Started Elevate Athletics to provide focused basketball athletic training and consulting services.Strive to help athletes realize and maximize strengths, improve on weaknesses, develop confidence and an overall understanding of the game.Responsible for marketing, scheduling, organizing and building components of training programs and private lessons.

Assist the head coach with overall organization, coaching, skill development and supervision of basketball student athletes.Aid the head coach with practice and game preparation, scouting, monitoring student-athletes’ advancements in the classroom, and accomplishing other administrative duties as assigned.Model sports-like behavior and maintain appropriate conduct towards players, officials, and spectators.

Responsible for more than 50 different athletic programs. Organized roster formation, coach selection, practice and game scheduling, records and post season program evaluations. Prepared and managed budgets for these programs. Coordinated and scheduled thousands of games annually as well as logistics for hundreds of teams at multiple facilities. Staffed game officials and support personnel for all programs at Sylvania Recreation. Increased program participation for adult softball leagues by 50 teams within the first year on the job. Created the Sylvania Celtics Basketball Program which grew to 90 participating teams in Sylvania Recreation basketball leagues. Developed policies and procedures to conduct background checks on all volunteer coaches. Conducted meetings and training seminars for all volunteer coaches using the Positive Youth Sport Coaching Philosophy supported by the National Alliance of Youth Sports. Coordinated several local, regional, and national tournaments with participation ranging from 20 teams to 90+ teams. Administered multiple competitive teams including the Mavericks and Fusion programs. Selected and trained coaches, developed try-out standards, conducted try-outs, maintained effective documentation to justify results, kept results true to the standards, scheduled competitive tournaments to develop teams and athletes, introduced weekly communication forums with coaches, developed new methods for the handling of finances for the programs, developed new methods for fundraising that increased revenue for the teams, found and secured practice facilities for teams during the conditioning season, and supported coaches and athletes.Ran the Home School Physical Education program for several years, providing P.E. credits to students that were not in the public school system.Effectively used a defibrillator and conducted CPR in a crisis situation.

Coached freshmen, junior varsity, and varsity basketball.Compiled an overall record of 203-63 and a league record of 145-27.Won 8 League Championships in 12 years. Stressed the importance of a strong work ethic, discipline, and passion necessary to excel in daily life. Provided a positive example to all players.