The BFS Team.

Jim Brown

Clinician/Sales Rep · Missouri

Coach Brown has been using BFS since 1981 and started doing clinics in 1987, and has given more than 600 of them.

Kyle Fiat

BFS Rep and Clinician

Coach Fiat is a passionate proponent of the BFS Total Program and has assisted in implementing it across the entire Baltimore County Public Schools.

Dennis Moon

BFS Mid West Director · Wisconsin

Dennis Moon is currently the BFS Mid West Director.

Nick Goshe

Clinician/Sales Rep

As a player, Coach Goshe hails from the state of Ohio where he was a member of Chardon High School’s 1994 Division II state championship football team. He was named the Division II Defensive Player of the Year in the state of Ohio his senior year, and ended his high school career with an overall record of 44-4. He continued his playing career at Mount Union College, home of the national champion Purple Raider football program, where he lettered his sophomore year and was a part of two national championship football teams. Following his playing career, Coach Goshe began his coaching experience at Mount Union College under the guidance of legendary head coach Larry Kehres.

Beau Johnson

BFS Rep and Clinician

Beau Johnson is committed to helping schools turn their programs around using the BFS Program.

Wade McGee

National Director of Native Programs

Coach Wade McGee is a member of the Cherokee tribe of Oklahoma. He is the son of the late Jerry McGee and Lela (Parrish) McGee of Oklahoma. Wade McGee’s mother, was of the Long Hair Clan of the Cherokee Nation. Wade grew up in Several towns in Oklahoma, maintaining a high GPA and excelling in football, basketball, track, and baseball. In high school, he became the leading rusher in the state, was named to the All Shrine Bowl Team and received the Army Reserve Academic Athlete of the Year award. In 1987 he graduated from Delaware High School in Delaware, Oklahoma.

Rod Mergardt

Professional Development Director

Rod Mergardt joined BFS in 2010 after a long and successful career in public education which included teaching Physical Education at every level K-12, coaching Football as well as both boys and girls Track, Swimming, Diving and Gymnastics. He continues to teach on the faculty of two colleges and is a consultant to school districts. Through his thirty-three years as a school district administrator of Health, Physical Education and Athletics he has gained an appreciation of what BFS can contribute to the youth of our country.

Laura Rowbotham

BFS Rep and Clinician

Laura has unique insight into the power of the BFS Total Program and shares that daily with tens of thousands of fans on social media

Chad Blevins

BFS Rep and Clinician

Bachelor's and Master's from BYU in Exercise Science

Jeff Scurran

BFS Clinician and Rep

Jeff Scurran has turned around five losing programs and put them into Playoffs within his Second Year.

Kam Shepherd

Clinician and Sales Rep

As a senior clinician Coach Shepherd has made a difference the lives of thousands of high school students both on and off the field of play. He takes pride in the fact that BFS works and loves to spread that message!

Tom Wilson

Clinician/Sales Rep

Coach Wilson, was named Athlete of the Year in High School and went on to earn a Master's Degree in Physical Education and Athletics.

Tom Sullivan

BFS Clinician and Rep

Coach Sullivan has coached high school sophomores to USA Powerlifting National Championship in 242 lb. weight class setting three National records.

Roeland Brateanu

Clinician/Sales Rep

(Due to NCAA regulations, Roeland is not allowed to do any clinics at this time.)

Dr. Peter Gorman

Graduate New York Chiropractic College; Now the President of Microgate USA

Dr. Peter Gorman is currently working with BFS Inc. developing the Child's Right to Symmetrical and Coordinated Growth project. He has brought together a team of leaders in the field of movement, sport and injury recovery, and prevention that will enable this project to positively impact the lives of youth across the nation.

Mark McKown

Mark McKown has over 25 years of experience working with NBA athletes, 21 of those as Director of Sports Science, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and Player Development Coach for the Utah Jazz. McKown became the franchise’s first full-time strength-and-conditioning coach on September 29, 1997.

Deborah U. Waters, M.D.

Sports Medicine Consultant to Central Consolidated School District

Dr. Waters has had an expansive career in athletics on a wide variety of sports and levels of involvement. She served in the USAF at a variety of posts including Developing Aerobic Exercise Program for USAF Pararescue Program, Lackland, AFB, Texas.

Dr. Anne Shadle

BFS Clinician and Rep

Dr. Anne Shadle is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, with a B.S. in Exercise Science. Shadle was a member of the Huskers’ national powerhouse track and field team. She was an NCAA National Champion in both the indoor mile and the outdoor 1500 meters, a two-time All-American, a three-time Big 12 Champion, an eight-time All Big 12 Conference Team member, a four-time Big 12 All-Academic Team member, and still holds three Nebraska school records. Following graduation, Shadle ran three years professionally for Reebok and competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials. Throughout her high school career, Shadle trained under the Bigger, Faster, Stronger model which she believes helped to stay healthy throughout her career and also gave her the foundation for building her athletic career.

Dr Ernie Rimer

Director of Sport Science; University of Utah Athletics

Dr Ernie Rimer is in the 17th year of his career working in collegiate, Olympic, and professional sport. He currently serves the University of Utah Athletics as Director of Sports Science. Over the course of his career, he has served athletes from nearly two-dozen different sports. Beyond his professional role at Utah Athletics, he is a Ph.D. student in Utah’s Department of Exercise & Sports Science. His research focuses on novel applications that can increase sports performance and enhance rehabilitation. Rimer received his master’s degree in education in 2006 and his bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2004. He was also a BFS athlete in high school. Rimer and his wife Alyssa reside in Salt Lake City, Utah. They share two daughters, Veronika and Layla, and a son, Max.

Dr. William Brechue

Professor of Physical Education

Dr. William Brechue is a Professor of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy at West Point NY. In this role he serves as the Director of the Center for Physical Development Excellence (the department’s research center) and program director of the Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree program. Previous academic appointments include the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma (2006), the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University (1995-2002) and at the University of Florida College of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1987-1993) and Department of Medicine (1993-1995). Prior to completing his doctoral work Dr. Brechue taught grade school and high school Mathematics and Physical Education.

Dr. Alina Fong, Ph.D.

Alina K. Fong received her Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology with an emphasis in neuroradiology from Brigham Young University.

Dr. Drew vonLintel, PhD

Drew vonLintel is a physical education teacher at Hillside Middle School in Salt Lake City School District. He is from Helena, Montana. He has a B.A from Northern Arizona University and a PhD in Adapted Physical Education from the University of Utah. In 2011 he accepted an Adapted Physical Education teaching position (4 years) in Salt Lake City School District. He is now a physical education teacher at Hillside Middle School where his program focuses on lifetime fitness activities, fitness and conditioning, fundamental skills of movement, and strength training for athletics.

Dr. Scott Burkhart, Ph.D.

Dr. Scott Burkhart is a neuropsychologist trained in clinical concussion management and treatment. Dr. Burkhart completed his concussion fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Sports Concussion Program. Prior to his fellowship training, Dr. Burkhart completed a residency at Tewksbury Hospital in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Dr. Burkhart completed his graduate and undergraduate training in psychology at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

Dr. Henry Kamin

Dr. Henry Kamin is board certified in Internal Medicine and is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. He is the Medical Director of Hudson Valley Community Services Clinic, a division of United Cerebral Palsy.

Kevin Barr

Kevin Barr has spent over 20 years as a strength coach working with athletes at the highest level of sports. He brings an invaluable insight into working with maturing bodies to the BFS Advisory board that can only help with their goal to affect positive change in school-age youth.

Bob Rowbotham

Founder/Consultant

Coach Bob Rowbotham has been with BFS since 1979.

Rick Bojak1951 - 2017

Advanced Clinician/Sales Rep

Since our early years, BFS magazine has featured many articles sharing the wisdom and accomplishments of BFS Clinician Rick Bojak. Bojak was a class act who inspired countless young men and women to succeed in not just sports, but academics. This article means to go a step further and celebrate not just Coach Bojak’s accomplishments, but also his life.

Bob Bozied

Advanced Clinician/Sales Rep

Coach Bozied is currently the head football coach at W.C. Hinkley High School in Colorado.

Ray Cosenza

Clinician/Sales Rep

Coach Cosenza is the athletic director and head football coach at Fitchburg High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Paula Davis

Clinician/Sales Rep

Coach Paula Davis joined the BFS team in 2008. Her father, Paul, was in the military, and Davis was born in Frankfurt, Germany. She came into this world with the tremendous challenge of being born with cerebral palsy, which delayed her from walking until the age of two. When she was in the sixth grade, her father retired in Laquey, Missouri. Davis graduated in 1980 with honors from Laquey High School, a 2A school where for all four years she played varsity basketball, volleyball and softball and was a cheerleader.

Bob Doyle

Coach Doyle, was a coach at Hiram College for seven years and has been a coach at Chardon High School for 22 years.

Doug Ekmark

Coach Ekmark has a history of turning programs around and developing winning traditions fast - He averaged 8 wins a year at Park High School in Minnesota as their head football coach.

Jeff Sellers

Jeff Sellers has amassed an impressive resume.

Lance Neven

Alabama / East Coast

When he was 22 years old, Coach Neven was the youngest high school head coach in Alabama.

Mike Glennie

Clinician/Sales Rep

Coach Glennie is the Head Football Coach at Saline High School in Saline, Michigan.

Steve Price

Clinician

Clinician, Steve Price, is a Teacher and Coach at Trinity Christian School in Dublin, Georgia.