• There’s a NASA satellite mission called “Jason 3” that’s designed to measure the height of the ocean surface. Probably not named after me, but I still think that’s cool.

• I’ve climbed down 100-foot cliffs on the Portuguese Island of Terceira to play around with legions of Portuguese Man o’ War. Look it it up and you’ll wonder how I survived as a naive teenager.

• I coach high school volleyball and help as a practice coach for my youngest daughter’s 15 Elite team.

• I’ve apprenticed in tile, marble and granite installation [residential] and graduated with high honors from The Apprentice School’s Advanced Shipbuilding Sheet Metal Program at Newport News Shipbuilding.

• I’ve worked in some cool places like Australia, Costa Rica, and alongside the Navajo in New Mexico and Arizona.

I live in Yorktown, Virginia with my amazing wife [who works a local university] and youngest daughter.

Our older daughter is married and lives near us. And it’s quite difficult not to add a page dedicated to their twin girls arriving in a few months!

Both sides of our family also live near us in the Newport News, Suffolk, and in Virginia Beach areas.

We stay pretty active hanging with family and friends, pouring into our work, and traveling around for club and high school volleyball practices and tournaments.

I enjoy the outdoors. Taking walks. Camping. Mountain biking. Kayaking. Nothing beats a good fire next to a stream where I can be alone to ponder stuff or tell stories with friends and family.

I recently took up leatherworking and have slowly been collecting tools and experimenting with custom designs for wallets, hatchet covers, and small bags.

Learn more about how coaching has evolved for me at my ROOTS page.