NOTE: Aleta Sill and Bob Learn Jr., legends both, are 2016 BJI Top Coaches. Their omission from this list in Clinic the October issue of BJI was due to a regrettable clerical error. So, for this year, call it "102 Top Coaches." Pro Tips And Ball Reviews

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ne thing I think it is important to stress each year we most notably. That is why the “top achievement” he de- run our much-anticipated 100 Top Coaches list is scribes below is such an endearing expression of the love O that it features just that — 100 top coaches, not the he has for what he does. PBA50 champion and Gold coach, top 100 coaches. That is more than a semantic distinction; Mike Dias, explains why he feels that the status of Gold it means that the names listed below rank among the best coach comes with an enhanced sense of responsibility, while coaches in the world today; they are not to be perceived as Matt McNiel, making his debut on this list, offers his vision the best 100 coaches. That said, this year, as is the case every for what makes a “great coach.” year, our selection panel took as its primary objective the The other comments you see below, from the likes of Team desire to assemble a list that reflects the finest talent a given Canada’s Tyrel Rose and Webber International’s Del Warren, year’s field of 100 Top Coaches applicants contains. come from the outstanding presentations they each gave at Which brings to mind the different approach we took to the World Bowling Coach Conference, which was held in presenting this year’s selections. Every year that our panel May at the International Training and Research Center in reviews applications they come across the many impassioned Arlington, Texas. Bowling coaches who have not yet attended statements applicants send in with their information. No one that event are depriving themselves of a galvanizing, instruc- else ever gets to see these statements; they stay in-house. This tive and inspiring experience. I heartily recommend that all year, however, I thought it might be time to give our readers bowling coaches attend that conference in the years to come, a glimpse of the tremendous passion our 100 Top Coaches just as I eagerly welcome them to please apply for our 2017 possess. 100 Top Coaches list. The application form will be available Mark Baker, for instance, has worked with plenty of the on our website, bowlersjournal.com, early next year. greatest bowlers who ever took to the lanes — , — Gianmarc Manzione

100 TOP COACHES

BARBARA COUNCIL-ARMSTEAD Junior Gold champ, Mabel Cummins JIM CALLAHAN Philadelphia, PA , NV 2015 David Dahms Coach of Year MARK BAKER Storm PBA Tour Representative Silver Coach Yorba Linda, CA Coach, Mark Baker Bowling STEVE BARNIQUE DONALD ARMSTEAD II Director, Camp Bakes Clinics Live Oak, TX Philadelphia, PA IBPSIA Master Military Instructor Coach, Erie Lanes DEL BALLARD JR. Member, IBPSIA Board of Directors IBPSIA-certified Technician Keller, TX Silver Coach Storm PBA Tour Representative DIANDRA ASBATY 13-time PBA champion , IL Orange, NSW, Coach, IAB CAROLYN DORIN-BALLARD Coach, IAB 2012 USBC Queens Champion Keller, TX Three-time PBA Player of the Year Students include 2016 Girls’ U15 Former Director, USBC Coaching

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“AT WEBBER, we call the settee area the ‘thinking box’ and the approach the Top ‘playing box.’ We’re one of the fastest teams in the country because our players prepare earlier in the shot process and they trust their training, so they can Bowling just bowl. Most of the time, we’re three frames ahead of everyone. This helps us stay completely oblivious to the other Coaches team; the worst thing we can do is get into a ‘match’ with the other team. Then it becomes about a testosterone match rather than who is going to knock down the most pins.” — Del Warren

TOM BLASCO CHRIS BURNETT MIKE DIAS Satellite Beach, FL Scappoose, OR Lafayette, CO Coach, Shore Lanes Palm Bay Coach, Sunset Lanes 2-time PBA50 Champion Silver Coach Silver Coach GOLD Coach

PARKER BOHN III TOM CARTER JEFF DREYFUS Jackson, NJ Columbus, OH Fort Wayne, IN Member, PBA and Coach, Hilliard Bradley High School Assistant Coach, Tech USBC Halls of Fame Has coached Junior Team USA star, 35-time PBA Champion Brummett Silver Coach Cheektowaga, NY Worldwide coach, JAMES EBELS DAVID BOLT Brunswick Clinics Stanton, MI Champaign, IL 2015 U.S. Open Champion GOLD Coach President, IBPSIA Silver Coach JACK CLEMENTE CHUCK GARDNER Flushing, NY Coach, Charlotte, NC HANK BOOMERSHINE Whitestone Lanes, Brunswick PBA Tour Representative Perry, UT Jib Lanes, Astoria Bowl Silver Coach Former Storm PBA Tour Representative DONNA CONNERS JERI EDWARDS International Coach Houston, TX Akron, OH (Korea) Member, Houston and Former Head Coach, Team USA GOLD Coach TX State Halls of Fame Head Coach, Team Puerto Rico Silver Coach FRED BORDEN RUBEN GHIRAGOSSIAN Akron, OH “MY TOP achievement PAT COSTELLO Lake Wales, FL Former Head Coach, as a coach: The many Orlando, FL International Coach Team USA bowlers who come to GOLD Coach (, Indonesia, Instrumental in establish- me for a lesson before Latvia, , Venezeula) ment of USOC coaching they quit the game. ELYSIA CURRENT Ephrata, PA ONDER GURKAN curriculum They’re all still bowl- Head Coach, Delaware Ankara, Turkey ing today!” FRANK BUFFA State University Chairman, ETBF Montreal, Quebec, Canada — Mark Baker 2015 DSU Coach of Education Committee GOLD Coach the Year Head Coach, Trianka Bowling Academy

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ALEXANDER GURKOV Moscow, Russia Head Coach, Russian National Youth Team Silver Coach “WHAT MAKES a coach truly great? I believe a great coach stays in touch with BRAD HAGEN the sport as it evolves. I love to learn new Huntsville, TX things. I learn something from every lesson Head Coach, Sam Houston State I give, every athlete I work with, at every Silver Coach camp I attend, and in every conversation RON HATFIELD I have. The opportunity to better yourself Pataskala, OH and broaden your horizon always is there.” International Coach (Ukraine; ; — Matt McNiel Lithuania) Head Coach, RKH Coaching Group GOLD Coach

AL HENDERSON MICHAEL KUBACKI Founder, Kuortane Bowling Jacksonville, FL Griffith, IN Training Center Coach, Jax Lanes Head Coach, Calumet College of Former Head Instructor, Finnish Silver Coach St. Joseph Bowling Federation 2013 NAIABCA Coach of the Year RON HOPPE 2013 NCBCA Coach of the Year LOU MARQUEZ Marysville, WA Silver Coach Coach, Metro Bowling & GOLD Coach Resource Center TOM LASKOW Former President, IBPSIA DEREK JAMES Dover, NJ GOLD Coach Wyandanch, NY International Coach (Cyprus) Head Coach, Stony Brook University 2015 Bill Bunetta Lighthouse Award MATT McNIEL Silver Coach Silver Coach Minneapolis, MN Has coached Scott Pohl, Kayla Bandy MIKE JASNAU BOB LEARN JR. Silver Coach Liberty, UT West Palm Beach, FL Coach, National Bowling Stadium Co-founder, Revolutions Coaching MARYFRAN MILBANK Students include , Silver Coach Winter Haven, FL Ryan Ciminelli, Danielle McEwan Coach, Kegel Training Center Silver Coach AVORY ROLLINS LEITCH Silver Coach Jensen Beach, FL KIM KEARNEY Former PWBA standout PEDRO MERANI Former Assistant Coach, Team USA Coach, Superplay USA , Head Coach, North Carolina A&T Bronze Coach World Bowling Ambassador Silver Coach Head Coach, Qatar Bowling Federation MARK LEWIS DENNIS KNEPPER Wichita, KS JIM MERRELL Belleville, IL Assistant Coach, Wichita State University Florence, KY Men’s Head Coach, International Coach Coach, Northwest Lanes McKendree University (United Arab Emirates) IBPSIA Advanced Technician 2016 USBC ITC Champions Three-time NCBCA Women’s Coach Silver Coach Silver Coach of the Year Silver Coach SUSIE MINSHEW CORY KNOP Alvarado, TX Tuscon, AZ TIM MACK Two-time USOC Bowling Coach, Brunswick Camino Seco Bowl , IN Coach of the Year IBPSIA-certified Technician Storm PBA Tour Representative BowlU Skill Development Coach Silver Coach International Coach Bronze and Silver Instructor 70+ International Titles GOLD Coach CHRISTOS KONSTANTAKOPOULOS Skövde, JUHA MAJA COSTAS MITSINGAS Head Coach, Västergötlands Bowling Kuortane, Finland Aradippou, Cyprus Federation Lead Instructor, ETBF Director, Bowl to Win Training Center Silver Coach Coaching Programs GOLD Coach

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AMLETO MONACELLI Aventura, FL Member, USBC and PBA Hall of Fame Co-Founder, Revolutions Coaching

DON MOYER Mt. Pleasant, S.C. GOLD Coach

MICHELLE MULLEN Farmington Hills, MI Coach, Aleta Sill’s Bowling World BJI “Foundation Frame” Columnist GOLD Coach

PAENG NEPOMUCENO Makati City, Philippines Member, USBC Hall of Fame GOLD Coach

DALE NIEMELA Midlothian, VA Co-founder, Next Level Bowling “ASK YOURSELF, what is your MVP — Mission, Values, Philosophy? International Coach (Saudi Arabia) Your mission should not include winning in general, or winning this Silver Coach year. That is not a mission; that is a goal for one year. My mission is to CAROL NORMAN create sustained excellence at an internal level through a holistic athletic Houston, TX approach, coach development and long-term athlete development. Values: Member, USBC Hall of Fame What are the principles that guide you as a person and as a coach? These Silver Coach must be reflected in your culture and will influence your coaching style. Philosophy: This is not about what you want, but about who you are. MICHAEL NYITRAY As a coach, I seek to master all elements of coaching to help my athletes Parkland, FL achieve their potential and their goals, whatever they may be.” Two-time USOC National Development Coach of the Year — Tyrel Rose GOLD Coach IBPSIA Advanced Technician BRYAN O’KEEFE STEPHEN PADILLA Silver Coach O’Fallon, IL Mansfield, TX Director, USBC Coaching Former Assistant Coach, Team USA TYREL ROSE Director of Bowling, McKendree Assistant Coach, Team USA GOLD Coach Montreal, Quebec, Canada University Head Coach, Team Canada GOLD Coach ANDREW PENNY Coaching Excellent Award Coaching Association SHANNON O’KEEFE Stevenage, Hertfordshire, U.K. of Canada O’Fallon, IL GOLD Coach Women’s Head Coach, McKendree VERN PETERSON ROD ROSS University Winter Haven, FL Cedar Hill, TX Silver Coach Pro Shop Manager, Kegel Training Center Head Coach, Team USA GOLD Coach DENNY O’NEILL KAREN PULLMAN Rochester Hills, MI Salt Lake City, UT CHRIS SAND Head Coach, Lake Orion H.S. GOLD Coach Sterling Heights, MI IBPSIA-certified Technician Coach, Turbo Tech Silver Coach JOCHEN REHBEIN Collegiate Expo Lorsch, Germany Bronze Coach ANDY PARKER ETBF Instructor Miamisburg, OH Silver Coach LUCY SANDELIN Head Coach, Centerville H.S. Tampa, FL Silver Coach STEVE RICHTER Member, USBC Hall of Fame Sheboygan, WI Silver Coach

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JACK SCHMID The Villages, FL “AS A GOLD coach, I feel a responsibility to Coach, Spanish Springs Lanes Silver Coach ‘give back’ to the coaching community. In 2015, I was able to do that by teaching my first Bronze CHUCK SCHOMMER certification course. I feel that I can teach other Columbia, SC coaches the art of coaching, to really listen to Coach, Royal Z Lanes each student and meet their needs. There is Silver Coach nothing as sweet as being on the lanes with a student at any skill level who makes an MIKE SHADY Girard, PA improvement that puts a smile on their Coach, Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo face and creates that joy and love for this Coach, Peak Performance Camps great sport. I still feel I learn something Silver Coach from every student I work with.” — Mike Dias ALETA SILL Farmington Hills, MI USBC Hall of Famer Two-time NCBCA Coach of the Year Member, Bowling and Wichita MI State Sports Hall of Famer Silver Coach Sports Hall of Fame Coach, Aleta Sill’s Bowling World GOLD Coach BILL SPIGNER DAVE SILL Vernon Hills, IL JORDAN VANOVER Titusville, FL Head Coach, Vernon Hills H.S. Auburn Hills, MI Coach, Shore Lanes Coach, IAB Silver Instructor USA Bowling Instructor IBPSIA Instructor RICHARD SHOCKLEY GOLD Coach BowlU-certified Coach Loves Park, IL Silver Coach Coach, BowlersMart DEBBIE STEIN Former Team USA coach South River, NJ DEL WARREN Former Kegel coach Coach, Brunswick Zone Carolier Coach and VP, Kegel Training Center GOLD Coach Silver Coach Men’s Head Coach, Webber International BRENT SIMS RANDY STOUGHTON GOLD Coach Lake Wales, FL Lake Wales, FL Coach, Kegel Training Center Women’s Head Coach, Webber RICHARD WILTSE International Coach International University Lake Wales, FL (Dominican Republic) Coach, Kegel Training Center Coach, Kegel Training Center GOLD Coach Assistant Coach, Webber International JOE SLOWINSKI University Budapest, Hungary HARRY SULLINS Silver Coach International Coach (Brazil; Egypt) Chesterfield, MI GOLD Coach Top metro Detroit-area coach SHAWN WOCHNER for more than 25 years Head Coach, University of Wisconsin BRAD SNELL Whitewater Mt. Prospect, IL DANIEL TRISKE JR. 2014 Men’s Kerm Helmer Coach of Silver Coach Minnetonka, MN the Year USA Bowling Coach PETER SOMOFF Coach, Minnesota High School Bowling KEN YOKOBOSKY Tacoma, WA Rockaway, NJ Storm Global Technician Director JIM UBENHOWER Head Women’s Coach, Caldwell College International Coach Broken Arrow, OK Former Team USA Assistant Coach GOLD Coach Coach, Coffee Creek Lanes, GOLD Coach Sheridan Lanes BRETT SPANGLER Silver Coach JOHN YORK Niles, OH New Egypt, NJ Motiv PBA Tour Representative GORDON VADAKIN Head Coach, Wilmington University Wichita, KS Silver Coach GARY SPARKS Head Coach, Wichita State University Vincennes, IN Member, USBC Hall of Fame BILL ZUBEN Head Coach, Vincennes University Member, National Bowling Coaches Largo, FL NJCAA Bowling Coaches Hall of Fame Hall of Fame GOLD Coach

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