Dani Ruoff is in her ninth year as the
Yellowjacket cheer coach and has recently been named
the Assistant Director of Marketing and Development. Ruoff, a native of Shepherd, MT,
came to MSU Billings from Ketchikan, Alaska, where she
coached for two years at a class 4A high school (1995-97).
At MSU Billings, Ruoff coaches a competitive cheerleading team that won
the 2004 COA West Coast Open.
In 1990, while pursuing a mass
communications degree at Eastern Montana College, Ruoff was a member of the Yellowjacket cheer team. Also in
1990, she was a member of the USA Spirit Squad in
Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii. In one of her many honors, she was invited to cheer for
the Los Angeles Lakers in an exhibition game. Dani was on
the Yellowjacket cheer team until 1993.
From 1993 to 1995, Ruoff was the coach
of the Yellowjacket cheer team. She was a member
of the USA Spirit Squad and was in the Freedom Bowl in
1994. Coach Ruoff has attended COA, UCA, NCA and ICF cheer camps.
Some of her other duties with
MSU Billings include organizing special events, marketing
and media, and conducting cheerleading camps and clinics.
Coach Ruoff has also attended many cheer camps,
including UCA, NCA, ICF, COA, and Power Cheerleading. She has
recently been working to bring quality cheer camps to the MSU Billings
campus, highlighted each August by one of the largest
cheer camps in the state.
Coach Ruoff has coached private cheer camps since
1990. She always focuses on safety in all areas of
cheerleading. She also stays up-to-date on all MHSA guidelines
and rules and maintains a current NCSSE certification. With her
experience and qualifications, Coach Ruoff has instructed cheer and
pom dance at a dance studio in Billings as well as
around Montana and Wyoming.
Ruoff also worked with the former coordinator of the
East/West Shrine Football Game in overseeing the cheerleaders who
performed at the game.
Coach Ruoff's Cheer Coaching/Instructing Experience:
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1997-present: Head cheer coach at MSU Billings
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COA
Regional Director for Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana
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NCSSE
Certifier
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Lead
Instructor for cheer/stunt internships in Billings and surrounding
areas for junior high, high school and college teams
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Year-round
camp director for cheer camps in Montana and Wyoming
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1996-97: Coached class 4A high school cheer squad
in Alaska. Team received a Superior rating at the Southeast
Tournament in Ketchikan, Alaska
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1995-96: Coached class 4A high school cheer squad
in Alaska. Team received a Superior rating at the Southeast
Tournament in Juneau, Alaska
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1993-95: Coached MSU Billings squad while it was
still an organized student club
Coach Ruoff's Cheerleading Experience:
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1994 Freedom Bowl, Anaheim, California
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1991 National Cheerleading Championships Staff,
Anaheim, California
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1990 USA Spirit Squad, Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii
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1989 Hula Bowl All-Star Squad, Honolulu, Hawaii
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1988 Hula Bowl All-Star Squad, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Cheered for five years at the collegiate level
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Cheered for four years at Shepherd High School
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Cheered for two years at Shepherd Junior High
School
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