What Is Coed Cheer?

Quick answer: coed cheer refers to teams made up of both male and female athletes, as opposed to all-girl teams. Coed and all-girl teams at the same level follow the same skill rules - the difference is team composition, and the style of stunting that composition makes possible.

What Does This Division Mean?

Rather than describing a skill level, "coed" describes team composition. Coed teams compete in their own divisions, so that mixed-gender teams are compared with other mixed-gender teams rather than with all-girl teams that have a different typical strength and stunting profile.

How It Differs From All-Girl Divisions

Under the USASF All Star Cheer Rules (2026–27), the legality rules for each level are the same for coed and all-girl teams - a skill that's legal at Level 4 is legal for both. What differs in practice is how coed teams use their athletes. Coed routines often feature single-based stunts, where one (usually male) base holds a flyer overhead, such as a one-arm cupie or liberty, and coed-style tosses, where a single base tosses the flyer from the ground.

Some rules do mention coed teams specifically. For example, in the international (IASF) divisions, males may make up no more than two-thirds of a coed team.

Division / Governing Body Differences

Whether coed and all-girl are treated as separate divisions, how many male athletes a team needs to count as coed, and how coed elements are scored all vary between governing bodies and event producers. Always check your specific governing body's and event's current rules.

Related Levels

See All-Girl Cheer for the comparison, or the levels hub for the full system.