Missy Mitchell-McBeth has over 18 years of coaching experience both at the high school and collegiate levels. She is currently the Texas Assistant Sales and Business Development Director at Power Lift, a role she began in June of 2022. She is the owner of SaFe Iron, LLC a consulting company that helps high school sport coaches optimize their strength and conditioning programs and co-owns the Coaches’ Conditioning Project, a platform that focuses on creating a better coaching industry through creating healthier coaches.
Prior to her current roles, Mitchell-McBeth was the head strength and conditioning Coach at Byron Nelson High school for 6 years, a senior assistant strength and conditioning coach at TCU for 6 years, and a high school sport coach at Copperas Cove High School for four years. She also holds a position on the board of the National High School Strength Coaches Association overseeing the Southwest Region that includes: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. She holds an MSEd in Exercise Physiology along with the CSCS, SCCC, USAW, and FRCms certifications. She and her husband Brian, a high school coach, reside in Justin, Tx and have four dogs: Maui, Kona, Violet, and Indigo.

A 1990 graduate of LSU, Castle has an extensive background in education, clinical practice, and professional service spanning over 32 years. Dr. Castle's clinical practice background has included experiences at the high school, college, and international (1996 Atlanta Olympic Games; USOC Sports Medicine Staff for 2003 Pan American Games; and 2004 US Women's Bobsled) levels, large-scale medical coverage and coordination, as well as extensive experience in emergency medicine. Castle is nationally known and recognized for his skills and contributions to advancing the athletic training profession and advocacy for sports health and safety through 200+ presentations, research projects, and publications.  He has served in various leadership roles in state, regional, and national organizations, as well as the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. After a 20-year stay at LSU where he was Professor and Athletic Training Program Director, Castle transitioned in August 2022 to devote his energy and passion to Action Medicine Consultants, LLC, as Owner and Chief Medical Officer since 2012. His company provides sports medicine event coordination; emergency medicine and response training; EAP development and audits for organizations; and continuing education courses. One of his most recent activities was serving as a consultant for the Louisiana High School Athletics Association in the development and implementation of its Pre-Game Administrative Conference (PAC), or “medical time-out” program. He currently serves as medical coordinator for over 40 large-scale events in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

A 1986 graduate of Tennessee Tech, Moffitt began his coaching career as an assistant football, track & field, head wrestling and strength coach at John Curtis High in River Ridge, LA. After 6 years at John Curtis, Moffitt then moved on to the University of Tennessee, the University of Miami and finished his career with a 22 year stay at LSU in Baton Rouge. Moffitt was with the Tigers from 2000-21, and helped strength train and condition an LSU football team that won 212 games during that span, easily the best stretch in school history. It was Moffitt’s off-season program that helped pave the way to national titles in 2003, 2007, 2019, as well as LSU’s undefeated regular season in 2011. Since his first season coaching at the University of Tennessee, Moffitt was a part of 26 consecutive bowl eligible teams. Moffitt has been at the forefront of strength and conditioning around the nation in teaching fundamentals. Moffitt focuses on the teaching of strength and conditioning and proper running mechanics. He is often quoted as saying, "Technique is paramount" and he has stood by those words for over 35 years. Many interns, graduate assistants and full-time staff members have gone from working under Moffitt to jobs around the nation. There are currently 65 men and women who have worked under Moffitt that are full-time high school, colligate and professional strength coaches.

Randy Cohen, ATC, DPT has an athletic training degree from Purdue University and Physical Therapy Degree from the University of Illinois Chicago and a doctorate of Physical Therapy from Simmons College. He has 30 years of college athletic training experience, having worked at the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University and the University of Arizona. He was the Chair the the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) College and University Athletic Training Committee working on numerous projects to write appropriate standards for working athletic trainers, including being the chair of the NATA Risk Management and Liability Toolkit workgroup.

Larry Cooper, MS, LAT, ATC has served as the District 2 Secretary and the past Chair of the NATA Secondary School Athletic Trainers Committee (SSATC). A NATA and Pennsylvania Athletic Trainer’s Society (PATS) Hall of Fame member, he is currently retired from teaching. He has been a teacher and Certified Athletic Trainer for more than 35 years with the majority of that time at Penn Trafford High School in Harrison City, Pennsylvania. He continues to serve the membership by working on position statements, work groups, task forces, consensus statements and official NATA statements.

Allison Maurer is a veteran sports dietitian with more than 18 years of experience fueling athletes from high school, collegiate, to professional athletes. She is the Associate Athletic Director of Student Health and Wellness at Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. There, she oversees strength and conditioning, sports nutrition, and works closely with sports medicine on a daily basis. She provides recovery nutrition for baseball and football after workouts and executed an omega-3/creatine protocol for football during the 2022 football season. Previously, Maurer was the Director of Sports Nutrition and Fueling with the Pittsburgh Pirates where she oversaw nutrition operations from the major league team all the way through the Dominican Academy. She was responsible for planning team meals on the road and executing performance nutrition for all athletes. Performance nutrition included weight gain/loss, injury recovery nutrition, recovery nutrition for pitchers, hydration testing, body composition testing and sleep.
Before that, Maurer spent nearly nine years as the Sports Dietitian at the University of Tennessee (2007-2016) where she oversaw the performance nutrition for all sports. She performed cooking demos, grocery store tours, taught an undergraduate sports nutrition class, did team talks and individual nutrition consultations. She also performed body composition testing and supervised a staff of 15 undergraduate and RD interns. From 2004-2007, Maurer was the Sports Dietitian and an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2004-2007). She assisted in the weight room with football and conducted the strength training for cheer, dance, men’s and women’s golf and women’s tennis. Maurer served on the board of directors for The Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) for 6 years. She is a board certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD), and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).

Coach ZaQuan Irby graduated from The Sage Colleges with Bachelors's Degree in physical education and a Masters Degree in health education. Coach Irby is a Master sports performance coach as well as an Exos performance & Fitness specialist. Coach I played college football at Worcester state college and semi-professional football. ot only am I a high school strength coach, I also have a performance business in the private sector named Build Two Win. Coach holds the position of Football and Track Coach/Physical Education Teacher for a prominent High School, Shaker High. Coach Irby is also very proud to have the distinguished title of Father and Husband to his supportive family. For over ten years Coach Irby has trained and coached athletes. Driven by his passion to increase his knowledge as well as keep up with current training methods Coach Irby holds nine different performance-based certifications. These certifications include Speed and agility specialist, Weightlifting coach, sports nutrition coach, program design specialist, resistance band instructor, and more.

Mark Hoover is a 1996 graduate of Hiram College (OH), received his teaching certification from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2000 and is currently in the process of obtaining a MS in Exercise Science. His current certifications include Health and Physical Education K-12, NASM-PES, IYCA-HSSCS, USAW Level 1 and Level 2 as well as the USAW High School Sports Performance program. Coach Hoover has been coaching for 23 years that includes 11 years as a head football coach and 2 as an assistant at the NCAA level. Hoover was the first full-time Strength and Conditioning Coach with no coaching duties in North Carolina Public Schools at Piedmont High School in 2015. He currently works full time as a Coaching Consultant with SimpliFaster. He also serves as the Director of Athletic Performance at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, NC. Coach Hoover has used VBT since 2014 and has practical experience with multiple systems.

Ronnie Harper’s passion for helping athletes improve their eating habits can be traced back to the beginning of his tenure at Dutchtown High School 18 years ago.  A professional connection with his business partner Tavis Piattoly led to the creation of My Sports Dietitian (MSD) www.mysportsd.com.  Ronnie has worked in higher education for 15 years with tenures at Mississippi State University, University of Alabama and Southeastern Louisiana University. At Southeastern Louisiana University, Ronnie was an Assistant Professor and Program Director of a CAATE Accredited Athletic Training Education Program. Ronnie received his bachelors and masters degree from Mississippi State University and Doctorate of Education from the University of Alabama in Health and Human Performance Studies.  He has 20 years experience in the High School setting as a teacher and Athletic Trainer at Dutchtown High School in Geismar, LA. Ronnie is a leader in the Athletic Training profession at the local, state and national levels. His initiatives while serving on the NATA Secondary School Committee representing District IX helped to establish the Athletic Training Location and Services Project (ATLAS)  and the Safe Sports School Awards (SSSA).  He is also a lead author on the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) Appropriate Medical Care Standards for Organizations Sponsoring Athletic Activity for the Secondary School Aged Athlete (AMCS) document and online tool (in development).

Shawn is currently the head of sports dietitian for the new innovative basketball sports league Overtime Elite. Over the past seven years as a dietitian, he has amassed experiences across multiple levels of sports play (NFL Combine, Olympic Trial, D1, D2, D3, & High School). He has worked, interned, or was a graduate assistant at the following organizations: IMG Academy, Ole Miss, Spot Athletics, Nationwide Children Hospital, University of Missouri, Pittsburg State, University of Buffalo & Buffalo State University.

Dan is the President and Co-Founder of Healthy Roster. As Employee #1 in 2015, Dan's mission is to build a mobile software company that empowers athletic and industrial providers to maximize their effectiveness. Dan has 13 years of experience in the television industry, where he worked as a sports anchor for CBS affiliates.