"Training Elite Archers One Arrow at a Time"
Individual Coaching and Training by USA Archery Certified Instructor Trainer
Kentucky Elite Coaching Staff
Professional, Experienced, and Nationally Certified Coaches
Meet Your Coaching Staff
Head Coach and CEO David Messer
Head Coach David Messer has dedicated his life to serving others for over 40 years. Through youth and children's ministry, school social work, behavioral health, teaching as a University Professor, monitoring foster care, managing child abuse prevention programs, being appointed by the governor as a Kentucky Colonel, and 4 decades of coaching athletes, his love for archery has led him to fulfilling a dream. That dream is Kentucky Elite Archery Academy - an exclusively designed archery development program for youth. Since 2004, he has held archery coaching certifications through the NASP (National Archery in Schools Program), is an Advanced Scholastic 3DA Instructor, USA Archery Level 3-NTS Coach. He is also certified as a USA Archery Instructor Trainer, and teaches using the coaching system of our USA Olympic and Paralympic teams.
Coach Briley Hearrin
Coach Hearrin is a well-seasoned BAREBOW competitor, who has competed on the national stage with USA Archery, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, and in the Mid-South NAIA Conference. Coach Hearrin’s impressive resume includes TEN (10) National Collegiate gold medal titles in 3D, indoor target, and outdoor target in women’s barebow individual, team and mixed teams. Her most impressive archery success was the 2017 Women’s Collegiate Barebow Indoor National Title on stage in Las Vegas. Rounding out her archery career were another impressive 3 National silver medals, 4 National bronze medals, All American honors, and NAIA Champions of Character. Coach Hearrin holds her BA in Education, her USA Archery Level I NTS Certification, and is BIA Certified with the National Archery in the Schools program.