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"The future for the school and the athletic
program is very bright.
It's a great time to be a Fighting Saint!"
- Varsity Boys Basketball
Coach Murray Smith |
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 Summit
Christian School Athletic Director J.R.
Gamble
Summit Christian School Athletic Director J.R. Gamble was
born in Mobile, AL. He attended Spanish River High School in Boca
Raton, FL, where he led his school basketball team to their first
district championship as a point guard. He then went on to Santa Fe
Community College where he became the all time Men’s Basketball
steals record holder. He helped his team to a #1 ranking for Florida
Community Colleges, a national ranking of seventh, and the
Mid-Florida Conference Championship.
After graduating from Santa Fe in 1999, he attended Queens
College (now Queens University) in Charlotte NC. While at Queens, he
became the single season steals record holder, single game record
holder for steals, and single season scoring leader with 611 points.
During his senior year, he led his team to their first Elite 8
appearance. He scored 21ppg, grabbing 6.1rpg, dishing out 5.7apg,
and he led the nation, in all divisions, for steals with 4.4 spg. He
was a Division II All-American, Conference (CVAC) Player of the
Year, Athlete of the Year at Queens College, and given the Best
Offensive Player Award at Queens. In addition, he was the recipient
of the Best Defensive Player Award during his junior year.
He graduated Queens with a degree in Philosophy/Religion in 2001
when the Orlando Magic selected J.R., via invitation, to try out for
the 2001 draft. Although he was not drafted, he headed to Europe to
play point guard for Villanova De Gaia in Portugal. There he led the
country in steals with 3.7spg. J.R. served as head
coach for the second division club team for Villanova De Gaia while
starting at point guard for the first division team.
Upon returning to the states, Gamble became the Head Coach for
Atlantic High School from 2003 to 2006. In the 2005-2006 season, he led them to
their first District Championship in over 25 years. He helped change
the culture of the game of basketball for Atlantic High by helping
to improve the academic performance of his student athletes and by
helping them realize the dream of playing collegiate basketball. He
was the Conference Coach of the Year for the 2005-2006 season.
Coach Gamble served as Director of Basketball Operations for
Colorado State University before joining the PBCC family as the
Men’s Assistant Coach in 2006-2007 and was the Head Women's
Basketball Coach for the 2007-2008 season. |
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Wayne Courtright
Varsity Volleyball Coach |
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Ryan
Millner
Elementary Athletic Director
and Basketball Coach, Girls Varsity Basketball Coach |
 Wayne
Courtright has begun his 20th year of coaching
in 2006. After playing volleyball at Wheaton
College, he began coaching at Miami Christian. While
there, he was an assistant coach for ten years and
head coach for two. His teams won Districts twice
and advanced as far as the Regional Finals. After
moving to West Palm Beach County, he began building
a volleyball program at Berean Christian. In 2005,
he took over at Summit Christian and is looking
forward to his another season with the Fighting
Saints. You may have seen his wife, Kathy, around
campus since she will be working on Special Events
as well as assisting in the Headmaster's Office.
They have been married since 1988 and have two
children, Kyle and Amber. |
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 Summit
Christian School alumnus (1993 graduate), Elementary
Athletics Director and Basketball Coach
Ryan Millner returned to Florida in
2005 after living in North Carolina since 2000 where
he worked for the Economics Department at Duke
University. Coach Millner played soccer, baseball
and basketball for Summit under the guidance of
Coach Larry Enochs throughout his Jr. High and High
School years. His favorite sport is basketball,
which is why he loves coaching for the elementary
girls and assisting Coach Vasquez with the varsity
girls. He is very proud of both teams and will
continue to watch them grow athletically,
spiritually, and academically to become the leaders
he knows they should be. He is excited about the
new era of athletics at Summit Christian under
JR’s guidance, and will be a proud supporter of
ALL the teams. He is currently the Elementary
Athletics Coordinator/Alumni Director for SCS.
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Brian Coe
Varsity Tackle Football Head Coach |
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Randy VanZee
Varsity Swim Coach |
 Head Varsity Tackle
Football Coach
Brian T. Coe has been a special education
educator since 1991. He has been involved with
student athletes since 1992. He has coached
Baseball, Basketball and Football in both Broward
and Palm Beach counties. He has been the Head Coach
at Palm Beach Lakes and John I. Leonard High Schools
and the founder of Rising Star Athletics.
RSA is a non-profit company which provides athletic
and educational programs for student athletes from
ages 7 – 18. In 1990 Brian earned his degree from
the University of Florida in Special Education.
Brian and his wife Janice have been married since
2002. They live in Boynton Beach, FL with their two
boys Brian Jr. and Cameron.
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Amelia Turner
Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach |
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Mike Dawson
Junior High Boys Soccer Head Coach |
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Donna Williams
Junior High Volleyball Head Coach |
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Phil Robinson
Junior High Boys Basketball and Varsity Boys Track
Head Coach |
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John Drouin
Varsity Baseball Coach |
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David Stevens
Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Coach |
 John
was born in Staten Island, NY and played both
baseball and football in school. He moved to central
New York after returning home from Vietnam in 1969
and owned/operated a karate school for the next 25
years. After he moved to Florida in 1994, he retired
from karate and pursued his second love - baseball.
John has coached at Park Vista, Cardinal Newman, and
Santaluces. He has coached the Boynton Canes Travel
Team since 1996 and has been instrumental in
obtaining college scholarships for several of his
players. His son, Jordan, is a graduate of SCS,
Class of 2004, who was a member of our Varsity
Championship Baseball Team. |
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David Stevens was born in New Castle,
Pennsylvania and has lived in West Palm Beach
since 1981. He graduated from Cardinal Newman
High School where he played under current
Varsity head coach Murray Smith. He accepted a
full scholarship to Brewton-Parker College in
Georgia to play basketball and finished his
college at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Coach Stevens has been coaching at Cardinal
Newman High School since 1998 where he shared in
2 state championships under coach Smith. He is
excited about the "New Direction" Summit
Christian is heading in and about being part of
the Summit team. Coach Stevens has been married
to his high school sweetheart, Nadine, since
1995 and they have a son attending SCS.
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Scott Kisner
Varsity Golf Coach, JH Girls Basketball Coach |
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Wade Gill
Flag Football Head Coach |
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Scott Kisner
has been at Summit Christian since 1997, coaching
various sports such as baseball, basketball, soccer
and golf. He coached Baseball for one year in 1997
and JV Soccer from 1997-2002. During his best year
with soccer, the team finished 8-4. He coached JV
Boys Basketball for a year, Varsity Boys Basketball
from 1998-2003, Middle School Boys Basketball for 2
years and is currently in his third year as the
Girls Middle School Basketball Coach. Coach Kisner's
true love, however, is Golf. He started a Golf
program at SCS in 2002. In its inaugural year, the
team finished 2-12. Having made steady progress, the
team had a complete turnaround with a 14-4 record
for 2005 with three of the original players from its
inaugural season then and in 2006 sent three
players to regionals with a 16-2 record. His team
verse for every sport is I Cor. 9:24, "Know ye not
that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it." |
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Wade Gill
graduated from Palm Beach Gardens Community High
School in 1995. He attended Palm Beach Community
College and received an AA degree in Business
Administration. He continued on to Palm Beach
Atlantic University where he acquired a double
major, graduating in December of 2000 with a BA
degree in Christian Social Ministry and A BA in
Psychology.
Coach Gill began teaching at SCS in 2002 and has loved
every moment. He is currently the Middle School
Bible teacher and the Spiritual Life Director for
grades 6-8. He has been coaching since he's been at
SCS and has seen several back to back undefeated seasons
in Flag Football (district and school record.) He is
very proud to claim the top defense in the league
for the past 4 years, and he gives credit to his
player's strong work ethic.
Coach Gill is also proud of his time as head coach of
Middle School Boys Soccer. He was blessed to be a
part of 2 district championships. Although he has
coached at differing levels, he believes that Middle
School is when they develop the physical and mental
ability that is key to be successful in the game of
soccer.
Coach Gill has been married since 1999 and has a
wonderful little boy Wade Daniel. His wife Robin and
son are tremendous blessings to him and he thanks
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Murray Smith
Varsity Boys Basketball Coach |
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Becky Forester
Cheer
Squad Head Coach and Varsity Track Coach |
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Murray Smith was born in Miami, Florida
the son of a Southern Baptist Minister and English
Teacher. When he was young, they moved to Central
Florida (Eustis). After graduating from Eustis High,
he was elected the most improved player during his
freshman year at Maryville College. After
transferring to Palm Beach Atlantic University, he
played his last three seasons there. He is one of
the all time leaders in assists for a game, a season
and a career. For two seasons, he was awarded the
Unsung Hero award. Murray graduated PBAU in 1984
with a major in Physical Education and a minor in
Mathematics.
Coach Smith taught at Palm Beach Atlantic High
School (formerly known as Twin Lakes) while he
worked to achieve his Masters at Nova University,
earning it in about 2 years. He became an assistant
coach at PBAU for 3 years and later at Palm Beach
Lakes for 2. His first varsity coaching position was
for 1 year at Lake Worth Christian. His next 15
years he spent coaching for Cardinal Newman and
enjoyed great success there.
Coach Smith is excited about the "new direction" the
SCS Basketball program is headed for and is really
glad to be a part of the excitement. The future for
the school and the athletic program is very bright.
It's a great time to be a Fighting Saint!
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 Becky
Forester was born and raised in Mississippi. She
received her BA in Christian Education from
Louisiana Baptist University and has been at SCS
since 1980. She has taught Elementary PE and 4th and
5th grade math. Presently she is teaching Middle
School math and is the department head. In years
past she has coached V/JV/JH and elementary
Volleyball, V & JV Softball, V/JV & JH Cheer Squads
and Varsity Track. Coach Forester is very excited
about the 2008-2009 school year as she will be
coaching the Varsity level Cheer Squads (for both
Football and Varsity Basketball) and the JV Cheer
Squad for JV Basketball. Homecoming will be during
the football season which will be a lot of fun! The
cheer squad girls have already done their camp and
are excited and ready for the new school year.
Coach Forester has been married since 1978 and has
three wonderful children, all SCS graduates. She and
her husband are members of Lake Osborne Presbyterian
Church. Her hobbies are shopping and watching old
black & white movies. |
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Bobby Moore
Varsity Girls Soccer Head Coach |
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James Tiefenthaler
Varsity Girls Softball Coach |
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