John's Bio

Education:

• Lowell High School, San Francisco
• Idaho State College (athletic scholarship)
• United States Tennis Academy
• Tamalpa Institute for Movement Education
• Egoscue Method of Health through Motion

Athletic Achievements:

• All-City Basketball & All-City Tennis Doubles Champion (three years in a row)
• Washington State Tennis Champion
• Nothern California Tennis Champion
• San Francisco City Tennis Champion
• Marin County Bench Press Champion
• (plus many more, too numerous to list)

Professional Career:

• Director, Mill Valley Athletic Club
• Tennis Pro, Dunes Racquet Club, East Hampton, Long Island
• Personal Trainer for children, teens, adults and seniors
• Personal Trainer for many major motion picture stars, directors, producers and studio excecutives
• Instructor, Tam High District Adult Education: Led tennis clinics for beginning, intermediate and advanced students
• Instructor, Tam High District Adult Education: Taught Weight Training for adults and Summer Weight Training for teens
• Athletic Director, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Physical Education Department
• Tennis Pro, City of Mill Valley Recreation Department
• Director of Recreation, City of Mill Valley: Responsible for designing, organizing and programming all physical and cultural activities for the city
• Actor, Director, Producer, Dialog Coach & Artistic Director for theater and film
• Artistic Director, Renegade Acting Ensemble

Team Coach:

• Boys Tennis, Tamalpais Union High School, Mill Valley, CA (2021)
• Basketball, Harvard High School (now Harvard-Westlake), team ranked #1 in Southern California
• Track & Field, Mill Valley Blazers: California state age group champions, boys & girls, 10 and under, 12 and under and 14 and under divisions

Individual Coach:

• Coached & Trained numerous boys, girls, adults and senior citizens
• Many prior clients have received athletic scholarships to colleges around the country
• Some are now trainers and coaches themselves

Previous Clients:

• Jennifer Aster, Marin County Singles Champion
• George Atashkarian, Mr. San Francisco, Body-Building
• Nancy Bach & Mai Bach, San Francisco Singles Champions
• Russell Byrne, Tam High Girls Tennis Head Coach (former Tam #1)
• Aaron Collier, 1 Mile National Record Holder, 10 and under
• Corinne Crncich, UC Berkeley Singles player, Marin County Player of the Year, Tennis and Northern California Most Improved Player
• Bobby Donlan, All-State High School Basketball and Academic All-American
• Colleen Donlan, Marin County All-League, Basketball
• Jeff Glynn Edwards / John Bertzoff, Wimbledon Doubles competitors
• Chris Esquivel, High School All-American, Soccer
• Jesse Foppert, San Francisco Giants pitcher
• Jason Krystal, American record holder in Olympic Lifting, 20 and under
• Danny Lucia, Pitcher for Durham Bulls and Greenwood Braves, Minor League Baseball, Western Carolinas League
• Mark Lukowitz, Marin County All-League, Basketball
• Kevin Murphy, National 12 and under shot put Record Holder, All-League High School Football, Basketball & Baseball (now District Attorney, City of Oakland)
• Harry Peluquin, Pacific Coast 148# Power-lifting Champion
• Rob Peterson, Marin County All-League Tennis, plus World Record Holder in 4 different tennis endurance events

Film & Theater Credits:

• American Flyers, Cyclist and Conditioning Coach
• War Games, Actor & Company Conditioning Coach
• Blue Thunder, Actor
• Whose Life Is It, Anyway? (Actor)
• Bird on a Wire, Actor
• Short Circuit, Actor
• Hayastan: A Promise to Araxi, Producer/Director/Writer
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Actor (Chief Bromden), San Francisco stage production

Testimonials and references available upon request