Nakayla Thompson enters her third year as the Jefferson Forest Head Sideline Cheer Coach.  She is very passionate about Cheer and has been involved her entire life: from recreation cheer in elementary school all the way to the National Football League.

Before coming to JF, Thompson was a volunteer coach at Brookville High School.  She currently works for Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA in Human Resources.

A JF alum, Thompson cheered for the Cavaliers.  She was also a NCAA Division I cheerleader at Radford University from 2014-18, and in 2019, she cheered for the First Ladies of Football, the Washington Football Team Cheerleaders of the N.F.L.

Thompson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Radford University in 2018, and a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources from Liberty University in 2020.

She currently resides in Forest.