Coaches & volunteers

Do you have a bike and time to help? Or maybe just time to help? Or maybe you have neither but really want to share some of your expertise? Whatever it is, we’d love you to be a part of our program. See some options below.

Lots of options. Choose one… Or three.

On the bike

  • Ride leaders
  • Ride support
  • Techniques & skills
  • Race sweep
  • Course marshalls
  • Bike check

To be involved riding and coaching kids on the bike, coaches will need to register us and also with the Georgia Cycling Association which will include a background check.

Code: Sequoyah_High

Off the bike

  • Rider check-in/out
  • Event planning & coordination
  • Practice day activities
  • Race weekend activities
  • Swag
  • Sponsorships
  • First aid

There are tons of other ways to help the team. If you want to volunteer and help with any other activities, there’s no need to sign up as a GCA coach. Simply sign up to be a volunteer and we’ll get you plugged in.

Lots of options. Choose one… Or three.

On the bike

  • Ride leaders
  • Ride support
  • Techniques & skills
  • Race sweep
  • Course marshalls
  • Bike check

Off the bike

  • Rider check-in/out
  • Event planning & coordination
  • Practice day activities
  • Race weekend activities
  • Swag
  • Sponsorships
  • First aid

Ready to help?

On the bike

To be involved riding and coaching kids on the bike, coaches will need to register us and also with the Georgia Cycling Association which will include a background check.

Code: Sequoyah_High

Off the bike

There are tons of other ways to help the team. If you want to volunteer and help with any other activities, there’s no need to sign up as a GCA coach. Simply sign up to be a volunteer and we’ll get you plugged in.

meet the

Leadership team

We have a great team of coaches ready to help your kids to have the best experience possible. They all have a passion for the joy that biking can bring and want to share that passion with others.

GCA Head Coach

Rachel

Rachel has been mountain biking for 10 years and you can find her most weekends riding with her family and friends in the North Georgia mountains.

Rachel has been a coach for the Sequoyah Cycling team for 3 years and was previously Program Lead/mentor for the Little Bellas Woodstock program.

Her passion is getting more kids on bikes and helping riders build confidence, meet new friends, achieve goals, and most importantly – have fun!!

GCA Director

Elicia

Elicia is a veteran mountain biker of 31 years. She has participated in the occasional mountain bike race but her true passion is riding the amazing single track in and around the Southeast USA with her family and friends.

Elicia has been a coach with the Georgia Cycling Association for 5 seasons. She has been involved as a parent, Coach and the Director for Sequoyah Cycling for the 3rd Season. Her son joined GCA/(NICA) with the Blankets Creek Composite team in 2017, and so began the Stewart family’s journey with GCA.

Elicia enjoys riding with the student riders and watching the amazing growth each rider experiences in a season. Her motto is have fun, enjoy the ride, work to achieve “your” goals and every once in a while our rides include a stop for ice cream 🍨.

Director of marketing | L3 coach

SKIP

Skip has been racing on and off since 2000 and coaching since 2014.