Coach Terry grew up in Dallas, Texas and is consumed by all things outdoors. While growing up in Texas, he was active in Boy Scouts, football, BMX, and Karate. By his early twenties, he was living in San Diego, California and fully engaged in all the outdoor activities that Southern California has to offer – ocean swimming, surfing, hiking, road biking, Team Sport Kiting, and a deep dive into Tae Kwon Do.
Terry began his technical career as a radar engineering support and integration technician at Naval Research and Development (NRaD), Depot West in San Diego, and providing full radar system refurbishments at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), San Diego. Terry received his formal radar system training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, home the Blue Angels. In 2000, Terry left the government for the private sector to work for Northrop Grumman where he managed remote radar sites and deployments supporting US counter-drug efforts in Central and South America. Terry met the love of his life while in Colombia and they were married in her home town of Medellin in 2005. Then in 2008 it was time to raise a family and they moved to El Paso, Texas where Terry worked for ITT Systems on the Tethered Aerostat Radars along the US Border.
In 2010, Terry moved to Melbourne, Florida where Terry has taken on multiple rolls for TSS Solutions. As a Certified Quality Auditor, LSSBB, and PMP Terry is a change agent in and out of the office and the Kaizen philosophy of small incremental continuous improvements is the perfect match for EPIC Interval Training.
Terry got his first taste of Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) in 2015 when he took part in the Brevard County Sheriff’s office Jail Break Mud Run. He then went on to run in the Miami Spartan Sprint that same year and the addiction to OCR was set. In 2017, Terry began competing in the Age Group category and with the help of Coach Jackie was able to qualify for and compete in the 2019 Spartan North American Championships. Terry received his Personal Trainer Certification from the American Counsel on Exercise (ACE) in 2020.
When I was about 9 years old, I realized that adults got big and slow when they stopped playing – Never stop playing!
