Professors:
Photo | Name and Location | Pool Biography | Website with Contact Information |
Dr. Dave Alciatore | – Author of the book: “The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards” | Dr. Dave Billiards | |
Randy Russell Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada | – Co-founder and Registrar of the Billiard University – BU Boot Camp Instructor – Co-creator of the BU Instructional Video Series | Private lessons, BU Exam administration | |
Samm Diep Denver, CO | – BU Boot Camp Instructor – PBIA and ACS Master Instructor – 4x National Champion – 3x US Team Coach at World Junior Championships | Samm Diep Private individual and group instruction, and corporate events | |
Jerry Briesath Madison, WI Phoenix, AZ | – PBIA Master Instructor – Author of “A Pool Lesson with Jerry Briesath” – Widely considered one of the best pool instructors – Head of long-running and successful pool school |
Jerry Briesath’s Famous Pool School | |
Randy Goettlicher Dallas, TX | – Original PBIA Master Instructor – Proud Father of the SPF Family – Co-author of World/BCA Rules – Co-author of Texas Express Rules and originator of Scotch Doubles | Randy G Pool School Home of Randy G (“Pops”) | |
Mark Wilson St. Louis, MO | – Professional pool player and instructor a – Author of “Play Great Pool” – Billiards commentator |
Play Great Pool | |
Bob Jewett San Francisco, CA | – National Collegiate Champion 1975 – Certified instructor for over 20 years – Columnist for Billiards Digest and several other magazines – Library of over 2000 books on billiards | Courses and various instructional items | |
Mike Page Fargo, ND | – Instructor at Fargo Billiard Academy – Creator of fargobilliards youtube instructional videos – Proprietor at Fargo Billiards & Gastropub |
You gotta see this place | |
Mark Finkelstein New York, NY | – Author of the book: “Pool Ramblings” – Instructional columnist for Inside Pool and NYCGrind.com – Instructor, National Billiard Academy – House Pro, Slate and Eastside Billiards, NYC |
Private lessons, corporate events and parties |
Senior Instructors:
Photo | Name and Location | Website or E-mail |
Carl Oswald Dallas, TX | Coswald777@gmail.com | |
Joe Tucker RI | www.JoeTucker.net | |
Lee Brett Las Vegas, NV | poolplayers.com/instruction/lee-brett/ | |
Nic Barrow Milton Keynes, England | www.thesnookergym.com | |
Colin Colenso Melbourne, Australia | colincolenso@gmail.com | |
Tommy Jones Fayetteville, GA | playperfectpool@gmail.com | |
Jeremiah Gage Denver, CO | gage.me | |
Steven T. Brown Sr. Camp Springs, MD | stevenbrownstonebilliards.com | |
James Hester Atlanta, GA | jhester0279@gmail.com | |
Mark Powell New Market, MD | marker907@gmail.com | |
Lee Cooper Dublin, GA | poolcoach@outlook.com | |
Mansour Al Khanfari Saudi Arabia | mkhanfari@hotmail.com | |
Adam Bishop Buffalo, NY (BU certified 2019) | Adambishop222@yahoo.com | |
Kim Young Vestal, NY | dragonbilliardsinstruction.com | |
Todd Shirley Seattle, WA (BU certified 2022) | Lucky.Loser.Billiards@gmail.com |
Affiliate Instructors:
Name and Location | Website or E-mail |
Patrick Johnson – Chicago, IL | sphereologist@gmail.com |
Allan P. Sand – Santa Clara, CA | www.billiardgods.com/pbiaacs-instructor |
Ken Tewksbury – Concord, NH | www.billiardinstructor.org |
Roger Long – Phoenix, AZ | roglong@cox.net |
Conrad Ruybal – Albuquerque, NM (BU certified 2013) | www.radicalpool.com |
KJ Williams – Peoria, IL | CueSportBilliardAcademy |
Ekkhard Schneider-Lombard – Lappersdorf, Germany | ekkibaer@web.de |
Robin E. Kelly – Yadkinville, NC | aimisthegameinpool.com |
Richard L. Anderson – North Charleston, SC | thebilliardacademy@comcast.net |
Stefano Fiumi – Bologna, Italy | www.apaitalia.weebly.com |
Andy Walker – Fenton, MI | demondrew@comcast.net |
Adam Henson – Cartersville, GA | adamh0180@aol.com |
Jason E. Merry – Tacoma, WA | longline2007@gmail.com |
Nigel Webb – Leicester, United Kingdom | nigel@mail.com |
Dan Figueroa – Denver, CO | holly4pool@gmail.com |
Holly Figueroa – Elizabeth, CO | holly4pool@gmail.com |
Dan Mueller – Madison, WI (BU certified 2017) | poollessonsbydan@gmail.com |
Steve M Strange – Fallbrook, CA | YouthBilliardAcademy@gmail.com |
Vincent Gomez – Vienna, Austria | vincent.gomez@udm.at |
Prashant Srivastava – Dallas, TX | cueologyinfo@gmail.com |
Steven Hill – Wales, UK | cuesports@hotmail.com |
Clint Bachan – Trinidad and Tobago | cuesportsacademy2020@gmail.com |
Juho Nykänen – Helsinki, Finland | NA |
Sean Kirtley – Salt Lake City, UT (BU certified 2021) | billiards1st@comcast.net |
David Powis – Buffalo, NY (BU certified 2021) | ampowis77@gmail.com |
Justin Foster – Delta, CO (BU certified 2022) | jkfoster16@aol.com |
Matt Kotin – Boulder, CO (BU certified 2023) | poolsharkschool.com |
Faisal Shafiq – Doha, Qatar (BU certified 2023) | mypoolvideos@gmail.com |
Robert Stangl – Freedom, NY (BU certified 2023) | rjstangl101@gmail.com |
Return to the BU instructors page for information about the
Professor, Senior Instructor, and Affiliate Instructor designations.
To find other well known and certified instructors and pool schools, see the info (and links at the bottom of the page) here:
Pool Schools and Instructors