Resident Faculty

Email: vicepres@ussa.edu

Dr. T. J. Rosandich serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the United States Sports Academy, where he earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees. In addition to having oversight responsibility for the Academy’s administrative and financial functions, he also chairs the Institutional Effectiveness Committee and is responsible for international programs. Dr. Rosandich rejoined the staff at the Academy’s main campus in 1994 after spending nine years in Saudi Arabia, where he was general manager of Saudi American Sports. In addition to running the company, based in Riyadh, Dr. Rosandich also served in other roles during his stay in the Middle East, such as the development of sports programs in the Arabian Gulf region and as the advisor to the President of the General Organization for Youth and Sports in Bahrain. A published author, Dr. Rosandich has served as a member of the Academy faculty, teaching in both the graduate degree and international certification programs.

Email: mevans@ussa.edu

Dr. Will Evans is the assistant dean of academics at the United States Sports Academy. He holds a doctorate in health education/health promotion with a concentration in epidemiology that was awarded jointly by the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist, a Certified Wellness Practitioner with the National Wellness Institute, and a Fellow of the Kansas Public Health Leadership Academy. His research interests include modification of health care provider behaviors related to patient health promotion, smoking cessation research, including smoking ordinance modification, infection control measures for manual therapists, and health behaviors in sport. Previously, he served as Director of Wellness Initiatives at Parker University in Dallas and for 17 years was in private practice as a chiropractor in Eufaula, Ala.

Email: cromarti@ussa.edu

Dr. Cromartie earned his Ed.D. and M.S.S. from the United States Sports Academy. He also received an M.A. in Human Resource Development from Webster University and a B.A. from Ripon College. Dr. Cromartie has worked at the Academy as an Admissions Counselor, as a Graduate Assistant and as Director of Student Services before becoming a full time faculty member. He currently serves as Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Doctoral Studies. Dr. Cromartie’s experiences include teaching, coaching, and administration in the areas of sports management and sports medicine.

Email: sjohnson@ussa.edu

Dr. Scott R. Johnson received an Ed.D. in Sport Psychology from West Virginia University. While attending WVU (1994-2000), Dr. Johnson also earned Master degrees in Athletic Coaching Education, Counseling, and Sport Behavior. In addition, he was a Graduate Assistant in Student Services working with many student athletes, including WVU’s Football team. In 2004, he received Master degrees in Sport Business Management and Business Administration from the DeVos Sport Business Management program at the University of Central Florida. While attending UCF (2002-2004), Dr. Johnson was a Graduate Intern for Academic Services for Student Athletes and completed a summer internship with the National Football League (NFL). From 2005-2007, he was an Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator in Sport Administration and Sport Management at Ball State University. From 2007-2009, Dr. Johnson was the Senior Performance Enhancement Specialist with the Army Center for Enhanced Performance at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; where he consulted with U. S. Army Soldiers and Staff concerning peak performance and personal development.

Email: bsmith@ussa.edu

Ms. Betsy R. Smith was a member of the Academy team involved in a series of special projects with the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Such projects included design and implementation of fitness testing, interscholastic sports, physical education curriculum and sports medicine programs in the government schools. Smith is a former playing tennis professional with national and collegiate rankings. She has been consistently selected by the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) as one of the top 200 teaching professionals in the United States. Smith received her B.A. in Physical Education from Stephens College and her M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science/Sport Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has been included in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Outstanding College Athletes of America, and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the United States Sports Academy.

Email: tfoley@ussa.edu

Dr. Timothy Foley is currently working at the United States Sports Academy as a faculty member. He has five years of collegiate teaching experience in business and physical education subjects. In April 2009 he was assigned to teach a one-week course in Malaysia for the International Certification in Sports Management (ICSM) program. Dr. Foley has three years of collegiate baseball coaching experience at both the Division I and junior college level. He received his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University in 2003, his MBA from University of Phoenix in 2005 and doctorate from the United States Sports Academy in 2011. Some of his hobbies include reading, fly-fishing, camping, and playing with his one-year old daughter, Amber.

Email: tphillips@ussa.edu

Dr. Phillips received his undergraduate degree from Concordia University in St. Paul, MN, his masters from the University of New Orleans and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has worked over 20 years in elementary and high school education while coaching during his school experiences. After earning his Ph.D., Dr. Phillips began his university experience at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. During his 20 years teaching at the university level in both urban and rural setting, Dr. Phillips has served several institutions, coached while teaching, supervised student teachers and served as physical education-teacher education program coordinator. He has served on state committees working to update national teacher certification tests and has served on an ETS national committee. Dr. Phillips has authored several articles and made national and state presentations, particularly on pedagogical topics.

Email: wprice@ussa.edu

William J. Price is a faculty member at the United States Sports Academy teaching in the bachelor’s program. He is pursuing the doctorate at the Academy, his main research interest being athlete development. Price formerly served as executive director and head coach of the Saluki Swim Club in Carbondale, Illinois, a position he held for 15 years. He also coached and taught in Florida and Vermont and during the 1980s worked in Malaysia and Brunei as part of an Academy project team. His efforts in Asia focused on developing age-appropriate sports programs at local and national levels. The task led him to the topic for his master’s thesis, Sport Structure in the U.S.S.R. He received his master’s degree from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.

Email: amagner@ussa.edu

Ms. Amber Magner is a doctoral teaching assistant at the United States Sports Academy. She received both her bachelor’s in business and master’s degree in sports management from the University of New Orleans, where she was a standout women’s basketball player. Magner coached women’s basketball for 10 years, including seven years as the head coach at California State University, Monterey. Magner led Cal State through the transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II. Also, she taught foundations of coaching in the university’s Sports Management program and created, designed, implemented and ran the intramural program.

Email: bspradley@ussa.edu

Mr. Brandon Spradley is a doctoral teaching assistant at the United States Sports Academy. The former University of Alabama track and field sprinter qualified for the NCAA Division I national championships twice and was All-Southeastern Conference in 2010. In addition, he was named to the All-Academic Team for U.S. Track and Field, graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s in Kinesiology in December 2009 and earned his master’s with honors in Exercise Science in December 2010. Spradley also worked in Alabama’s Microbiology Lab as a lab assistant.