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Bret Erickson Named New National Shotgun Coach

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-– Four-time Olympian Bret Erickson (Muenster, Texas) has been named USA Shooting's new National Shotgun Coach.

During his competitive shooting career, Erickson was a member of four Olympic teams (1992, 1996, 2004, 2008), was on the USA Shooting National Team for 25 years and was a six-time USA Shooting National Champion. He was a 1990 World Champion in Double Trap, a four-time World Championship medalist and is a multiple World Cup and Pan American Games medalist.

Erickson will begin his new role as USA Shooting National Coach in early January of 2010.

As the National Coach, Erickson will manage the shotgun Resident Athlete Program at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, he will coach the USAS National Team, National Development Team and National Junior Team athletes. He will also work with Regional Training Centers and other shotgun coaches around the country.

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