Fifteen Coaches Earn USA Boxing Gold-Level Coaching Certifications

USA Boxing is excited to announce that over the past month, 15 coaches completed their Gold-level certifications while they were at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

This marked the fourth and fifth Gold-level Coaching Certification courses hosted by USA Boxing. All 15 coaches who completed USA Boxing’s Gold-level certifications passed with an average score of 85 percent or higher. To view all the names of the coaches who passed the latest USA Boxing Gold-level Coaching Certification course, see the chart below.

The USA Boxing Gold-level Coaching Certification course is an application-based process with a maximum of nine coaches/participants allowed per course. Each course will offer education on international competition tactics, strength and conditioning, nutrition, injury prevention and maintenance, and more.

The cost of the clinic is $1,000/person, which includes housing and meals at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Center. Selected coaches will be paired with another course attendee. Flights to Colorado Springs are not included and will be the responsibility of the registered participants/coaches.

To be eligible for the Gold-level Coaching Certification course, coaches must have completed the following prerequisites:

• USA Boxing Nutrition Certification

• USADA Certification

• USA Boxing Strength and Conditioning Certification
  

For any questions, please contact the USA Boxing Coaching Education Coordinator, Kammara Penick, at kpenick@usaboxing.org.

August 16-23, 2026

John Alcala – Topeka, KS

Constantin Bejenaru -Shelton, CT

Vanessa Chakour – Florence, MA

David Daniels – Baltimore, MD

Kirk Garrido – Glenside, PA

Michael Jones – Lexington, KY

Ronit Koren – Los Angeles, CA

Ilan Martinez – San Diego, CA

August 23-30, 2026

Joseph Botti – Howell, NJ

Michael Bush – Edmond, OK

Celine Cantuniar – Watertown, NY

Holly Gregson – Idaho Falls, ID

Brian Pedone – Stroudsburg, PA

Ian Ricci – Sioux Falls, SD

Johnnie Walker – Hagerstown, MD