Saugus Cheer Coaches

  • Candace Rogers

    COMPETITION COACH

    Coach Candace has 18 years of combined cheerleading and coaching experience. She found a love and passion for the sport while competing in both all star and high school cheer. She is married to her high school sweetheart and is a mom to twin boys. She has a degree in Kinesiology from Cal State Northridge.

    This is her seventh year coaching at Saugus High School, where she has led the teams to win multiple national titles.

  • Charity Dell

    SIDELINE COACH

    With four years of competition cheerleading experience during her time as a student at Saugus High, Coach Charity brings valuable knowledge and inspiration to the team. She has been involved in gymnastics since the age of two, which sparked her interest in cheerleading.

    Coach Charity is dating her high school sweetheart and working on her associates degree in liberal arts and health science at College of the Canyons. This is her second year coaching at Saugus High School.

  • Lauren Herman

    ASSISTANT SIDELINE COACH

    Coach Lauren, a passionate cheerleader since the age of 10, brings her expertise as a cheerleader back to Saugus High School as a coach. The 2023-2024 season marks her first year coaching at Saugus, where she eagerly shares her knowledge and experience and hopes to inspire and grow the love of cheerleading in others.

    Lauren is currently studying marketing at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) and is also a member of the CSUN cheer team.

  • Glenna Panarisi

    ASSISTANT COMPETITION COACH

    Glenna’s cheer experience spans over 20 years of cheering, competing, coaching, parenting, and advising. After she earned a BS degree in Family Consumer Sciences from Cal State Northridge, she returned to her alma mater, Hart High School, as a head advisor and coach. Her interest in coaching was sparked in her junior year of high school when she was asked to help train a local private junior high cheer squad. Glenna loves health & fitness and is eager to share her knowledge enabling young athletes to obtain the next level within their sport. Glenna has been married to her high school sweetheart for over 22 years. They have 3 teenage children, all actively involved in athletics.

  • Ally Stuart

    CHEER DIRECTOR