Shanna McMullin
Shanna McMullin is the owner and head coach of Phoenix Gymnastics. She has over 30 years of experience in gymnastics first competing club gymnastics for Oles in Minnesota, then she moved on to coaching for the YMCA during her college years. Shanna began coaching for Phoenix Gymnastics in 2012 and finally purchased the club in 2014. She is also a full-time teacher of at-risk youth at Bloomer High School and has a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling. She brings all aspects of her careers and training to her coaching to provide a well-rounded experience for her athletes that focuses more on their individual growth and well-being than the club's success.
Chelsea Becker
Chelsea has been coaching for Phoneix Gymnastics since 2022 and brings a wealth of knowledge to the club. Chelsea is a retired level 10 gymnast from the Rice Lake area. She has been a club, high school, and college gymnast and she has coached at all of these levels as well. She is also a current judge for WIAA High School gymnastics. Chelsea coaches the team for Phoenix Gymnastics. Chelsea, her husband, and their 10 children live in Rice Lake; their 4 girls attend classes at the club and two are current team members.
Kayla Geissler
Kayla has been a coach at Phoenix Gymnastics since 2018. While she has never done gymnastics herself, she has learned a lot over the years coaching for the club. She coaches our competitive team, some developmental classes, Ninja Warrior classes and she is the head coach for the Bloomer/Colfax Gymnastics Team. In addition to coaching, Kayla is a paraprofessional at Bloomer High School working with high-needs special education students. She is also the daughter of gym owner Shanna McMullin.
Katie Weiss
Katie is the most recent coach at Phoenix Gymnastics joining us in October of 2023 after moving to the area from Grantsburg. Katie has a wealth of gymnastics experience competing at the club level and both competing and coaching at the high school level. Katie and her family live near Rice Lake - you might get a glimpse of Coach (baby) Hank when Katie is in the gym as well!
Athlete Coaches
At any given time, you will see a variety of athlete coaches working with our younger levels. It is the goal of every gym to have their own atheletes working with the lower level gymnasts because no one knows better what is expected of the athletes by the team coaches, no one is more capable of showing new gymnasts how a skill should look and work and they understand coaching and spotting as well as any veteran coach. Just about every veteran coach in the sport began their coaching career as an athlete coach and we are always excited when our own athletes take on the added role of coach!
