Distance Learning Faculty

Dr. Marty K. Avant

Email: mkavant@ussa.edu

Dr. Avant earned both his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and his Masters of Education in Counseling from the University of South Carolina. In addition, he has completed post-graduate study in counseling from The Citadel and is certified in sports counseling by the National Institute of Sports. Dr. Avant received his Doctorate in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy and is a member of the National Faculty and Distance Learning Faculty. He is presently an elementary school Guidance Counselor and coaches both the varsity baseball and football teams. For the past twelve years, Dr. Avant has been coaching at the recreational, middle school, and high school levels. He is also an adjunct professor at Williamsburg Technical College and is actively involved in water sports. In his free time he teaches water skiing and wakeboarding.

Dr. Lawrence Bestmann

Email: bestmann@ussa.edu

Dr. Bestmann, world-renowned for his contributions to gymnastics, continues his long relationship with the United States Sports Academy as a distance learning and adjunct professor. He received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Florida State University while a member of the Seminoles' national championship gymnastics team. For years Dr. Bestmann coached high school gymnastics in Florida and California and later started a gymnastics team at the University of Puerto Rico, as well as a national gymnastics program for the Kingdom of Bahrain. He has taught in Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia and was elected to the World Acrobatics Society for his contributions to international gymnastics. Dr. Bestmann received his Ph. D in Health and Physical Education from the University of Utah.

Dr. Craig Bogar

Email: cbogar@ussa.edu

Dr. Bogar has been a member of the faculty since 2007 and has served as the Dean of Student Services, the Assistant Dean of Administration and Finance, and the Director of Administration. He has taught courses for the Academy in the Kingdoms of Bahrain and Thailand. Bogar currently works in the College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama as a Project Coordinator for Pre-Doctoral Training. He also serves on the adjunct faculties of the American Public University System and the University of Southern New Hampshire.

Prior to the Academy, Bogar was a college athletics director at Loyola University-New Orleans and the University of Mobile. He also coached swimming and track respectively at those institutions. He has also worked as a college recreation/intramurals director. Bogar was voted the Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), in 2002-2003, and was voted the Southeast Region Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. Bogar has a bachelor's degree from Bryant University, in Rhode Island, where he was swim team captain and received the Scholar-Athlete Graduation Award. He has a master's degree from the University of Maryland and his doctorate from the Academy.

Dr. Anthony Borgese

Email: aborgese@ussa.edu

Dr. Borgese is Chair of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality with the City University of New York at Kingsborough Community College. His interest lies in teaching and research within the field of entrepreneurship, and he is involved in Work Force and Economic Development projects that serve the greater New York City area. .He has served as a consultant for various businesses in his native, Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Borgese has a BA in Philosophy from Brooklyn College, an MBA from Baruch College, and received his Doctorate in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy.

Dr. Michael L. Culpepper

Email: mculpepp@ussa.edu

Dr. Culpepper has had a successful career of teaching, coaching, training, and research. He earned his Ed. D. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alabama in 1981. He has a master’s in physiology/biophysics from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and a bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry from UAB. Dr. Culpepper also has a certificate of advanced study in education from UAB and a State of Alabama Certification in Educational Administration from the University of Montevallo. Dr. Culpepper has been associated with the United States Sports Academy since 1987 and has taught the Academy’s Sport Coaching Certification Program in Thailand and Malaysia. He has coached softball, basketball, football, tennis, and baseball and officiated in football and baseball. He has worked as a consultant and an assistant professor in the areas of health, physical therapy, and biomechanics and is a widely-published researcher in areas related to sports medicine.

Dr. Dexter J. Davis

Email: ddavis@ussa.edu

Dr. Davis is an assistant professor of sport management at Niagara University, where he has served for six years. A graduate of the United States Sports Academy’s Doctor of Education in Sport Management program, Dr. Davis previously was an assistant professor and curriculum coordinator for business technologies/sports management at Alfred (NY) State College. A former soccer coach, Dr. Davis is the Northeast Regional Chair of the NJCAA All-American Selection Committee for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. A former volunteer emergency medical technician, Davis also made presentations on sports marketing and leadership.

Dr. Stan Drawdy

Email: sedrawdy@ussa.edu

Dr. Drawdy has over 30 years experience as an administrator, teacher, and football coach in South Carolina where he served on many athletic committees and boards including the South Carolina Football Coaches Association, South Carolina Athletic Administrators Association, South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He also had the honor of coaching in both the 1999 North-South All-Star game and the 2004 Shrine Bowl. Dr. Drawdy has a bachelor’s degree in psychology/education from Francis Marion University, a master’s degree in elementary education from Francis Marion University and a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Les Dutko

Email: ldutko@ussa.edu

Dr. Dutko has worked as a Nationally Certified (ATC) and Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) in the traditional setting as a high school, college, professional indoor football athletic trainer, and in the non-traditional setting as a co-founder of a free standing sports medicine clinic, and as a Corporate/Occupational Athletic Trainer. He has worked with athletes of all sports and the physically active of all ages and skill levels in preventing, evaluating, treating, and rehabilitating injuries of all types and severity. Dr. Dutko currently is the Head Athletic Trainer for the highly competitive Saint James School a private college prep school located 60 miles West of Washington DC, and provides freelance sports medicine coverage for athletic events at all levels.  He has taught Health/Physical Education for 25 years at the high school level and has coached and played several sports including, football, wrestling, baseball, track & field, and soccer. Dr. Dutko earned his B.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, M.S. degree from West Virginia University, and his Doctorate Ed.D from the United States Sports Academy. He holds his ATC from the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification and his LAT from the Board of Medicine of Virginia and from the Board of Physicians of Maryland.

Dr. Stephen Juaire

Email: sjuaire@ussa.edu

Dr. Juarie received a Ph. D in Motor Behavior Dr. Juarie received a Ph. D in Motor Behavior at Florida State University, after several years of working as a head coach, certified athletic trainer, instructor in first aid, and water safety instructor. In 1975 he was hired to coach women's gymnastics and softball at his alma matter, Winona State University in Minnesota, where he led the softball team to the NAIA College World Series and the gymnastics team to two national championships. After retiring from coaching, he worked as an athletic director, helping WSU change from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. Dr. Juaire received his Bachelor’s of Science and Master of Science degree from WSU.

Dr. Roch King

Email: rking@ussa.edu

Dr. King received his Ph.D. in psycho-socio interactions in sport from Temple University. He has served as a faculty member at Bloomsburg, University of Pennsylvania, Ball State University, the University of Indianapolis, and at the United States Sports Academy where he also served as the Chair of Sport Coaching. At Ball State, he coordinated the graduate coaching program. At Bloomsburg, he taught courses and served as head coach for men's swimming, while also establishing the men’s and women’s water polo clubs. In 2000 he was named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. He currently is coaching with Carmel Swim Club and Carmel High School in Central Indiana. Dr. King recently completed a three-year term on the executive board of the National Council for the Accreditation of Coaching Education, during which he served one year as president. He recently celebrated his 30th year of coaching. He competes in volleyball and masters swimming.

Dr. Richard Leonard

Email: rleonard@ussa.edu

Dr. Leonard spent several years as a collegiate volleyball coach, building successful programs at Georgia State, St. Louis University, and North Florida, while teaching business as an adjunct professor. He has taught classes in entrepreneurship, all levels of management, and a range of marketing classes. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Business Administration and Accounting at Flagler College in Tallahassee, FL. Over the past 14 years, Dr. Leonard has written numerous articles in the field of sports administration. These articles (published by the American Volleyball Coaches Association - the governing body of the sport) encompass every aspect of sports management including (but not limited to) planning, organization, human resource management and strategic management. His main focus over the past four years has been publishing textbooks. His second textbook, The Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching (2008), was published by International Center for Performance Excellence – Fitness Information Technology at West Virginia University. Dr. Leonard has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Robert Morris University, an MBA in management from Florida Metropolitan University-Tampa College, and a Ph.D. in administration and management from Walden University. He has certifications in strategic management and leadership from the American Management Association, as well as certifications in professional learning, collaborative learning, and classroom management.

Dr. Donna Nathlar

Email: dnathlar@ussa.edu

Dr. Nathlar, a professor of anatomy and physiology for 15 years and Department Chair of Associated Health Sciences at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a 1995 graduate of the United States Sports Academy’s doctoral program. She also earned a master’s degree in Sports Medicine at the Academy in 1991. Dr. Nathlar graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. She earned her graduate degrees and started teaching at the collegiate level while she was teaching physics, chemistry, and physical science at Conway (SC) High School, where she was also the cheerleader sponsor and worked with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Dr. Tim Newman

Email: tjnewman@ussa.edu

Dr. Newman is currently an associate professor at York College of Pennsylvania. Heearned his doctorate in sport management at the United States Sports Academy (1999), his master’s degree in education at the University of Virginia (1995) and his bachelor’s degree from Towson State University (1994). As a member of the United States Sports Academy’s National Faculty, Dr. Newman works with distance learning students and has taught courses in Botswana, Malaysia and Thailand. He actively contributes his time to a variety of community projects and volunteer programs each year. Dr. Newman writes a weekly blog (http://www.thesportmanagementeducator.com) and his primary areas of research include marketing, new media, social networking and issues related to leadership.

Dr. Arthur Ogden

Email: aogden@ussa.edu

Dr. Arthur G. Ogden has served in education for over forty-five years as a vice president of academic affairs, a head football coach at the high school, junior college, and collegiate levels, an athletic director at the high school and collegiate levels, a dean of liberal arts, a graduate dean, and a college president. He has taught in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Middle East and in Botswana on the African Continent, as well as in Jamaica. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Caribbean School of Sport Science at the University of Technology-Jamaica. A native of Miami, Florida, Dr. Ogden earned his bachelor's degree from LaSalle University, his master's degree from the University of Delaware, and his doctor of philosophy degree from Walden University. His dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy of education won the coveted Dilley Award for Outstanding Dissertation of the Year in 1995 and is in the Library of Congress. He is also a member of the Alpha Epsilon Honor Society and has taught sports management for over a decade. In addition, he has coached football at the collegiate level for over 12 years and has served as Athletics Director at the collegiate level for over 10 years.

Dr. Ken Reed

Email: kreed@ussa.edu

Dr. Reed is a veteran sports management and sports studies instructor. He has taught at the University of Denver, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and for the last three years has served on the United States Sports Academy’s Distance Learning Faculty.

As a long-time sports marketing and communications consultant, Reed has completed a wide variety of projects for sports industry executives, including the Philadelphia Eagles, Invesco Field at Mile High, National Pro Fastpitch, the NHL All-Star Game, PGA Golf Watch, Colorado Golf Association, Rick Smith Golf Institute, PE4life, the Colorado Rapids, and the Atlanta Hawks.

He has also served as Director of the Center for the Advancement of Physical Education (CAPE) for PE4life and was a founding partner of SportsHD Productions, a high-definition sports television production company. Throughout his career, Reed has played key roles for Denver’s Organizing Committee for the Men’s NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, the Denver Baseball Commission, and the Rocky Mountain Rookie League.

Reed holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing/finance from the University of Denver, a master’s degree in management (emphasis sports management) from Colorado State University, and a doctorate in sports administration (emphasis sports policy) from the University of Northern Colorado. He lettered in baseball and basketball at the University of Denver.

He is also a freelance writer, having published numerous articles and columns in newspapers and magazines around the country, including The New York Times. Presently, he is a regular columnist for Mile High Sports magazine. Reed has published a sports novel for young readers entitled Sara’s Big Challenge, and is currently working on a biography of Phil Lawler, the passionate leader of the fitness-based physical education movement.

Dr. Dale Reeves

Email: dreeves@ussa.edu

Dr. Reeves, who has coached football, basketball and softball at the scholastic level for 35 years, obtained his Doctor of Sport Management degree from the United States Sports Academy in 2002. He received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in education from the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Reeves has been named region Coach of the Year in basketball four times, with a high school coaching record of 315-152, three Upper State championships and one Lower State championship. He also has two Lower State championships in softball and has served on the Executive Board of the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association for eight years. He was president of the board in 2001.

Dr. Donn C. Renwick

Email: drenwick@ussa.edu

Dr. Renwick, who now lives in Trophy Club, Texas, was Dean of the College at the United States Sports Academy in 1986 and served as Chair of Sports Management prior to that. A former football coach and athletic director in Porterville, Calif., he earned his Ph. D in education administration/supervision and curriculum at Florida State University. Dr. Renwick earned his master’s degree in education and bachelor’s in history at Stanford University.

Dr. Tim Rice

Email: trice@ussa.edu

Dr. Rice has been in higher education for over 15 years at colleges across the country. He has also been a head college sport coach for over 10 years. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from the University of Mobile, a Master of Sport Science degree in Sport Management from the United States Sports Academy, and a Doctor of sports Management degree in Sport Management/Human resource Management for the United States Sports Academy.

In addition to his USSA teaching responsibilities, Dr. Rice currently serves as the head varsity girls basketball coach and program director at the Regents School of Austin in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Edward P. Sakiewicz

Email: esakiewicz@ussa.edu

Dr. Sakiewicz has been a member of the USSA distance learning faculty since 2009 and is Managing Partner of SA Pro Soccer and Phoenix Pro Soccer, two sports and entertainment companies vying to bring major league soccer (MLS) franchises to their respective markets. He has close ties to MLS from the league’s front office to working closely with teams such as FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, and the Philadelphia Union.

Dr. Sakiewicz is a founding executive and past-President of the San Antonio Metropolitan Youth Soccer Institute, a nonprofit charity and soccer think-tank. He was instrumental in establishing Haiti’s first ever Amputee National Soccer Team as part of the ongoing relief efforts following the 2010 earthquake in that country. He was part of the delegation that took Team Haiti to Argentina to compete in the 2010 Amputee World Cup.

Dr. Sakiewicz holds a Ph.D. in Organization & Management with an emphasis in Sports Entrepreneurship from Capella University; a MS in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix and a BS in Business administration and Marketing from Loyola College in Maryland.

Dr. Bret Simmermacher

Email: bsimmer@ussa.edu

Dr. Simmermacher is an instructor/head baseball coach at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, where he also teaches sports management, theory leadership and coaching. He originally came to the Mobile, AL area in 1981 on a baseball scholarship to the University of South Alabama and played for the legendary Eddie Stanky. Upon Coach Stanky’s retirement in 1983, he transferred to the University of West Florida, where he graduated with his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in health, leisure, and sports/physical education in 1986. He received his Doctor of Sport Management degree from the United States Sports Academy in 2003.

Dr. Simmermacher taught and coached golf, girls’ basketball and baseball for 15 years in Crestline, Ohio. During his time in Ohio he taught and coached a variety of sports at three different schools. From 2000-2005 he was the head golf coach, head girl’s basketball coach, and the head baseball coach for Crestline High School. From 1995-1997, Dr. Simmermacher coached baseball at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio in a part-time capacity. His 1995 team made the school’s first trip to the NCAA Division II College World Series.

Dr. Glenn C. Snyder

Email: gsnyder@ussa.edu

Dr. Snyder served as athletic director and professor of health science at two universities, including 21 years at Bluffton (Ohio) College, where he chaired the PE department, and 10 years at Hope International University in Fullerton, Calif. The former Dean of Student Services at the United States Sports Academy has also served as director of admissions for the International School of Theology in San Bernardino Arrowhead Springs, Calif. where he recruited graduate students. He has also coached basketball at both the high school and collegiate level. Dr. Snyder received his Ed. D. from the University of Northern Colorado, his master’s degree from Kent State, and his bachelor’s degree from Bluffton College.

Dr. Brian Wallace

Email: bwallace@ussa.edu

Dr. Brian Wallace earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Florida State University with a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Southern Illinois University. He served 5 years at the United States Sports Academy as the Chair of Sport Fitness and is currently a member of their National Faculty, an adjunct professor at Florida State University and a Seminar Speaker for Cross Country Education on Exercise Testing and Prescription for health care personnel.

At Bosse Sports and Health Club in Boston, he served as the Executive Director of the Lifestyle and Performance Center and Senior Vice President of Applied Physiology and Nutrition for the Human Performance Institute in Orlando. Dr. Wallace also directed the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Fitness and Testing Center at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center.

As a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine his numerous publications in scientific, medical and fitness journals include Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, and Physician and Sports Medicine.

With over 25 years in health, fitness and athletics as a researcher, professor, player, coach and trainer, Dr. Wallace represents the gold standard in applied research. His training, certifications, research and experience with everyone from Olympic and professional athletes to cardiac and diabetic patients over the past 25 years has allowed Dr. Wallace to create a testing and training system that sets the standard for the health/fitness industry.