Coach Brian co-founded CrossFit Masiphumelele in 2023 with his wife Kristin and friends Gabe Fisher and Lindsey Wolfe with a vision to provide a CrossFit gym serving the people in the South Peninsula of Cape Town, especially the teens and young adults of Masiphumelele and Ocean View.

A lifelong athlete, Brian was a high school and collegiate athlete in both American Football and Powerlifting. During his senior year of Football, he led the Hamilton Southeastern High School Royals to an undefeated regular season as Defensive Captain while earning first team All County, All Conference, All Metro (Indianapolis) and honorable mention All-State honors at Linebacker. He continued his career at Hanover College earning a varsity letter during the undefeated 1995 regular season campaign.

In Powerlifting, he was a member of three consecutive Indiana high school State Championships and one United States high school National Championship. Individually, he was a two-time State Champion and record holder (at that time) and National Runner-Up in the 181 pound weight class.

Brian found CrossFit in January of 2008. Over the course of the past 15 years, he has been fortunate enough to have dropped in at over 50+ locations in 4 countries and on two continents. He has participated in 12 CrossFit Opens, been a volunteer on the Signage Team at the CrossFit Games and enjoys the occasional local competition a well as fundraising for charitable causes like L327 Fitness, Barbells for Boobs, Wounded Warrior Foundation and Strength in our Streets.

In August 2023, he earned his CF-L1 and plans to continue his CrossFit education while helping to coach and develop the athletes of CrossFit Masiphumelele.