Stephen Venugopal

I was born in Dallas, TX and lived there for 4 years.  After that I moved around a lot and lived all over the world because my parents were missionaries.  In high school I played basketball and football and developed a love for weight lifting and fitness.  In college I continued to play football and joined the track team.  After graduating I spent a year working in business while I decided on a career path to pursue.  That led me to attending graduate school at the University of South Carolina to become PE teacher certified.  While there I was an Academic Coach to the Football, Basketball and Swim teams.  I also obtained my IFTA group fitness certification and began doing some personal training on the side.  Towards the end of grad school I obtained my CSCS from the NSCA and upon graduation began working as the Head Strength and Conditoning Coach for all of the Varsity and sub-varsity sports.  I continued to do some personal training on the side.  This past year I was the defensive coordinator for the Freshmen Football Team.  I was married to my wife Elizabeth in 2004 and we have 2 energetic sons. Eli is 3 years old and Dakota is 2 years old.  I love teaching and coaching because of all the aspects of instructing and motivating people to discover the joys of an active life style as well as all the amazing things that we can do with the body God has given us.