Marcus Raab Tabbed as New National Rifl e Coach for USA Shooting
Long-time rifl e coach Marcus
Raab (Van Buren, Ark.) has been selected by USA Shooting as its new National Rifl e Coach. Raab replaces 1992 Olympian Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo.),who had held the position since 2002 before being pro- moted to Director of Operations after the 2012 London Olympic Games. Raab has been an active
USA Shooting coach for nearly a decade having guided U.S. National, Development and Ju- nior Team members at interna- tional competitions previously including both the 2006 and 2010 Junior World Champion- ship Teams. Under his guidance, those teams earned six medals and broke two world records. Johnson credits Raab for much of the junior team’s success over several years, which culminated in the gold-medal performance by the junior women’s smallbore team at the 2010 World Cham- pionships. “I’m very pleased to have
Marcus on board,” said Johnson. “He has a long track record of developing athletes and helping them get to the podium. We have a great group of young talent on deck and an impressive group of veterans that will benefi t from Marcus’s guidance, energy and direction.”
Championship Service Rifl e Team. He won a 1000 yard (910 meter) High Power match at the United States National Champi- onships in 1991. Residing currently in Van
Buren, Ark., Raab will continue to operate as National Rifl e Coach in his present hometown, but will make monthly visits to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colo- rado Springs to meet with staff and athletes on a reoccurring basis.
“I’m thrilled for the opportu- Raab also spent one year
as the National Rifl e Coach in Thailand from 1996-97. From 1976 -1980, he was a member and coach of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Rifl e Team. He received his coaching certifi - cation from the National Rifl e As- sociation of America and helped develop and coordinate the NRA’s shooting coach education program in the United States.
Raab’s personal shooting accomplishments trace back to 1973 when he began shoot- ing smallbore (.22 caliber) rifl e. He holds many distinctions as a marksman and achieved High Master classifi cation in the U.S. Army Reserves with the M14 service rifl e in addition to the Distinguished Rifl eman Badge in 1990. That same year, Raab was also a member of the National
nity to work alongside America’s top shooters,” said Raab. “The foundation for continued suc- cess within the rifl e program is in place and I’m anxious to get to work with our team of coaches and capable shooters to ensure progress continues. I look for- ward to working with the entire staff of USA Shooting as we build upon the legacy of competitive excellence that USA Shooting is known for.” Marcus is married to USA
Shooting Board member Ja- net Raab, who is a former elite shooter herself and currently works for Walther Arms as Di- rector of Sales & Marketing for Competitive Shooting.