The American Bowl - Staff

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Executive Director

A veteran leader of college all-star games, Scott brings experience as a former college football coach and Director of Player Personnel. His distinguished background includes leading a college football all-star game, serving as Director of Player Personnel at Kent State University, Offensive Coordinator at Westminster College, and Assistant Quarterbacks Coach at the University of Toledo. Beyond football, Phillips spent seven years as CEO of one of America’s most valuable real estate firms, broadening his professional skillset and earning recognition across NCAA programs and corporate circles alike.

 Vice President of Football Operations

Christian holds several years of collegiate football experience, starting as a student-athlete and student assistant at Fort Lewis College. He went on to serve as a Football Technology Graduate Assistant at Louisville, Video Coordinator & Player Personnel Assistant at Navy, Running Backs Coach at Western Oregon, and Assistant Tight Ends Coach at Northern Illinois, with most recent all-star circuit work with a college football all-star game.

Director of Hospitality & Logistics

Natalie is a seasoned athletics professional with experience in football operations and administration. Currently an Athletic Administrative Assistant at Robert Morris University, Natalie previously worked with a college football all-star game and held multiple roles at Kent State University, including Director of On- Campus Recruiting, Football Operations, and Budget Manager.

Asst Director of Operations

Britt is a football operations and player personnel professional with experience in athlete development, scouting, and team operations at both the collegiate and professional levels. She has supported player evaluation, roster management, logistics, and recruiting operations, serving as a key liaison between players, coaching staffs, and event personnel. Known for her strong relationship-building and attention to detail, Britt is passionate about growing within player personnel and building programs that support both performance and long-term player success.

 Ahmaad Smith, joins 'The American Bowl' staff as National Scout from Rice University, where he was hired in March 2023 as Quality Control Recruiting Coordinator. Prior to Rice, Ahmaad served 2 seasons as the Recruiting Coordinator at Dartmouth College.

During the summer of 2021, he originally joined Buddy Teevens’ Big Green staff as Defensive Personnel Assistant and was promoted shortly thereafter. Smith has built a strong reputation amongst his colleagues for evaluating and recruiting high-caliber talent.

Smith, also served as Recruiting Coordinator (Defense) at his alma mater (Tennessee State University) under head coach Rod Reed from 2018-21.

Smith is currently working towards completing his Doctoral degree (Public Policy & Administration).
 

 Luke Mullett brings more than 17 years of collegiate football experience to The American Bowl, with a background spanning player personnel, recruiting, roster management, analytics, football technology, game management, and coaching support.

Mullett has worked at East Carolina, Cincinnati, Louisville, Tennessee, Marshall, and Eastern Michigan, giving him experience across multiple conferences, coaching staffs, schemes, and levels of college football.

Most recently in college football, he served as General Manager at East Carolina University, working across roster construction, player evaluation, recruiting, NIL, personnel strategy, and football operations.

Prior to ECU, Mullett served as Special Assistant to the Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati, where his responsibilities included personnel and opponent analysis, situational football, analytics, game-management support, recruiting, roster strategy, and special projects directly supporting the head coach.
His previous stops include Director of Football Technology at Louisville, Associate Director of Football Operations at Tennessee, Director of Video Services at Marshall, and multiple roles at Eastern Michigan, including Defensive Graduate Assistant.

That background has allowed Mullett to evaluate the game from several different perspectives—coach, recruiter, analyst, administrator, and personnel evaluator.

Damond Talbot is the owner of NFL Draft Diamonds and The Free Agent Portal, two platforms dedicated to creating opportunities for football players, connecting talent with decision-makers, and helping athletes pursue their dreams of playing at the next level. He is also heavily involved in securing sponsors at the American Bowl.

Talbot also served as the Director of Scouting for the Hula Bowl, where he played a key role in evaluating and identifying top college football talent for one of the premier postseason college football all-star games. During his three years in the role, the Hula Bowl helped place more than 100 players in the NFL, providing athletes with an opportunity to showcase their abilities in front of professional scouts and personnel.

His experience with the Hula Bowl further strengthened his commitment to identifying overlooked talent, building relationships throughout the football community, and helping players turn their professional football aspirations into reality.