Our Coaches.
The Urban Technique staff are educated weekly on new drills, techniques, pedagogy and safety. We often collaborate on athletes in and out of the gym to insure we are developing each athlete to the best of our ability. The owner, Angela Urban, personally trains each staff member to help aid in continuity of training techniques. We strive for consistency!
All coaches are college aged or above and are held to a high standard. We continue to educate ourselves on best practices. If we expect our athletes to improve, then we too should expect to improve our craft as coaches.
Angela Urban
Coaches all tumbling skills and up to level 4 gymnastics bars, beam, and vault. Works floor and beam dance elements as well.
Founder & Head Coach
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Angela is originally from Georgia where she was a gymnast for 10 years at the Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta and competitive cheerleader for 8 years in high school, United Stingrays/Stingray All-stars, and Kennesaw State University where she won NCA College Nationals 2x and was a 5x all-American. She was on the inaugural Stingray All-stars Orange team.
She has coached for 25 years in several gymnastics based disciplines. Her career started as a youth gymnastics coach and personal fitness trainer in her teens and college years. After graduating from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a degree in Exercise Science, she landed the the assistant coaching position for Acrobatics & Tumbling at the University of Oregon where she remained for 5 years. She then took the assistant coaching role at Baylor University where she was for an additional 5 years. Her teams won a combined 9 National Team Titles. Angela was responsible for the tumbling events. Her athletes brought home over 50 national event titles in her tenure. She is still heavily involved with collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling serving as the Education Coordinator and National Tournament Director for the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA). Angela also has a Masters Degree in Sport Management from West Virginia University.
Angela moved to PA in 2019 where she started a family and Urban Technique. It continues to take shape since its inception in July 2022. She has 2 preschool aged sons, and Urban Technique is her 2nd full time job :)
Hannah Chrisman
Coaches all tumbling skills through twisting and specialties.
​Hannah just landed a position as the Head Coach for Acrobatics & Tumbling at Westminster University here in PA. She serves there in a dual role as a sport psychology consultant for the student-athletes. Hannah has a high school competitive cheerleading background (Norwin and HotCheer) and competed at the collegiate level at Baylor University for the Acrobatics & Tumbling team for 4 years. Angela recruited her to Baylor during her coaching tenure and coached her for her freshman season. She works at Urban Technique when she is able to add hours!
Brandy Duren
Coaches all tumbling skills through twisting and specialties.
Brandy comes to us having most recently coached Acrobatics & Tumbling at the collegiate level where she was the head coach at Arizona Christian University and Gannon University. She coached at the collegiate level for 8 years. Brandy competed Acrobatics & Tumbling (A&T) at the U of Oregon for 4 years, 3 of which she was coached by Angela. She has a high school and competitive cheer background where she trained and grew up in Eugene, Oregon.
Nicole Pasqualino
Coaches all tumbling skills through twisting and specialties.
Nicole comes to us with over 17 years coaching experience. She was a former team coach at HotCheer Allstars, a gym (now closed) here in PA (she coached our coaches Hannah, Megan, Gabby and Shelby coach during their HotCheer tenures). Nicole works for Duquesne University in the law school. She has been involved in cheerleading since age 8.
Megan Anderson
Coaches all tumbling skills through layouts.
Megan has been coaching for 17 as a tumbling instructor and cheer coach at various levels. She cheered 2 years at Penn State Behrend and took over as coach for her final 2 years. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Manufacturing Management. She works as a Product Engineer for Leybold in the Scientific Vacuum Division. Megan coached alongside Nicole at HotCheer Allstars here in PA. She also currently serves as the Gateway High School Cheer coach.
Angelina Barclay
Coaches all tumbling skills through layouts.
Angelina attends the University of Pittsburgh and works at Urban Technique during the summer and school breaks. She is on the Pitt Club Cheer team and she is studying rehabilitation science and physical therapy. She has been a competitive and sideline cheerleader for 12 years and have been coaching youth cheer and tumbling for 3 years. She was an athlete at Urban Technique prior to graduation.
Shelby Harris
Coaches all tumbling skills through fulls.
Shelby works as a registered nurse and was a cheerleader for 18 years between all-star competition, high school, and college. She also competed in Olympic style weightlifting for a few years and currently helps coach a special needs cheerleading team. She has her B.S. in nursing from Edinboro University, recently earned her MSN and is working on her MBA.
Carly Henderson
Coaches all tumbling skills through layouts.
Carly is a former Penn Trafford cheerleader and one of Angela's former private lesson clients, training under her for 2 years. She has been coaching at Urban Technique for 2 years, recently graduated from cosmetology school and is working full-time in that field.
Gabby Leslie
Coaches all tumbling skills through layouts.
Gabby is a student at the University of Pittsburgh and works at Urban Technique during the summer and school breaks. She is in the business school majoring in Marketing and earning a certificate in Entrepreneurship. Gabby has cheered since the age of 7 and began all-star cheer competing with gyms including Legend Athletics, HotCheer Allstars, and Rain Athletics. She cheered at Penn-Trafford High School for 4 years, both on the sideline and competitive teams. She's on the University of Pittsburgh’s sideline and competitive cheer teams. Gabby trained under Angela for 2 years prior to taking a coaching position at Urban Technique.
Sarah Sabol
Coaches all tumbling skills through layouts.
Sarah is originally from Kentucky and began recreational gymnastics at the age of 8 which quickly moved into competitive power tumbling. She competed on a power tumbling team from ages 10-15. In high school, played volleyball and continued playing in college. Sarah remained involved in tumbling at her home gym for conditioning during the volleyball off season. Sarah is a full time mom to 3 young kiddos.
Addison Toy
Coaches all tumbling through twisting and specialties.
Addison has a coaching and competitive background in all-star cheer at Fire and Ice and Twist and Shout Academy. He competed on World's teams and is experienced in coaching all tumbling levels. He specializes in the upper level tumbling. Addison is also an emergency department nurse by day!