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Podcast: BE THAT 1% Podcast
Episode: Leadership Under Pressure with 20x National Championship Coach Amanda Gaines | University of Minnesota Dance
Description: Coach Amanda Gaines has been a part of the Gopher dance team for 19 years. First as an athlete from 2005-2009, then as an assistant coach from 2009-13, and then as the head coach.
Gaines became the head coach in April 2013 and held that role until March 2017. After taking some time off, she resumed that role in 2020.
During her tenure, Gaines helped the Gophers to a national championship as an athlete (2006), eight national championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) as an assistant coach, and 10 titles as the head coach in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
In all, Minnesota has won 23 dance national titles...