Corey Robinson

After a very successful high school career at Myers Park in Charlotte, NC, Corey went on to receive a full athletic scholarship to North Carolina Central University.  During his tenure, he excelled as a four year starter and letterman.  After college, he went on to work-out for various NFL teams, to include the Carolina Panthers. 

• Thereafter, Corey career began in coaching football  on the middle school level
• Coached at Livingstone college from 2000-03
• Working various NFL summer camps from 1998-2005
• Worked for Ken Harris’s sports management firm in Charlotte, NC
• Assisted in the recruiting, negotiation of contracts, and training of athletes

Lavale Thomas
Lavale is a graduate of Tulare Western High and Fresno State Univ 1982-1986. Lavale was all-star high school player in both Football and Track and Field. Scoring over 45 touchtowns and rushing for 3600 yds. He continued to excell in college, starting all 4yrs at Fresno State. Lavale was selected in the 1986 Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs and later traded to the Greenbay Packers playing for a total 5years. Retired NFLPA Active Member.

Lavale started his coaching career at Fresno State 1999-2000 in an adminstrative capacity in the athletic study hall. Lavale later took coaching position at Livingstone College 2001-2003 coaching runningback and linebackers. In 2003 Lavale was the Defensive Corrdinator at Barber-Scotia College.

Lavale is currently an active member of the NFLPA in Washington, DC under Gene Upshaw and Andree Collins helping develop career programs for retired NFL Players. Lavale has been offered and will be accepting a coaching position in NFL Europe for the 2007 season.

LeDell Richardson,
Known as Dell by friends, works closely with all GDS Prep clients using over 20 years of college recruiting process knowlege to assist high school student-athletes and their parents make a smooth transition from high school to college.

A native of Charlotte, NC, Dell played football and ran track at North Mecklenburg High School, where he was All-Conference, All-County and a North Carolina East-West All-Star Game participant in football and All-Conference and school record holder in track.

After high school. Dell continued his football career at Norfolk State University as a freshman starter for a year and transfered to North Carolina Central University to become a two year starter. While at NCCU he played for several now NFL and Division I coaches. Dell finished at NCCU studying Political Science. Dell then played professionally in the German Football League for the Penzberg Miners.

After his playing career, Dell began coaching where he has been a successful head high school and college football and track coach. Dell's relentless commitment to giving back to the community led him to co-founded Atlantic Career College a vocational-trade program to develop economic and employment opportunities to underprivilged people. His continued love for helping kids and sports placed him with Gameday Sports to serve as an academic and athletic guidance specialist for student-athletes. From helping place clients into colleges with scholarships to assisting them with college financial preparation, Dell ensures each client is academically, financially and athletically ready to attend college.

Dell resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife Kim and son's LaMar and Travis and daughters Ebony and Kaitlyn.

Bernard Minger
Bernard joined Gameday Sports in 2006.He is involved in assisting high school athletes with college and future life choices. In addition, he is also involved in guiding young athletes in assisting and giving back to the community.

Bernard attended Howard University where he played football and ran track. Later, Bernard transferred to UNC Charlotte receiving his bachelor’s degree in Architecture.

Currently Bernard is pursuing his Masters of Architecture I degree. Bernard resides in Charlotte where he attended West Charlotte High School.

Jarrett Robinson
Jarrett isa native of Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Myers Park High School from 1984 to 1987. At Myers Park High School he was a member of a successful Varsity basketball program. He also participated in the Five Star Basketball Camp, and played Junior Olympic Basketball (AAU).

Jarrett went to Livingstone College on a four-year basketball scholarship. Later, he was recruited by Winston Salem State University. During the summer, he played in various summer leagues, including the Charlotte NBA-Pro-AM in 1989, 1990, 1991. Presently he is coaching Youth basketball, baseball and football.

Jarrett's awards:

• Defense award at Five Star Basketball Camp
• State Champion Junior Olympic
• Played against Russia National Team
• CIAA Tournament Three Point Record

Tony Pearl

Tony has been involved in sports for over 25 years. As a former stand out student/athlete, Tony’s passion is to assist each GDS client with effectively making the transition from the playing fields and how to utilize those on the field game and team experiences in the corporate world or in business ownership. It is Tony’s mission that each GDS client possess the knowledge and have the necessary options in place so that they can fulfill all of their life dreams in addition to sports.

With over 12 years experience in the corporate world, Tony’s background includes sales and management experience with Sherwin Williams, a fortune 500 company and currently he consults the technological needs of large to medium sized corporations for their domestic as well as their international operations. With a multimillion dollar base of accounts in which he manages and oversees, Tony is positioned and well-suited to advise on career opportunities for the young adults of our generation.

Prior to GDS, Tony helped recruit athletes for Team USA Select Basketball, an organization committed to assisting elite American basketball players with professional opportunities internationally. Tony is currently in the final stages of launching a non profit called The Pearl Philanthropy Organization which will offer scholarship opportunities for exceptional student/athletes (Ambassador Athletes in which he refers to them) who also serve in their communities.

Tony has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from North Carolina Central University. Tony is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and resides in Charlotte NC with his son, Justin Anthony.

Warren Wallace
Warren D. Wallace attended Fayetteville State University and served in the United States Air Force for four years.  His love for sports has won him recognition amongst his peers as the ‘go to guy’ to obtain stats, historical knowledge and opinion on all sports – specifically NFL football and college basketball.

Warren’s favorite sports are basketball, football and wrestling.  He has stood behind his favorite NFL team – Dallas Cowboys during their high and low periods; and has rode out with the UNC – Tarheels during their high and low periods as well.

With an enthusiastic personality and his strong knowledge of sports, Warren D. Wallace is the one to go to for all of your sport needs.

Steve Ship
Steven Shipp brings to Game Day Sports, a success athletic career as a player as well as a coach.  While attending West Charlotte High School, Steven won State Championships in Track (1994) and Football (1995). As a senior, he was ranked as high as the number three wide receiver in the nation and number one wide receiver in the state of North Carolina.  He also earned Parade All-American honors among others, top five rankings in seven different NC state record categories, and started on the 1996 NC Shrine Bowl team.  Upon graduation, he attended the University of Florida during the Steve Spurrier era.   After two seasons in Gainesville, he transferred to North Carolina A&T State University.  Playing under Bill Hayes, the Aggies won the MEAC Conference Championship as well as the National Black College National Championship (1999).  Shipp’s school record for the most receiving yards in a single game (183 yards) was just recently broken by Doug Brown in 2004.  Shipp earned his Bachelors Degree in Public Relations in 2002.

The same day he walk the stage at his college graduation, he coached in his first high school state championship game. Since Shipp’s last college course could be taken on-line he moved back to Charlotte and began working and coaching at Independence High School.  In his four year coaching career, Shipp has won four straight State Championships. In three of the four championship games, one of his receivers was named game MVP. He coached NC State record holders Jarvis Hill, Mohammad Massaquoi, Hakeem Nicks at the wide receiver position.  Shipp prides himself on producing wide receivers that are ready to make an immediate impact on the college program that they attend.  To date, two of his wide receivers have started games their freshman year (Mohammad Massaquoi- University of Georgia and Hakeem Nicks-UNC-Chapel Hill) and one who has began setting records his red-shirt freshmen year (Billy Wiggins- Elizabeth City State University).         

In the spring of 2007, Shipp will start his own wide receiver’s camp, Catch & Tuck.  The program will take Charlotte area wide receivers and transformed them from good high school receivers to top college receivers. He is a Charlotte native and has two young sons (Steven Shipp, Jr. 7-years old and Jordan Shipp 1-year old). 

To learn more about how Game Day Sports Management & Consulting can help you maximize your sports talent and sports career, call us at 704.517.8123, or fill out our online "GDS SportSuperStar " form.