Meet Bryan Filker
Bryan learned to sell, lead and outwork the room long before football. He managed a Vitamin World store in Ohio, ran shifts at McDonald's and knocked doors in security sales, then served as a U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst stationed in Alaska.
After the Air Force he moved into the game from every angle: media work with The 33rd Team, professional football experience with the CFL and the East-West Shrine Bowl, and now five years in college football at SMU, where he climbed from volunteer to graduate assistant to assistant director to director, working across recruiting, operations and personnel.
Along the way he earned an associate degree, a bachelor's, two master's degrees from SMU (sport management and liberal studies) and a graduate certificate, and built a network one conversation at a time. Today he's working toward his doctorate at SMU with the goal of teaching sports management at the university level. CoachDoctorFilk is where all of it comes together.
Faith anchors all of it. Bryan leads a devotional series for coaches and staff on work, family and identity beyond the job, because the people doing this work matter more than the work itself.
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