I graduated from City Honors H.S. in its first four year graduating class and inducted into the Bennett H.S. Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 for Track and Field(400m, 800m, 1500m). I graduated from Buffalo State College with a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electrical Engineering and inducted into the Buffalo State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992 for Track and Field(400m, 800m, 1500m). I worked for National Grid from January 1983 to May 2020. I began playing Pickleball in September of 2017. I've been playing at Pickleball Island in Grand Island NY since November of 2017. After retiring I began to study Pickleball and applied my coaching principles to instructing pickleball players. I became a Pickleball Coach for USA Pickleball in June of 2023 and a DUPR Pickleball coach in 2025. I enjoy coaching players of all levels on the principles of the game of Pickleball. I've coached over 300 pickleball players from 39 of the 50 United States and 13 Countries.