SPARTA coaches have over a decade of experience working in many different unique settings. From top Division 1 Universities, to large and small private facilities. At SPARTA, we try to incorporate some of the positive qualities of each of these places into our training philosophy and culture. Listed below are some of the athletes we have worked with, including some current SPARTA athletes.

Baseball
Chase Utley - Philadelphia Phillies
Tyson Ross - Oakland Athletics
Brett Jackson - Chicago Cubs
Daniel Descalso - St. Louis Cardinals
Michael Bugary - Boston Red Sox
Jeff Kobernus - Washington Nationals
Blake Smith - Los Angeles Dodgers
Dylan Tonneson - San Diego Padres
Jack McGeary - Washington Nationals
Matt Long - Los Angeles Angels
Craig Bennigson - Colorado Rockies
Garrett Olson - Seattle Mariners
Chris Valaika - Cincinnati Reds
Chris Malec - New York Yankees
Joe Borchard – Atlanta Braves
Michael Brady - Florida Marlins
Eric Taylor - Houston Astros
Ryan Braun - Milwaukee Brewers, 2007 NL ROY
Dave Cooper - Toronto Blue Jays
Ryan McCarthy - Chicago White Sox
Ryan Spilborghs - Colorado Rockies
Virgil Vasquez - Detroit Tigers
Trevor Plouffe - Minnesota Twins
Pat Riley - LA Angels
Jeff Dragicevich - Colorado Rockies
Mike Paulk - Colorado Rockies
Brian Finegan - Cleveland Indians
Dave Huff - Cleveland Indians
Casey Janssen - Toronto Blue Jays
Neil Walton - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Brad Boyer - San Francisco Giants
Tyler Koldony – Baltimore Orioles
Delmon Young – Minnesota Twins
Dylan Axelrod – San Diego Padres
Kevin Howard – Los Angeles Dodgers
Travis Ishikawa - San Francisco Giants
Lauren Gagnier - Detroit Tigers
Casey Blake - Cleveland Indians


Basketball
Brian Morrison – Austin Torros (Spurs D-league)
Sean Lampley - Golden State Warriors (from Cal basketball)
Rafael Arujo - Utah Jazz
Ronnie Brewer - Utah Jazz
Matt Harping - Utah Jazz
Morris Almond - Utah Jazz
Cameron Goettsche - France

Football
Scott Fujita - Cleveland Browns
Tony Pashos - Cleveland Browns
Kyle Boller - Baltimore Ravens
Langston Walker - Oakland Raiders
Andre Carter - Washington Redskins
Nnamdi Asomugha - Oakland Raiders
Adimchinobe Echemandu - Minnesota Vikings
LaShaun Ward - Buffalo Bills
Chris White - Calgary Stampeders (CFL)
(All above from Cal football)

In addition, SPARTA coaches have worked with the following Teams:

FC Gold Pride (Women's Professional Soccer)

University of California, Berkeley: Football, Basketball, Women's Soccer
2000 NCAA Champion Rugby

University of Pennsylvania:
Football, Track & Field, Volleyball

UCLA:
Football, Tennis
2004 NCAA Champion Women's Track & Field
2005 NCAA Champion Men's Volleyball

New Zealand All-Blacks

Canterbury Crusaders (New Zealand Professional Rugby)

New South Wales Waratahs (Australia Professional Rugby)

Olympic
Jennie Reed – Cycling, 2008 Bejing, 2004 Athens, Sprint/500m
Sheena Tosta - Track & Field, 2008 Bejing silver medalist, 2004 Athens, USA 400m hurdler
Damien Scott – USA Volleyball
Adam Duvendeck – Cycling, 2004, 2008
Monique Henderson - Track & Field, USA 400m UCLA
Chelsea Johnson - Track & Field, USA Pole Vault
Yoo Kim - Track & Field, Korea Pole Vault (from UCLA)
Bryon Friedman – World Cup Skiing, Downhill
Kim Hayashi - BMX
Brian Alexander - 2008 Olympic alternate
Cody O'Reily - Road cycling


Soccer
Formiga (M)
4x Olympian (2x silver medalist)

Brandi Chastain (M/F)
12 year US National Team member

Nicole Barnhart (GK)
2008 Olympic gold medalist

Tiffeny Milbrett (F)
US National Team member who is in the top five all-time in 3 offensive categories

Christine Sinclair (F)
9 year Canadian National Team member

AVP
Jeff Nygaard - 3 time Olympian, AVP MVP 2003
Mike Lambert - AVP MVP 2004
Sean Rosenthal - AVP Best Defender 2007
Nick Lucena - #1 Overall 2008 AVP, Best Defensive Player
Jake Gibb - AVP MVP 2005, 2008 Olympian
Dax Holdren - Olypian 2004
Stein Metzger - Olympian 2004
Jeff Minc - AVP
Lindsey Berg - Olympic Silver Medal 2008
Courtney Guerra - AVP