The coaches at the Speeders Track Club have a passion for sprinting, as both are former collegiate track athletes. They also have deep experience coaching sprints and working with athletes across ages and skill levels.
Brendon Kensel
Head Track Coach
Brendon founded the Speeders Track Club in 2014 to give back to a sport that was good to him and to build a community of youth sprinters.
As a young athlete, coaches developed Brendon’s athletic skills, however, the best coaches also encouraged character development. Sports gave him a sense of working with and belonging to a team, and the time and effort involved to achieve improvement played a crucial role in the development of his professional work ethic.
Out of a desire to give back to the sport that contributed so much to his development, Brendon founded the Speeders Track Club, with his elementary-age son and a few of his son’s classmates. The team has since expanded to include athletes across grade levels. Brendon is a certified USA Track & Field Level 1 coach. When not coaching, he is a CEO at a fintech start-up.
Brendon participated in track at Central Washington University and ran the 400m and the 4x400m relay. He received a B.S. from Central Washington University and a M.B.A. from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.
Kayvan Aminzadeh
Head Speed Coach
Kayvan has deep experience coaching sprint training with athletes ranging from youth to professional.
Kayvan is a sports performance coach at Evo Sports Training, where he has worked with world-renowned speed expert Gary Cablayan. This experience has been instrumental in developing Kayvan’s training philosophies and offered him the opportunity to work with many professional athletes. Following each college football season Kayvan helps former NCAA athletes prepare for the NFL draft.
Kayvan is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a certification for professionals that have demonstrated the scientific knowledge to train athletes for the primary goal of improving athletic performance.
Keyvan is the head sprint coach at Corona del Mar High School and is also the wide receivers coach for the Sea Kings football team. Keyvan is also the wide receivers coach for the Newport Beach Seahawks youth football team.
Kayvan participated in football and track at Chapman University. He played running back and wide receiver, contributing to the second SCIAAC conference championship in Chapman school history. In track, Kayvan ran the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay. Kayvan received a B.A. from Chapman University.
Teddy Barber
Speed Coach
Teddy is an experienced sports performance coach and has worked with a wide range of athletes at the youth, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Teddy joined the Speeders Track Club as a speed coach in 2024.
Teddy has also worked with Evo Sports Training since 2020 and has had the opportunity to be mentored by Gary Cablayan. Coach Barber is a strength coach for the Corona del Mar High School football team and is also the varsity defensive line coach and head coach for the JV team.
Coach Barber attended Corona del Mar High School and played football, rugby, and competed in track in the 100M, 200M, and 4x100M relay. He also played football at Orange Coast Community College.