Meet The Team

 Coach Bryant was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Coach Bryant started his wrestling career at Curie Metropolitan High School. Coached by award winning coaches Dale Rowlett and Terrance Alexander, coach Bryant was able to become a South Sectional Champion, Chicago Public Schools City Tournament Runner-up and IHSA State Qualifying Senior. He went on to earn his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Graduate Degree in Secondary Education. In Chicago he has been a Head Football coach on all levels and coached a league title team for Little Village High School in Chicago. He went on to become a Head Varsity Wrestling Coach for his Alma Mater. He then moved to the Austin area to become a Head Varsity Wrestling coach and quarterback football coach for Austin LBJ High School. During his 5 years at Austin LBJ he coached the team to 3 District titles. He has spent his past 18 years as an Educator coaching and teaching. He is currently an Assistant Principal in Austin ISD and continues to grow wrestling through the Heart and Pride Wrestling Club program. 

 Coach Evans was born and raised in Northern California. Coach Evans has been on the mat as a competitor and coach since he was 10 years old and competed on the mat until 2009. During that time he earned a place at the top of the podium as Mission Valley Athletic League Champion as well as a Northern Coastal Section Champion at James Logan High School in Union City. Coach Evans earned his degree in Psychology from Norfolk State University then Returned to Northern California to earn his Masters Degree in School Based Counseling from California State University East Bay. While back in California he was the head coach of the Hayward High School Wrestling Team where he earned the honor of Northern California Girls Wrestling coach of the year in 2016. 

 Coach Lynch was born in Alexandria Bay, New York. He began wrestling at the age of five, following one of the Lynch family traditions. Coach Lynch attended Indian River Jr. Sr. High School in Philadelphia, New York. He competed at the varsity level for four years, becoming the winningest wrestler in the school’s history. He was the Section III champion but a knee injury kept him from competing for a state title his Senior year. After wrestling with SUNY Morrisville for a semester, Coach Lynch joined the Army where he served 23 years. Coach Lynch linked up with Coach Harrison’s father Coach Dale Harrison in 2010 with LCP Wrestling Club and eventually took over the head coaching position. Coach Lynch has a passion for wrestling and spends as much time as he can giving back to the sport. 

 Coach Freddy was born and raised in Austin Texas, he has over a decade of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experience all under professor Shane Zeringue. Since the start of his career he has been consistently training and competing all across the southern United States from the West coast of California to the East coast of Florida. He has competed in tournaments ranging from hole in the wall in house tournaments to competing in one, if not the biggest Jiu-Jitsu federations in the world, he has also had the opportunity to compete on stage in numerous professional Jiu-Jitsu fights and in numerous invitation only tournaments. He has had the privilege to compete against and share the mats with World champions old, new and future. He is a student of the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo and Wrestling. He’s an all around grappler who believes in Mushin…No Mind. 

 Coach Maria has made her mark in the Leander fitness community over the past 3 years offering her Hit Lift Fit members more than just a workout. Members are treated to her unique approach which encompases exercise, nutrition and lifestyle rightfully called “Hit Fit Lift”.

Using the “Hit Lift Fit” system, Coach Maria incorporates in-depth health and exercise evaluations, strength training and nutrition coaching to produce dramatic results for each individual member. Coach Maria not only works closely with “HLF” members but she also works with wrestling, karate and MMA members. She is ISSA certified for personal training and nutrition. 

 Coach Harrison was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and moved to the United States at a young age. He began his wrestling career at the age of five, taking after his dad who was a collegiate wrestler in Canada. Coach Harrison followed in his older brother’s footsteps, Tyler, and attended Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park, TX. He went on to be a three time state qualifier and two time state placer, becoming the state runner-up his senior year. Coach Harrison furthered his wrestling career at the collegiate level where he was a scholarship student athlete at Western Colorado University, a NCAA division II school nestled in the heart of the rocky mountains. His collegiate career was unfortunately cut short due to injuries, but he graduated with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science and Business. After taking some time away from wrestling, Coach Harrison has since began coaching as a way to give back to the sport that shaped his life. He currently is the co-founder of a small business, Technavance, along with his younger brother and mother. He continues to grow the great sport of wrestling at the Heart and Pride Wrestling Club program. 

 Coach Timmons was born in Norman, Oklahoma but moved to Austin when he was two. Coach Timmons attended AISD schools throughout his childhood and attended the LASA program at LBJ High School. While at LASA he started wrestling after getting cut from the basketball team as a freshman. He did not see much success until his sophomore outing, winning the Capital Classic Tournament and starting the season undefeated. During the summer after his sophomore season, Coach Timmons wrestled in the Freestyle Wrestling State Championships becoming a state champion in freestyle at the cadet level. This allowed him to be a part of the Texas National Team and participate in the National Duals for Freestyle/Greco on the Texas All-American Team. Coach Timmons’ successes in high school include 4-time District finalist, 3-time District Champion, Regional Champion, 3-time Texas State Wrestling Tournament Qualifier, along with a Cadet Freestyle State Wrestling Championship. Following high school, Coach Timmons officiated the sport for over a decade in the Austin and San Antonio areas. Coach Timmons was the assistant wrestling coach at LBJ high school for three years from 2015-2017. During his time there, he helped the program win the Girls Team District Championship all three years and their first Boys District Championship in 2016. The boys repeated as district champions in 2017. 

  My first wrestling match was against my dad on the carpet of our family room when I was 4 years old and in 1st grade I watched a high school dual meet for the first time - I loved the sport from a young age. From 3rd grade up into college and beyond, I spent countless hours in wrestling rooms and gyms striving to be a champion. I had great coaches who invested in my development as an athlete and a human being - my dad was my youth coach; Jim Lenth, Paul Corner, and Lee Miller were my high school coaches; Pat Santoro and Greg Strobel coached me at Lehigh University. I traveled the country at the youth, high school and college level, wrestling in NJ, PA, IA, IL, KS, MO, OK, OH, CO, and TX. I made the podium at the state tournament (3rd) and at national opens, but never finished at the top of the heap at the end of the season like I had always worked hard for. Wrestling brought me a profound sense of purpose, many joys, and some crushing lows. When I look back on it, it’s the relationships that stand out even more than the wins and losses. Working hard with teammates in and out of the room, developing under the guidance and investment of great coaches, and building friendships across the country is where the real gold is. I’ve received a lot from my time as an athlete and it’s what drives me to give back as a coach. - Coach Tim