30 years as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator.  16 years at Neah-Kah-Nie HIgh School and 14 at North Bend High School. 1 year as co-athletic director at Marshfield High School.

Served as a League Rep and then served a 5-year term on the OADA Executive Board.

Twice was a member of the OSAA League Classification Committee.

Served 2 years as the Southwestern Oregon Football Officials Commissioner.

Have served 8 years on the 3-A state basketball tournament committee.

Have served 4 years on the North Bend School Foundation Committee.

Have served 3 years on the Marshfield High School “Raise The Roof” Committee.

Currently serving as project manager for the creation for the North Bend High School Trade Center Program.

Awards:

3A Athletic Director of the Year – 2005

North Bend Citizen of the Year – 2010

NIAAA State Award of Merit – 2010

Southwestern Oregon Community College Distinguished Alum – 2014

North Bend High School Hall of Fame – 2016

Oregon Athletic Directors Hall of Fame – 2016

OADA Bill Bowers Distinguished Service Award – 2016

OACA Marv Heater Distinguished Service Award – 2018

Hope this is what you’re looking for.  Thanks again for letting me a part of this.

– Boyd

Mick has had a very diverse experience in public education which has allowed him to utilize and implement many of the principles that guide the Proactive Coaching Philosophy. He is in the midst of his 24^th year.  His career has included coaching at the high school level as a men’s basketball head coach, women’s golf head coach, asst. varsity football coach, and asst. men’s golf coach.  Awards include Greater St. Helen’s coach-of-the-year for men’s basketball.

Mick also spent eight years as a building administrator; some as a MS principal and some as a high school AD.  Then in 2000, he began to work with Bruce Brown to learn and implement the Proactive Coaching Philosophy with the high school coaching staffs he led.  When tasked to be an asst. principal for a new middle school, he worked with Proactive to implement the core covenants with the entire teaching staff.

While serving later as a district administrator, Mick was the AD for Vancouver Public Schools for 9 years. During this time he was also the Executive Director of Operations and was directly responsible for safety, security and transportation.  While leading these programs, he again implemented the Proactive Coaching Philosophy with each department.  Accomplishments include implementing district-wide core covenants in all 10 secondary buildings, implementing a vibrant mentor coaching program and providing an annual coaches school for nearly 300 coaches.  Awards include WIAA District IV AD of the Year in 2012-2014, WA State Crime Prevention Association Non-Law Enforcement Agency of the Year in 2011 and earning the NIAAA Certified Athletic Administration.

Mick is currently a WIAA Executive Board Member and the Director of Capital Programs for Camas School District.  His professional experience would not be possible without the support of his wife Tammi and his adult children, Kirsten and Tyler.

Scott received his BA in 1982 from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.

Scott is currently the athletic director for Park High School in Livingston, Montana. Previously he was the district-wide athletic director for eight years for Granger School District in Granger, Washington. He has been coaching at the high school level for over 23 years. He has coached both boys and girls in high school basketball as well as football and soccer in Illinois, Montana and Washington. He has been a varsity head basketball coach for 16 years, as assistant basketball coach and assistant soccer coach for 6 years, and assistant football coach for 7 years. He has also worked with grade school, middle school and high school kids at various camps for all 23 years of his coaching career. Scott was awarded the SCAC Athletic Director of the Year in 2008-09.

Scott has written six booklets on coaching and youth/school athletics: A Head Coach’s Guide to Working with Assistants; The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching; Playing Time: A Guide for Coaches, Athletes & Parents; Establishing Your Coaching Philosophy; Team & Program Policies: Elements to Consider; and The Sportsmanship Dilemma: Some Guidelines for Coaches. Coach Rosberg gives presentations at schools and does workshops and coaching clinics on these topics and more. His website is: www.coachwithcharacter.net.

Skip Lord’s heart for student-athletes and coaches has been a hallmark of his 30-years as a coach and administrator in intercollegiate athletics. Lord served as the executive director of intercollegiate athletics at Houghton College from 1994 until 2018, when he transitioned to his current position as National Director of Athletics Engagement in the college’s Office of Advancement. In this position, Lord collaborates with key offices on campus to connect with alumni, parents, friends, and corporate sponsors, as well as current and prospective student-athletes. He also serves as a member of the Athletics Advisory Board and provides leadership to the Highlander Club.

Under Lord’s direction, the athletics program at Houghton grew to be one of the most respected among small schools in the Northeast. He most recently provided oversight to the college’s growth from 10 sports to 18, their transition into NCAA Division III and the Empire 8 Conference, and spearheaded a two-year multi-million dollar facilities project that included the Kerr-Pegula Field House and baseball and softball stadiums.

Lord also served as first vice president for the Empire 8 Conference and still serves as a member of the NCAA Common Ground Think Tank. During the college’s NAIA membership, he was active in leadership roles on conference, regional and national levels, and was highly involved in the organization’s Champions of Character initiative. He served as a conference commissioner and was elected as chair of NAIA Region IX to represent the region’s 22 schools to the Council of Athletic Administrators at the national level.

In 2001 and 2008 Lord was named one of four winners in the NAIA Athletic Director of the Year Award, given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. He was twice named NAIA Northeast Region Male Administrator of the Year, is a three-time conference administrator of the year, and was named 1999-2000 NAIA Region IX Athletics Director of the Year.

Lord also served as Houghton’s women’s basketball head coach for 25 years, recording more than 350 wins and guiding his teams to four NAIA National Tournaments. He was inducted into the college’s Athletics Hall of Honor in 2012.

Trice is the Head Coach of the TIRR Memorial Hermann Hotwheels, a high school aged wheelchair basketball team in Houston, TX. In his time coaching the Hotwheels, they have won 3 National Championships (’13,’15’,’18). Trice also served as the Team Leader for the Team USA Women’s U25 National Team that won the Gold Medal at the 2019 World Championships. He is also currently serving as the Commissioner of the NWBA’s Southwest Conference and is a member of the NWBA Strategic Planning Committee. Trice is a die hard believer in Proactive Coaching as he leaned on the Coach Brown’s booklets and guidance to build his program. Trice is excited to have an opportunity to share Proactive Coaching’s values with other coaches, players, teams and parents in hopes that they might benefit from it as much as he has.

Corey Westra, from Sioux City, Iowa, was named commissioner of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in April of 2003. He is a graduate of Dordt College (will be Dordt University in May 2019) in Sioux Center where he holds a B.A. in Communication (1997). Westra also holds a M.A. in Management from GPAC member school Briar Cliff University with an emphasis in Leadership (2015).

Under his guidance the GPAC has 12 current members (and one affiliate member) in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota and is one of the leading NAIA conferences in the country.  Westra has helped lead the GPAC onto the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) scene with active roles in various NAIA committees. He is the past chair of the NAIA National Administrative Council (NAC). He has also been an officer on the board of the NAIA Sports Information Directors Association (NAIA-SIDA).  Currently he is a member of the NAIA National Administrative Council (NAC) and Chair of the NAIA Conference Commissioners Association (CCA).  He also is a member of the NAIA Constitution and By-Laws Committee and served as parliamentarian for the 2018 NAIA National Convention in Kansas City.

He also serves as the Local Tournament Director for the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship and NAIA Women’s Division II Basketball Championship in Sioux City. In 2008 he was named the recipient of the Cheryl K. Brown Meritorious Service Award for his efforts at the NAIA National Women’s Division II Basketball Championship. In 2012 he was honored with the Outstanding Service Award at the NAIA Volleyball Championship.  In 2013 he was named the NAIA Charles Morris Administrator-of-the-Year.  Westra also is the Past-President (still a member of the board) of the Sioux City Sports Commission a non-profit organization that promotes sporting events in Sioux City.  Sioux City was named a Top Sports Destination by Sports Travel Magazine during his term as President.  Siouxland Magazine named Westra to their Top 10 Under 40 List in 2013.

Westra also is a regional speaker with Proactive Coaching, LLC.  He focuses on the area of, “The Parents Role in Athletics”.  He also speaks on Character and Team Development in local schools and at various sports camps around Sioux City.

He and his wife Anne live in Sioux City, Iowa, and are the proud parents of three children (Aiden, Meredith, and Mallory). They are active members in their church and community.  Westra has coached youth sports teams (volleyball and basketball) and serves on the board for the Raider Volleyball Power Club (AAU).

Bob Wilson has been deeply committed to making a significant impact on students and student athletes. He has used the platform of athletics to teach competitive excellence in academics, athletics, and character building. His career in collegiate athletics has spanned forty-eight years. He recently retired as the athletic director at Vanguard University after twenty-one years. Wilson coached basketball at the collegiate level for more than 24 years and previously was the Athletic Director at Phillips University for 11 years. He was inducted into the NAIA Men’s Basketball Hall of Fame in March of 2007 (Class of 2006-07).

As an Academic All-American athlete, Wilson was a starting point guard and helped lead his basketball team to the NCAA National Tournament while at University of Wyoming. He has a bachelor of science degree from Wyoming University in biological science and masters of arts from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in physical education.  While at Wyoming, Bob met his wife, Tammy Eckhardt, who is retired from teaching special education for thirty-six years. They have been married for forty-eight years and have two daughters Saundi and Nikki and five grandchildren.

Bob Wilson has dedicated his career to competitive excellence. Competitive excellence is not defined by winning and losing, but by the degree to which all competitors realize their fullest potential. The reason for competition is to have a result. However, the most important element for those that participate in the competition is to win with honor, lose with dignity, and compete with character.

Bob has served the NAIA in many capacities, including President of the Basketball Coaches Association, and Chairman of the NAIA Basketball Tournament. In addition, he was the chair of the National Administrative Council and is the past President of the Athletic Directors Association. Bob also served as the Vice President of the Golden State Athletic Conference during his tenure. He is currently a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

He was named the NAIA Athletic Director of the Year in 2011-12.  In addition, he was selected the NAIA Athletics Director of the Year for the west coast by NACDA in 2002 and again in 2012.

The NAIA has national awards to recognize character development in their student athletes, coaches and teams.  Vanguard University has been recognized nationally by the NAIA with sixteen Team of Character Awards, three Coach of Character Awards, and two student athletes who have won the Leroy Walker Award for the top student athlete of character.

Wilson served on the NAIA Champions of Character Advisory Committee from 2005 until his retirement and is certified by the NAIA as a Champions of Character Instructor. He spends a great deal of time speaking in the community about changing the culture of sport.  As part of Vanguard’s program center, he created the University’s Gold Pride program to personalize and conceptualize the Champions of Character initiative on the VU campus.  Through the implementation of this program, he developed the curriculum, provided the instruction, and wrote The Ripple Effect for Character Development for the character class offered to all new Vanguard student athletes.