Coach Geoff

After leaving the Marines, Coach Geoff began working for the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a Correctional Officer. He has since worked for the agency for 16 years, serving at three different prisons in conjunction with collateral duties as a Self Defense Instructor, Firearms Instructor, and National Tactical Skills Trainer. He currently serves as the Supervisor of Recreation at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville Illinois, where he holds the title of Squad Leader for their Special Operations Response Team.
Coach Geoff has been a student at Gracie Barra Collinsville since the school’s opening in April of 2022 under 2 nd degree Black Belt Professor Josh Cadenbach and he is the very first “in-house” promoted student and coach for our school. Coach Geoff routinely competes at local and state jiu-jitsu tournaments and has been spreading the teachings of Gracie Barra to his fellow law enforcement officers and his local community to continue recruitment and interest in the gym he considers his second home.