Born and raised in Tacoma, WA
Went to Lakes High School - Played 3 sports Football, Wrestling and Track & Field at Lakes High School
Went to Liberty University
- Majored in Coaching and Youth Ministry’s
- Played football and track & field
- 4 time All American
- 2 time small college National Champion
Powerlifting
- 133 World Records
- Numerous American Records - lost
track years ago
- 23 times World Champion
- Set the All Time World Record with the biggest bench press in history with a 1130 bench and did it at the age of 62 which is equal to a bench press of 1575 if I was 30 years younger
- I have coached a multitude of lifters for world records and world championships
- In 2022 I had over 20 lifters ranked in the Top 20 list in their division in the world
Personal Best Lifts -
Bench - 1130 x 1
802.5 x 10
315 x 50
Squat - 1007 x 1
745 x 8
Deadlift - 755 x 3
Coaching Honors
- 30 plus years coaching - only 1 losing
season
- As the head strength coach at UW we had 28 wins. 23 of the wins were 4th quarter come from behind wins
- As the head strength coach at Liberty we only lost a total of 4 games in the month of November during a 10 year span
- As the head strength coach at Liberty I was able to help the team win every conference championship that they have won in the school history
- In 2001 I was the PAC 10 strength coach of the year and finalist for national strength coach of the year
- I was able to assist the baseball program at UW win 4 out of the 5 conference championships that they have won in the school history
- Coached around 10 athletes that are in the NFL Hall of Fame
- Coached many athletes from college to professional sports
- Missing going to the Super Bowl by one year with the Seahawks I almost became the 14th coach to win a FBS National Championship ring in football and receive a Super Bowl ring. I would have been the first coach to win a ring for the Super Bowl, winning a National Championship and receiving a ring for setting the world record.
Coaching History
Liberty University
1983 - 85 - Assist Track Coach
Assist Strength Coach
1986 - Interim Head Track
Assist Strength Coach
1987-88 - Assist Track Coach
Assist Strength Coach
1989-91 - Assist Strength Coach
University of Washington
1991 - 99 - Assist Strength Coach
1999 - 2002 - Head Strength Coach
Seattle Seahawks
2003 -2005 - Assist Strength Coach
Liberty University
2005 - 2018 - Head Strength Coach
Sorinex Equipment Company
2019 - Present - Strength Coach/
Ambassador