Meridian native and former Ole Miss Rebel cheerleader Bailey Swearingen Gibson begins her second year as cheerleader coach at East Central Community College. She began her new duties with the Warrior Cheerleading Team following the completion of the 2021 football season. Gibson has been the college’s Warrior Wellness Coordinator since August 2020.

Gibson is a graduate of Northeast Lauderdale High School and helped cheer the Trojans to three state high school cheer championships.

After graduation, she continued her academic and cheerleading career at the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of the Rebel Coed Cheer Team for three years, earning the Chucky Mullins Cheerleading Award during the 2018-19 school year. She was also a member of the Ole Miss Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She graduated from Ole Miss with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a minor in education.

Gibson previously has worked as a cheerleading instructor at East Mississippi Cheerleading in Meridian and as a fitness instructor, also in Meridian. She is an ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified Group Fitness Instructor.

Gibson and her husband, Cade, reside in Clarkdale