Who We Are
Coaching for Transformation Mission: To align principles and practices within school athletics to provide a transformative experience for athletes, coaches, and the wider community.
Leadership Team
Darin Keizer
Director
Darin Keizer serves as Athletic Director at Dordt University and Director of Coaching for Transformation. A Dordt alumnus, he holds a Master's in Higher Education Administration (2013) and an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Liberty University (2023). He is a Certified and Registered Athletic Administrator through the NIAAA.
Previously, Keizer directed athletics at Southwest Christian High School (MN), where he developed six new programs and oversaw 80 coaches. A former student-athlete, he is committed to Christ-centered leadership that promotes holistic growth for athletes and coaches. At Dordt, his work with Coaching for Transformation focuses on equipping coaches and athletes to cultivate character, faith, and leadership.
Shane Hansen
Associate Director
Shane Hansen has over 15 years of experience as an athletics administrator, including 10 years as a High School Athletic Director (most recently at Sheboygan Christian School in Sheboygan, WI), and has coached baseball at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. In addition to his leadership in athletics, Shane also serves as a Christian Life Coach, Author, and Speaker and is involved in Christian Publishing. He has a BA in Athletics Administration & Management, MBA in Business Administration, and is a Certified Professional Christian Life Coach.
Mike Walker
Marketing & Communications
Mike Walker has led athletic departments at four different schools since 2003, serving in Pennsylvania, Texas and now Georgia. Mike has played key roles in shaping athletic programs through leadership positions, including serving on the Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association Executive Council, as a league Vice President in Texas, and as a District Committee Member. His contributions to athletics have been widely recognized, earning him two Athletic Director of the Year awards. Additionally, he has been published in Coach & A.D. Magazine, writing about the powerful influence coaches have in students' lives. He has a passion for excellent athletics from a biblical worldview and works with organizations like the Council for Athletic Standards of Excellence (CASE) and Coaching for Transformation (CfT).
Leading a team of nearly 85 coaches, Mike is passionate about equipping student-athletes with the skills to achieve victory in competition by first mastering the small, everyday challenges in life.
Jon Young
Curriculum and Resources
Jon Young serves as the Athletic Director at Indiana Wesleyan University. With a deep commitment to transformational coaching and holistic athlete development, Jon integrates faith, leadership, and excellence across the Wildcats' athletic community.
Before joining Indiana Wesleyan, Jon spent more than a decade as the Athletic Director at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Ohio, where he guided the program through significant growth and success both on and off the field. He also previously served as Athletic Director at Brookings-Harbor School District in Oregon.
Jon holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Columbia International University and teaches in the field of sport psychology. His passion is equipping coaches to shape athletes' character through relational, Christ-centered leadership.
Beck Brydon
AD & Coach Implementation
Beck Brydon has served in a variety of athletics leadership positions over the past 25 years, both in Christian education and at the State Association level. In spring 2026 Coach "B" joined Trinity Christian Academy (Addison, TX) as their new Executive Director of Athletics. TCA is a PreK-12 private Christian school with over 1,500 students. Prior to joining TCA, Beck served as Director of Student Impact and Head Football Coach at Second Baptist School in Houston, TX. From 2006-2023, Coach B served as Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach at Regents School of Austin in Austin, TX and from 2004-2006 as Regents' Director of Advancement. He is currently an Executive Board Member of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS), the primary governing body of private school athletics and fine arts in the state of Texas. Coach B's vision is to redeem sports for Christ - one heart, one team and one event at a time. He has a passion for helping others view sports through a Christian worldview lens and he became a Colson Fellow in spring 2021. He and his wife Trish have three wonderful children.
Thor Benson
Leadership & Faith Integration
Dr. Thor Benson serves as the Principal and the head boys lacrosse coach at Southwest Christian High School in Chaska, MN. Dr. Benson holds a BS in Kinesiology and a minor in coaching (Wheaton College), a masters in Educational Leadership (Bethel University), and a PhD in Science Education & Learning Technologies (U of Minnesota). During his career, Thor has held various roles in the classroom, in school leadership in Christian education, K-12 and higher education, as well as MS, HS and collegiate athletics In addition to his role at SW, Dr. Benson is a school designer for Teaching for Transformation, which fuels his passion for teaching and learning in distinctively Christian ways. When not teaching or coaching, Thor can be found mountain biking, playing pickleball, or enjoying time with his wife and three children.