Hi! I’m Mike.

After a childhood spent bouncing around military bases up and down the East Coast and in Panama and a decade of living the entrepreneurial life, I walked away from business success and retired at age 40 to explore the art of living. This gave me the opportunity to travel the world, raise a couple of great kids, work with many nonprofit organizations, study philosophy and explore Buddhism. My accidental discovery of pickleball allowed me to turn my lifelong love of sports into a passion for playing and teaching this fast, fun, social game. I also like dogs, bourbon and long walks on the beach. I really like playing pickleball after a long walk on the beach drinking bourbon with my dog.