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2012 100 Top Coaches

IN 2005, BOWLERS JOURNAL International introduced one of the since. To provide ’s most important initiatives in the magazine’s history. Its genesis can be elite coaches with even traced to a column written nine years earlier by then-Editor Jim Dressel, more exposure, BJI now in which he lamented that he could not name 100 bowling coaches. features two of them each month in a Clinic section BJI has long championed thrives without a core of where recognition was due feature called “Top Tips.” the role of coaches in our qualified men and women — from the youth bowling With that as a prelude, sport. who can teach the basics to ranks to the professional we now present BJI’s “100 A cover story on the beginners and the intrica- level. After a year of plan- Top Coaches” list for topic would follow, accom- cies to advanced players. ning, in 2006, BJI unveiled 2012... panied by a great deal of In 2005, BJI’s editorial its first list of “100 Top discussion in the industry. staff decided the time had Coaches.” An updated list No sport survives and come to give recognition has been issued each year

2012 TOP COACHES

DIANDRA ASBATY FRED BORDEN DOUG DUKES , IL Akron, OH Princess Anne, DE

BARRY ASHER MICHAEL CARON JERI EDWARDS Costa Mesa, CA Carmel, IN Medina, OH

MARK BAKER JEFF COMBS JOHN FANTINI Yorba Linda, CA Milwaukie, OR Vancouver, WA

DEL BALLARD JR. DONNA CONNERS KRISTINA FRAHM Keller, TX Houston, TX Princess Anne, MD

STEVE BARINQUE MICHAEL D’AMBROSIO JOHN GAINES Live Oak, TX Lynbrook, NY Orlando, FL

JASON BELMONTE MIKE DIAS KENDRA GAINES Orange, NSW, Australia Lafayette, CO Orlando, FL

TONY BILELLO III JOHN DILL OSCAR GARNICA Bayville, NJ Wheaton, IL Pasco, WA

TOM BLASCO CAROLYN DORIN-BALLARD ANDRES GOMEZ Satellite Beach, FL Keller, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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2012 TOP COACHES (continued)

JACK GREGORY MARK LEWIS VERNON PETERSON Beavercreek, OH Wichita, KS Lake Wales, FL

BRAD HAGEN RANDY LIGHTFOOT KAREN PULLMAN Huntsville, TX St. Charles, MO Salt Lake City, UT

DEBRA HAGGERTY MICHAEL LUONGO MICHELLE RAKOW Rocklin, CA Howells, NY Smyrna, TN

BILL HALL LOU MARQUEZ STEVE RICHTER , NV Chesterfield, MI Sheboygan, WI

RON HATFIELD ROBERT MAXFIELD II JEANETTE ROBINSON Pataskala, OH Irving, TX Las Vegas, NV

GREGG HELMS JEFF McCORVEY NICK ROCCO Raleigh, NC Owens Cross Roads, AL Dayton, NJ

RON HOPPE JIM MERRELL ROBIN ROMEO Marysville, WA Florence, KY Santa Clarita, CA

RICHARD JACOBSON MARYFRAN MILBANK ROD ROSS Yonkers, NY Winter Haven FL Arlington, TX

DEREK JAMES SUSIE MINSHEW ALAN RUNKEL Farmingdale, NY Alvarado, TX Cincinnati, OH

MIKE JASNAU DON MOYER CARMEN SALVINO Liberty, UT Mt. Pleasant, SC Chicago, IL

MARTY JONES MICHELLE MULLEN LUCY SANDELIN Providence, RI Farmington Hills, MI Tampa, FL

JIM KING JORDAN NASSBERG SCOTT SAVAGE New Braunfels, TX Scottsdale, AZ Lafayette, IN

STEVE KLOEMPKEN CAROL NORMAN CHRIS SCHLEMER Pleasant View, UT Houston, TX Brigham City, UT

PATRICK KNIGHT BRYAN O’KEEFE JACK SCHMID Phoenix, AZ Arlington, TX The Villages, FL

CORY KNOP STEPHEN PADILLA MIKE SHADY Tucson, AZ Mansfield, TX Fairview, PA

MICHAEL KUBACKI ANDY PARKER ALETA SILL Griffith, IN Englewood, OH Farmington Hills, MI

BOB LEARN JR. MISSY PARKIN BRENT SIMS Macomb, MI Lake Forest, CA Lake Wales, FL

DALE LEHMAN GARY PARSONS BRAD SNELL Chicago, IL Suitland, MD Mt. Prospect, IL

DAVID LEVERAGE DAVID PEARSON PETER SOMOFF Peoria, AZ Rochester, MN Tacoma, WA

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2012 TOP COACHES (continued)

CHAD SORCE BRUCE TRES RICK WILTSE West Allis, WI Chicago, IL Lake Wales, FL

GARY SPARKS JIM UMBENHOWER JOHN YORK Vincennes, IN Broken Arrow, OK New Egypt, NJ

BILL SPIGNER GORDON VADAKIN TOM ZERNIA Vernon Hills, IL Wichita, KS West Bend, WI

DEBBIE STEIN JORDAN VANOVER GREGG ZICHA South River, NJ Saginaw, MI Glen Ellyn, IL

RANDY STOUGHTON DEL WARREN BILL ZUBEN Lake Wales, FL Lake Wales, FL Largo, FL

BILL STRAUB JULIE WELLS During BJI’s 100th anniversary year in Lincoln, NE Westerville, OH 2013, we will publish a list of all “Top Coaches” honorees since the initiative’s KIM TERRELL-KEARNEY DON WHITE inception, accompanied by the number Arlington, TX Minneapolis, MN of times each has been selected.

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