Tami Krause, Director & Treasurer

Tami Krause proudly cheered as a Minnesota Vikings Cheerleader for the 1997-1998 season. She has over 30 years of dance training and experience. Tami was named Mrs. Minnesota America in 2003 and finished in the top ten at Mrs. America. She is a national award winning collegiate and high school dance team choreographer and dance team coach. She is a sought after resource and consultant for dance programs, teams and studios around the world. Krause has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, in Dance. She was nominated, by her peers from the Minnesota Association of Dance Team Coaches, into their Hall of Fame and was also honored to be inducted into the United Performing Association Hall of Fame. She is a certified dance judge – sharing her expertise on local, national and international judging panels for dance team, dance studio and pageant competition circuits. Tami has been coaching professionally for over a decade as the Head Coach and Coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Cheerleaders. During that time, Tami has begun youth MVC programs, was artistic director for multiple calendars, has produced halftime productions, assisted in creating the MVC alumni association, formed an alumni team, an all star team, a training program and propelled the MVC into a revenue generating department comparative to the best teams in the NFL. She has also been the the Head Coach and Coordinator of the Minnesota Swarm (NLL) Performance Team since the inaugural season in 2004. Tami has been invited to be a featured presenter and keynote speaker at conferences and conventions nationally and internationally. She is the owner and President of The Diamond Within, Inc. Her proudest accomplishments are being a wife to Aaron (a former MVC Stunt Team Member) and a mother of three sons!