TideSports.com published UA Cheerleading Coach Resigns.
The reason McDowell resigned is unknown, but there has been public tension between the squad and the university after the university decided not to give the squad rings for winning the Universal Cheerleaders Association College National Championship.
Additionally, UA squad members Josh Olson and Jill Honeycutt told The Tuscaloosa News in January that the university had been considering “ground bounding” the squad, which would bar them from performing the flips, tosses and pyramids required for cheer competitions.