Chloe White, a former standout student-athlete at Quinnipiac University and member of a prominent family in acrobatics & tumbling, was named the fourth head coach in Azusa Pacific program history in June of 2026.
White assumed leadership of one of the sport's "Original Six" programs -- alongside Oregon, Quinnipiac, Baylor, Fairmont State, and Maryland --in a discipline created in 2011 that has rapidly expanded nationwide and recently achieved NCAA championship status.
A southern California native, White competed four years at Qunnipiac, located in Hamden, Conn., and then served as an assistant coach during the 2025 season under Quinnipiac's legendary head coach Mary Ann Powers. She returned to California in the summer of 2025 to continue her work in the region as an acrobatics instructor and tumbling coach.
White's collegiate competitive career began in 2022 after the COVID-affected 2021 season was wiped out. She quickly made an impact, helping Quinnipiac to 3 consecutive NCATA national semifinal appearances and a 19-8 record over a 3-year span. She earned NCATA Inversion Pyramid National Champion honors as a 2023 junior for the Bobcats.Â
White brings deep roots in the acrobatics & tumbling community. Her sister, Chelsea, was a two-time NCATA All-American and national champion at Oregon before serving as a head coach at Gannon University and late at the University of Oregon. Another sister, Chandler, was an All-American at Oregon.
White trained in competitive cheer at California Flyers and attended William S. Hart High School in Santa Claritia, Calif. She graduated from Quinnipiac with a degree in health sciences, and was named to the NCATA Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.
At age 24, White joins a tradition of young head coach at Azusa Pacific, including former baseball coach Tom Hicks (1980 - a pair of NAIA World Series appearance in 3 years) and Danielle Jorgenson (1994 - 5 20-win seasons in 8 years including 26 in 2000, then the second-most in program history), both of whom were just 24 when they took over their respective Cougar programs.
