Honors
• 2024 NAIA National Coach of the Year
• 2022 NAIA National Coach of the Year
Coached 9 national-championship teams
• 2024 National Cheerleaders Association, advanced large coed NAIA division
• 2022 NAIA
• 7 national championships in the NCA, the UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) and
the WSA (Worldwide Spirit Association) while at New Orleans high schools
Notable
• The 2025-26 academic year is his:
— 10th at XULA
— Seventh as the school's varsity competitive cheer head coach
— 18th as a cheer coach
— 14th as a choreographer
• Led XULA to top-6 finishes at NAIA nationals each of the past five seasons:
— Second place in 2025
— Second place in 2024
— Sixth place in 2023
— NATIONAL CHAMPION in 2022
— Fifth place in 2021
• Caston's 2022 XULA team:
— Won XULA's first NAIA national team championship in any sport
— Scored a then-meet-record 93.70 points out of 100
— Was 33-0 — XULA's first unbeaten team since men's basketball's 29-0 in 1940-41
• Coached XULA in 2025 to a record of 35-3 (.921) in five competitions
• Coached XULA in 2024 to a record of 54-2-1 (.956) in nine competitions
• XULA's second-round score of 99.00 at 2025 NAIA nationals was
the highest one-round score in meet history
• XULA's final score of 97.39 at 2025 NAIA nationals was
the second highest in meet history
• Finalist for Allstate Sugar Bowl's Collegiate Coach of the Year for Louisiana, 2021-22
• Coach of XULA cheer team (club level) in 2017-18 and 2018-19 before the
March 2019 announcement of competitive cheer
• Has nationwide experience as a cheer and dance clinician
• Experienced in coaching all-star levels one through six
• Approximately two dozen of his alumni joined cheer teams
at the collegiate level and/or became staff members in the UCA or NCA
• 2024 member of the NAIA Competitive Cheer Executive Committee
• XULA's deputy chief inclusion officer; promoted to that position in December 2023
• An experienced grant writer
Favorites
Food: Crawfish
Candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni, spinach and sausage
Ice cream flavor: Blue Bell Moo-llennium Crunch
Cake: Buttercream
Flower: Pansy
Color: Purple
Vacation destination: Seuss Landing at Universal Orlando Resort
