Abby and John Reid

Abby and John have led the LMG team since 2005. Both Abby and John have their B.S. in Exercise Physiology and Master’s in Public Health. They coached gymnastics in Indiana during college and after moving to SC to pursue graduate degrees they picked up coaching again. Abby owns and operates Lake Murray Elite (the homeschool program for LMG) and John is a clinical data program manager full-time. Their daughter, Madeline was coached at LMG and is now a collegiate gymnast at NC State. Abby and John ‘s successes include many state champions, regional qualifiers, national champions and TOPS national qualifiers in their tenure at LMG. Abby is the women’s team director overseeing all facets of the implementation of the team and primarily coaches the Tops and Optional Team. John focuses much of his coaching on Vault and Bars.

Optional Team Coaching Staff:

Michelle Strenk, John and Abby Reid

Compulsory Team Coaching Staff:

Tara Martin, Allie Strenk, Faith Polk

Xcel Team Coaching Staff:

Tara Martin, Cristina Penagos

Assisting: Jennifer Gilbert, Samantha Spradley, Halle Aposhian

Choreographer: Madeline Reid (NC State)

Men’s Coaching Staff:

Casey Bryan (intermittent)

Casey was a collegiate gymnast at the University of Oklahoma,  on the men’s USA world championship team in 1994 and went on to work as a performer at Disney World until he married his wife that brought him back to SC. Casey is in surgical sales.

Brian Keith

Brian is the gym’s general manager & the main contact for the boys’ team. He coaches and assists in staffing, scheduling & logistics at all levels of competition at LMG. He has worked at LMG since we opened in 2005.