Athletic Director: Glynn Blackwell

Glynn Blackwell earned his B.A. in Program Management, specializing in Athletics and Recreation, from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1989. Upon graduation, Glynn pursued his basketball career with the NBA on the Seattle Supersonics. After being released, Glynn traveled through Europe, playing professional basketball in Turkey and Greece. From 1992 through 1995, Glynn served a mayoral appointment as Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation in Highland Park, Michigan. From 1995 through 1998, Glynn traveled abroad once again to pursue the game of basketball in Mexico, the Philippines, Cyprus, and Estonia.

Glynn worked for the Highland Park School District as the Student Assistant Coordinator and After-School Coordinator for the program, PROJECT LINK, from 1998 through 2002. From 2002 through 2007, Glynn served as the Assistant to the Athletic Director at Faith Christian Academy, a ministry of Word of Faith International Christian Center. Glynn is a licensed and ordained minister of the gospel, seeking passionately to connect sports and ministry, for the glory of God.

Glynn now serves as Athletic Director of Franklin Road Christian School, developing a complete K-12 competitive sports program.

Athletic Advisory Board Member: Bill Lam

Bill Lam earned his B.A. in Education from the University of Oklahoma, and went on to complete his M.A. in Education and Psychology. He coached wrestling at the University of North Carolina for thirty years. While there, Bill served on the Executive Committee for the Coaches Association, and also served on the NCAA rules committee. He now owns and operates his own business, Wrestling With Life. He also works with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Nation of Coaches.

Athletic Advisory Board Member: Paul Alex

Paul Alex graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, in 1991, with a B.S. in Political Science, and earned his M.B.A. from Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, in 1993, with Honors. Paul has an extensive background in telecommunications, and now works with Sprint/Nextel, in Farmington, MI.

Paul has enjoyed competetive sports throughout his life, and strives to bring that joy to his children and teams. Paul played high school and college football, and now coaches FRCS flag football.

Athletic Advisory Board Member: David Williams

David Williams graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University. He now serves as President of his own business, Global Growth Associates, an automotive manufacturer’s representative business, which supplies audio speaker, amplifiers, antennas, and other electronic components to global automotive companies.

David’s background in athletics is extensive. David was a part of the EMU program that reached the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1989 and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament “Sweet Sixteen” in 1991. He served as the EMU Men’s Basketball Booster Club President from 1988-1993. Since college, David has coached many of his children’s teams including basketball, baseball and volleyball. Presently, David is serving as Manager of his son, David’s, travel baseball team.

Athletic Advisory Board Member: Bill Ward

Bill Ward graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He went on to Detroit College of Law to earn his J.D. Bill now practices law independently, and is a member of the Michigan Bar Association.

From 2004 to the present, Bill has been invited to coach Team USA in the 10 and 12 year age groups for the AAU Junior Olympics for Inline Hockey.

Athletic Advisory Board Member: George Uzoni

George Uzoni majored in Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He has over 28 years experience in the Engineering/Tool Manufacturing Industry. Currently, George serves as the Engineering and Design Supervisor for Energy Conversion Devices. George played soccer for the Hamilton Red Stars Soccer Program-Ontario, and played college soccer. He continues his pursuit of the game with various soccer clubs in Detroit. George has been an invaluable member of our Athletic Field Complex committee. He has assisted greatly with the design and implementation of the entire project.