Troy Allen joined LIU cheerleading as head coach in August 2023.
Allen brings years of experience and a championship-winning mentality to LIU, having spent the previous 15 years working in the cheerleading industry.
Allen worked with Varsity Spirit as an instructor for UCA and in the corporate office as a university relations account manager. He also had served as coordinator of athletic spirit groups and head cheerleading coach at the University of Mississippi.
During his tenure at Ole Miss, Allen led the Ole Miss All Girl team to a Division 1A All Girl Gameday national championship in 2022.
He has coached incredible athletes along the way, with each of his teams — at the high school and college levels — making finals and placing extremely well. Â
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Allen is a 2013 graduate of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colo., where he earned a bachelor's degree in sports management.
In addition to serving as a key member of the Mavericks cheerleading team, he was also an athletic administration intern, assisting the associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at CMU in gameday and daily office settings.
