not only in gymnastics, but also in dance and cheer.

She is a multi-time Idaho State Champion and has won competitions not only in Idaho, but also Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada and Montana.

Sydney has been coaching for over 8 years. Long before that, she displayed leadership qualities as a team member/coach on the floor, inspiring her teammates to always give 100%.

Sydney's strong dance background inspires creative and artistic choreography that will take our teams to the next level.

Austin has been doing gymnastics his entire life due to the fact that his parents have owned a gym. At the age of 10 he decided to play football and came back to gymnastics at 15 when he fell in the love with the sport again.

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He became the first member of ABGA to qualify for regionals in his second year and then jumped three levels to compete as a level 7 in his senior season. He also became the first ABGA gymnast to qualify for the eastern national champions.

Now that he's retired, he enjoys coaching all levels from 1 year olds to adult classes. He specializes in tumbling, boys team, and boys pre-team, and also assists with Diaper Daredevils, girls competitive and Pre-team, recreational boys, and recreational girls classes.

​Jewel-Lee was a dancer for three years from age of 5-8 years old. She then focused her next 9 years on gymnastics (Level 4-optionals) and coached for 6 years prior to joining ABGA. She was also a cheerleader (All-Star and High School) for 4 years and coached cheer for 5 years. 

Her favorite class to coach is Team as she loves watching them learn upper skills and then nailing them! 

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She loves working here because of the ABGA family and the bonds she creates with the kids and their parents

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She coaches all levels and adults classes

Elissa has been coaching for 2 years and used to be a competitive dancer for 4 years.

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Elissa coaches Boys Team, Pre-Team, and Tarpon boys

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She loves teaching Team because the kids are always excited to learn new things and she loves to listen to all their funny stories!

​Tori was an All Star Cheerleader for 13 years as well as a coach for All Star Cheer Special Athletes for 6 years

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She coaches Pre-team, Rookies, Beginner and Intermediate Classes

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Her favorite class to coach is Pre-team because she loves working with the kids and seeing their routines improve every week 

​She loves working at ABGA because of the Kids!!

Layla was a high school cheerleader before focusing on the sport of gymnastics. She coaches Sunrays, Sunbeams, Rookies and Beginners

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Her favorite class is beginners because the kids are so much fun and they brighten up her day

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She loves working at ABGA because it’s such a positive work environment. 

​Ashley has been a gymnast since the age of 2 and competed for 16 years

​She loves to coach anyone who is willing to learn, it doesn’t matter what level you are as long as you stay positive!

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She loves that she can still be involved in gymnastics and loves helping students become the best athletes they can be! 

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She coaches Teens, Beginner, Intermediate as well as Pre-team

Currently she is getting her degree in Biology with a concentration in medicine.

Kiley was a competitive gymnast for 16 years and  has been coaching gymnastics and tumbling for 7 years

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She loves coaching competitive teams, bonding with the athletes both in and outside of the gym as well as working together to overcome challenges.

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She coaches Competitive Girls and Boys as well as Recreational Girls and Boys classes

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Kiley loves the close family unit at ABGA and sense of community with her peers and athletes  

She has a degree in exercise science and works as a stretch practitioner on the side while studying to become a physical therapist.

Brandon has been a competitive gymnast for 15 years and have been coaching for 3 years.

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Boys team is his favorite because of the creativity in developing new drills, spotting and and teaching advanced skills

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He coaches Boys Team and Boys Rec classes

Brandon loves working at ABGA because it’s such a positive work environment

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He's also going to college for a degree in computer software engineering.