Youth Team - Speed Academy

Coach Brown is a graduate of Villanova University, where he was an All-American and National Champion in the DMR (400) and captain of the track team while specializing in the 400-meter hurdles. He moved to Atlanta in 2005 to train at Georgia Tech and continue his post-collegiate career. Coach Brown has made several appearances at the USATF National Championships with a few U.S. top 15 rankings in the 400 hurdles. On top of Coach Brown's many personal accomplishments, he has 20+ years of track & field coaching at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. When he is not coaching he is working as the President of Dream Scouting Network which assists high school student-athletes through the recruiting process. Outside of the running world, he is married and has four kids. He can be found on a track coaching or on a soccer field cheering for his kids.

Antonio Abney is a Graduate of Saint Augustine University. At Saint Augustine's University, he accumulated 17 All-American accolades, 6 Nationals Championships, and a Division-II National Record in the 4x400. Coach Abney now resides in Georgia with his wife and three children. When he is not coaching, he works as an operations supervisor, personal trainer, and wellness coach. Overall, Coach Abney enjoys helping others through fitness and emotional intelligence. He strives to find the correct balance between mind, body, and spirit, as he believes it is an essential step in functional fitness.

Coach Marc Silverman is currently coaching long jump, triple jump, and hurdles at Chamblee Middle School. He began his coaching career in 2016 when his daughter competed at Chamblee. Coach Marc competed in hurdles and jumps in high school in the Philadelphia, PA area and is a graduate of Penn State University.

After college, his career in TV sports production with Turner Sports brought him to Atlanta. Over the past 20 years, being a dad to both an athletic son and daughter allowed him the opportunity to coach youth baseball, football, soccer, basketball, and track.

Now in his second season with the Atlanta Track Club, Coach Marc had a successful Spring/Summer 2024 with the youth team and is excited to continue developing young athletes.

Leah Banks is an Assistant Track and Field Coach at Maynard Jackson High School, where she served during the 2024 and 2025 spring seasons. She specializes in developing vertical and horizontal jumps training for student-athletes in grades 9-12. Her coaching includes event-specific instruction in long jump, triple jump, and high jump, as well as broader developmental support in speed training, running technique, and competition safety. Leah focuses on helping athletes grow through personalized training that matches their skills, interests, and potential.

Leah holds a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Morehouse School of Medicine (2023) and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication with a minor in Environmental Science from Loyola University New Orleans (2019). At Loyola University New Orleans, Leah earned All-American honors in the outdoor heptathlon. Throughout her career from 2015 to 2019, she owns school bests among women in seven events: 100-meter hurdles (15.07 seconds), long jump (5.64 meters), outdoor heptathlon (4,534 points), indoor 55-meter sprint (7.65 seconds), indoor 55-meter hurdles (9.13 seconds), indoor 60-meter hurdles (9.37 seconds) and indoor pentathlon (3,187 points). Banks also had a part in the school's fastest women's 4x400-meter relay. After a fantastic career, she was inducted into the Loyola New Orleans Hall of Fame in 2025.