Adam Kelsey – Camp Director
is a former three sport varsity high school athlete (basketball, soccer, tennis), Adam went on to compete at the collegiate level as a four year member of the Men’s Basketball program at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU).  After a year as an assistant coach at ECSU, he took his love of coaching to Denver and found a home at South High School where he led the boys basketball program for 14 years as head coach while teaching social studies and later serving as Dean of Students.  He also served as the head boys and girls golf coach and as an assistant coach of the girls tennis and soccer programs.  Currently leading the mighty Rebels athletic program as the school’s Athletic Director, he lives the 2-4-1 Sports philosophy every day.  His love of coaching continues as he now coaches his 11 year old son’s youth basketball and football teams.

Co-Director: Steve Boyle
is a former Division 1 basketball player (Manhattan College). In NYC and Seattle, WA, he coached soccer, basketball, track and field and x-country. In Seattle, he founded Boyle’s Cougar Hoop Camp for Girls, the largest all-girls camp in the state of Washington at the time. He has been a school counselor in West Hartford for 20 years where he has coached Varsity basketball, track and field, freshman and JV soccer. He is currently a counselor at Hall High, is the Advisory Board Chair at the National Association of Physical Literacy and is Partner at the Crossover Consulting Group.

Co-Director: Kerry Boyle
is a former Division 1 lacrosse and field hockey player (Bucknell University). Kerry has coached basketball, lacrosse and tennis in Baltimore, NYC and Seattle, WA. She has been an Athletic Director in Seattle and is the seventeen-year athletic director at Watkinson School where she also coaches Varsity lacrosse.

Aime Kern – Athletic Trainer/Sport Director
is a certified athletic trainer and will serve as our athletic trainer and coach for our 241 Denver South Camp.  She is a former DPS Athletic trainer who served at in that role for the Rebels for four years.  She is currently the head of medical for DU’s Men’s Rugby team as well as on the core medical team for USA Rugby’s Women’s program.  Aime was a standout three sport HS athlete out of Saylorsburg, PA where she captained, was MVP and All League her senior year in Cross Country, Basketball and Soccer.   She went on to play D1  Basketball and Soccer for three years at George Washington University garnering team MVP honors as a senior soccer player.  In her final year of eligibility she played soccer at UCCS where she was RMAC goalkeeper of the year and still holds the school record for saves in a season.  She has coached soccer and rugby at the high school level along with private goalkeeping lessons for elite athletes.  Her current sports passion is rugby and is a member of the Division 1 Black Ice Women’s Rugby team, a top ten nationally ranked program.

Veronica Marcelo – Sport Director
is originally from Pullman, WA, Veronica was a standout soccer player at Pullman High School decorated with multiple honors including Gatorade Player of the Year her senior season.  After originally finding her way to South High via the Americore program, she has served as a math teacher and as an assistant coach for both the boys and girls soccer programs for the past three years.  She loves to PLAY and spends her free time still competing at soccer, flag football and volleyball.

Meredith Barrow – Sport Director
Meredith is a graduate of Air Academy High School on the United States Air Force Academy campus, Coach Mere is no stranger to championships.  After a short stint as a high school basketball player she focused on cheerleading and captained their state championship team in 2001.  She went on to not only become a college cheerleader at UCCS, but also returned to her alma mater as head cheer coach and led the Air Academy HS team to State Championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005.  She has been the Head Coach at South HS since 2013 and has led a remarkable turnaround for the program.  She works for the Denver Scholarship Foundation and serves as a college advisor for South HS as well as being an assistant coach for the girls golf team.

Joe Newswander – Sport Director
Joe's passion for all things athletic began as a child and continued through his high school years where he was a three sport varsity athlete (football, baseball, & basketball). Joe then went Illinois State University where he played lacrosse for two years and began coaching high school basketball during his senior year. He found that building the love of sports in student-athletes was an extremely impactful way of passing on the lessons he had learned as a young athlete. Throughout his career Joe has amassed over ten years of high school coaching experience in football, basketball, baseball, softball, and tennis. He currently serves as a Math Teacher & Dean at Denver South High School where he continues to push students to develop their athletic abilities in all sports through his work in our strength & conditioning program.

Mike Patterson – Sport Director
Coach (Mike) Patterson will be entering his third season coaching football at South where he coaches the varsity offensive line. Coach Patterson’s previous coaching consisted of serving as the Rebel’s Freshman Head Coach, as well as being the varsity defensive line coach at George Washington High School for two years. Patterson will be entering his 5th year as PE teacher for Denver Public Schools at the Contemporary Learning Academy (CLA). During Patterson’s high school career, he was a unanimous selection to the Nebraska All-State Football Team by both the Omaha World-Herald, and Lincoln Journal Star during his senior season. His high school success on the field, as well as in the classroom earned him a football scholarship at the University of Sioux Falls where he was a part of two NAIA National Championship teams. When he’s not in the classroom or on the field, Mike enjoys the great outdoors and traveling abroad.

Katie Ryan – Sport Director

Katie Ryan is no stranger to multi sport participation. She was a two sport standout at Pomona High School in track and volleyball. She went on to play collegiate volleyball at Indian River State College and at Northern Arizona University. Katie has taken her passion for volleyball into the coaching world, serving as an elite club and high school head coach over the past 10 years. She has been the varsity volleyball coach, special education teacher and leader of our Unified/ Adaptive Sports program at Denver South over the past three years.

Tracy Hartin – Junior Sport Director

Tracy’s life has always had a sports emphasis. She started her career in sports in Wisconsin as an athlete and fan. She was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school playing volleyball, basketball, and track and field while spending all her spare time on the ski slopes or in the pool teaching synchronized swimming and swim lessons. Tracy went on to become a four-year varsity collegiate athlete in track and field at the University of Wisconsin –La Crosse where she was conference champion in the javelin and runner up in the 400 hurdles. Her passion for playing sports did not end there. She graduated with a degree in Exercise and Sports Management with an emphasis in Physical Education and School Health and later obtained a Master’s degree from WKU in Recreation and Sports Administration - Athletic Administration and Coaching. Tracy has been teaching and coaching for Denver Public Schools for 14 years. She is currently teaching physical education at University Park Elementary and enjoys coaching track at South High School.

Alphonzo McDonald - Sport Director

Coach Phonz was a multi-sport Varsity Athlete at Montbello High School, excelling in Football, Basketball and Track. After high school, Coach Phonz found a love of coaching through his work with the Denver Parks and Recreation program, where he was highly involved in their youth programs. His father is a long time head girls basketball coach and the currently the head coach at South High School. Phonz has been coaching hoops with his Dad for the past 7 years along with coaching his own son’s youth baseball team as well.

Skyler Magee - Sport Director

Skyler was a three sport varsity athlete in high school, competing in Tennis, Baseball and Hockey. He went on to earn a degree in K-12 Physical Education from the University of Alabama “Roll Tide”! Skyler started his career as a teacher and football coach in Chicago and then moved to Denver where he has taught K-5 PE for the past 5 years. He is in his 3rd year as the Tennis Coach at Thomas Jefferson HS. Skyler has been our Camp Sports Director for Tennis for 3 years.

Matt Salis - Sport Director

Matt Salis has been coaching youth soccer from five-year-olds through the high school age levels for over two decades. Since 2016, Matt has been coaching in both the girl's and boy's soccer programs at Denver South High School, and loves to play the beautiful game whenever possible. He is a big fan of kids experiencing a variety of sports, and encourages all of his players to participate on other teams in the soccer off season. Matt lives with his wife and four kiddos, and they are all Denver South Rebels for life!