Coaches for Hire

Sathyabodha Belur has been involved with IAC since 2014 as a coach and staff member. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Communications and has worked in many chip design companies like ARM, National Semiconductor and Texas Instruments. He privately coaches numerous students in Science, History, and Geography. At the 2024 IAC Middle and Elementary School National Championships, his students secured 10 National Championship titles, 5 second place finishes, and 3 third place finishes, while 34 other students of his became finalists.

National Academic Tutoring Services is ready to roll out its services for the 2025-26 school year! We have experienced quiz bowl players ready to help coach students to their fullest potential! Sean Briody & Parker Jelke are co-directors/supervisors.

Sean Briody has been involved with IAC as a player, staffer, and coach since 2014. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in American Studies and Egyptology/Assyriology, and his history of the Brown University Band was recently published by Arcadia Publishing. He coaches the academic team at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia, SC, and has privately coached multiple students who have finished in the top 10 nationally and internationally in history and geography, including Parker! He is the current defending EMS Nationals Adults Academic Bee champion.

Parker Jelke is a top ranked player, having won two national championships, placing fourth at the International History Olympiad – Paris in 2025, taken second in International History Olympiad – Rome in 2023 and led his school team to gold in the bowl event in 2023. With a love of history and travel, Parker has his finger on the buzzer of how to prepare for the competitions.

With International Champions Robert Wang, Luke Ng, and former champion Samanyu Ganesh joining the team this fall, as well as top ranked players Grady Noble, Alan Marhic, Haughton Neppl, Jason Ng and Luke Gonzalez, this program has a tutor who can cover whatever subject you are looking for.

The GeoEd Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is dedicated to advancing geography education for students at every level. Through weekly Zoom coaching sessions, interactive exercises, summer guided learning with topical resources, and individualized study plans, GeoEd empowers elementary, middle, and high school students to develop geography knowledge to excel in buzzer-based competitions and to gain a headstart in numerous related AP courses in high school, including AP Human Geography, AP US History, and more.

Students benefit from exclusive access to proprietary databases with nearly one million geography facts, questions, and answers, helping them explore and master topics at their own pace. Our coaching boasts remarkable results: from 1999 to 2019, our coachees earned five National Championships, five National Runner-Up finishes, 17 Top 10 National Finishes, over 45 State Championships, and hundreds of School Championships in the National Geographic Bee. Since 2017, our alumni and students have also claimed nearly half (25/58) of IAC’s National Geography Bee championships. Many of them returned to the foundation as mentors, coaches, and directors, passing their knowledge on to the next generation.

For more information, please visit www.geoed.org and to schedule a free phone consultation, please use the contact page.

VG comes with a degree in the IT field and has been associated with IAC since 2022 as a parent coach. VG has had a deep love for geography and history since childhood and has rediscovered her passion coaching her kids. She has spent the last 3 years guiding her students in the National Geography Bee, National History Bee, and other academic competitions. Known for making complex topics engaging and accessible, Coach VG combines maps, current events, and fun facts to bring geography and history to life. Overall, her 2 students have bagged 2 JV National Championship titles, 1 IGC International Title , 2 second-place finishes, 2 third-place finishes, 1 Bowl Championship title, 1 second place in Bowl in Geography, and 3 semifinalist finishes in history. VG is now accepting elementary and intermediate grade-level students.

Ming Xuan He is from Ottawa, Ontario, and has been passionate about history since childhood. He specializes in coaching History Bee and Bowl at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as the History Bee at the junior varsity level. Ming understands how to improve quickly and effectively—over just two years, he progressed from earning a bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals to winning a bronze medal at the International History Olympiad in Paris. His experience as both a competitor and medalist on the world stage gives him a unique perspective on preparation, strategy, and buzzer skills. Whether you’re looking to build a strong foundation or push for the podium, Ming is ready to help you succeed in your next competition.