Facility Director - Lead Instructor

Lead Personal Training Instructor

Instructor Experience: 24 years

High School Coaching Experience: 4 years (certified)

Youth Coaching Experience: 24 years (certified)

College: Iowa State University

High School: Rockhurst High School

Jim Tuso is the Kansas City Athlete Training Director and a Lead Instructor for Kansas City Athlete Training. Coach Tuso leads our Intro Speed and Agility 1.0 Group Class, Advanced Speed and Agility 2.0 Group Class, Elite Speed and Agility 3.0 Group Class, Offensive Line Football Training, and is available for Personal 1-on1 Training here at Kansas City Athlete Training.

Instructor Experience: 3 Years
Degrees: Doctorate of Chiropractic -
December 2022, Bachelors of Science
(BioMedical Science) - May 2019
Certified:
-SFMA, FMS, and Y-Balance
-Rehab and Injury prevention
-MDT level 2
-GRIP Lower Extremity
-Exercise Therapy
-Basic Life Support
College: SouthEast Missouri State University
High School: Lamar High School

Football Academy Instructor

Lead Defensive Line Instructor

Defensive Line Coach with Missouri Wolverines Youth Football Club

Youth Coaching Experience: 7 years

College: University of Oklahoma (Defensive Line)

High School: Bishop Kelly High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Coach Williams has become an outstanding addition to the Kansas City Athlete Training Staff and is currently our Lead Defensive Line Instructor and helps assistant with Offensive Line Class as well.  Coach Williams played collegiant football at Oklahoma University.  His knowledge on hand placement and teaching youth and middle school athletes the proper fundamentals has helped our defensive line athletes tremendously over the past year. 

Coach Williams son James is a 6'6 Defensive End at Park Hill South High School this year and he continues to assist in his development as well.

Football Academy Instructor

Lead Linbacker Instructor

Defensive Linebacker Coach with Missouri Wolverines Youth Football Club

Youth Coaching Experience: 4 years

College: Missouri Western  (Linebacker)

High School: Marcelene High School (Marcelene, Missouri)

Assistant Instructor for Speed and Agility 1.0

Assistant Instructor for Advanced Speed and Agility 2.0

Football Academy Assistant Instuctor

Youth Coaching Experience: 13 years

College:

High School:

Coach John Randle is one of our assistant instuctors for our Sports Performance Training where he assists with our Speed and Agility 1.0 Class and our Advanced Speed and Agility 2.0 Class and Elite Speed and Agility 3.0 Class. He also assists with our Football Academy Classes where he is involved with Linebacker Training on Tuesday Nights and Defensive Back Training on Wednesday Nights.

Speed and Agility 1.0 Lead Instructor

Building Leaders Mentoring Program

High School: Liberty North High School

Sport: Softball

Coach Laila is one of our high school athletes who train with us during our Elite Speed and Agility 3.0 Class and is now a member of our Building Leaders Mentoring Program.  Coach Laila is an instructor of our Intro Speed and Agility 1.0 Class working with our younger athletes and has become an outstanding role model to our youth and especially to all the little girls who attend our 1.0 Class.

When she is not coaching or training at Kansas City Athlete Training, Laila is a sophomore at Liberty North High School and plays softball for the Eagles.