Our Team
Greg Wilson
Metro Director
Greater Augusta FCA
Position:
Hired April of 2008 as Area Director of Greater Augusta
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Was named Metro Director in 2019.
Education:
- B.S.Ed. in Health & Physical Education, University of Georgia, 1991
- M.Ed. in Health & Physical Education, University of Georgia, 1994
Personal:
Married to Dr. Judi H. Wilson of Durham, NC. They have identical twin sons, Carter & Tanner.
Professional Work Experience:
- Teacher & Football/Basketball Coach, Banks County Middle & High Schools, Homer, GA, 1991-93
- Men’s Assistant Basketball Coach, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA, 1993-95
- Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA, 1995-99
- Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, 1999-2008
- Area Director of Greater Augusta FCA, 2008 - 2018.
Named Metro Director of GAFCA in 2019.
Favorite Scripture:
Proverbs 16:3
"Commit your activities to the Lord and your plans will be achieved." (HCSB)
Greg can be contacted at
Phone: 706-910-7657
Steve Gindlesperger
Area Director
Columbia County
Position:
Hired 2017 as Director of Coaches Ministry and was named Area Director of Columbia County in 2020.
Education:
- Butler High School, South Augusta 1968
- Augusta College, 1974
Personal:
Married to Joan since November 1971 and they have 2 adult children and 8 grandchildren.
Professional Work Experience:
- Owner of Jay's Christian Supply, Martinez, GA for 25 years.
- HHGregg retail
- Former GAFCA board member during 90's
- Director of Coaches Ministry for GAFCA from 2017-2020. Named area Director in 2020.
Favorite Scripture:
Romans 8:31
"If God is for us who could ever be against us?"
Steve can be contacted at
Phone: 706-495-0629
Mark White
Area Director
Richmond County
Position:
Hired as Area Director of Richmond County in January 2024.
Personal:
- He has been married to his wife, Karen, for 26 years & they have 3 children.
- FCA Character Coach at Butler HS for the past 4 years
Professional Work Experience:
- EMT
- Firefighter
- Youth ministry locally at Fleming Baptist Church in South Augusta
Favorite Scripture:
Luke 10:27
"And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
Bernard Grant
Ambassador
McDuffie & Warren County Schools
Position:
Hired March of 2013 as an Area Representative serving McDuffie County.
Education:
- B.S in Health and Physical Education, University of South Carolina 1978
- Lettered in Football in 1976 and 1977
Personal:
- Married to LeVeta Grant for 38 years. They have one son, Julius. All three are USC grads.
Professional Work Experience:
- SC Vocational Rehabilitation 28 years. Retired in 2009.
- Assistant Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Columbia, SC. 2007-2014.
- Pastor, New Salem Baptist Church, Warrenton, GA. 2014-present.
- Owner, Wee Tots Learning Center, Thomson, GA. Family business for 26 years.
Favorite Scripture:
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." (KJV)
Bernard can be contacted at
bgrant@fca.org
Nicolle Coker
Ambassador
Columbia County
Personal:
- Nicolle has been married to Adam since 2005, and they are high school sweethearts. Both are Clemson graduates.
- They have 3 children: Garrett, Gabriel, and Sydney.
- The family attends Redeemer Church, Evans.
- She was born in Puerto Rico, and was raised in Charleston, SC.
Education:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University.
Favorite Scripture:
Ephesians 2:8-9
“By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Nicolle can be contacted at
Phone (706) 829-8523
Ashley Walden
Ambassador
Columbia County
Personal:
- Married to Michael for 17 years and they have 3 daughters and 1 son.
- Ashley was born and raised in Augusta and was a Lakeside Panther. Michael graduated from Greenbrier and the kids are Harlem Bulldogs.
- Ashley and family are members at Grace Baptist Church, Evans.
Favorite Scripture:
Philippians 3:10
"That I may know Christ and the power of His resurrection and fellowship in His sufferings being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead."
Christie Mattison
Christie Mattison, 57
Husband: Guil
Sons: Thomas, 26 & James, 19
Hometown: Lincolnton, GA
Christie grew up in Elberton, GA, & married her husband, Guil, & they eventually settled in Lincolnton. The couple raised 2 sons: Thomas, 26, & James, 19. She retired from her public school teaching/coaching/administrative career after 30 years of service in 2022. Later that fall, she accepted a position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes & became an Area Representative for Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, & Wilkes counties, 4 counties that are members of the 9-county area encompassing Greater Augusta FCA.
Upon reflecting on Christie’s impact, Greater Augusta FCA Area Director Greg Wilson said, “To know Christie was to love her as she was someone who instantly made friends wherever she went. Our staff is beyond devastated this morning, but we recognize that we serve a sovereign God Whose will is perfect. As difficult as it can be sometimes, we not only accept His will, but fully embrace it. When our staff thinks of Christie, we think of 2 Timothy 4:7, ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’”
Wilson continued, “I was a college basketball coach for many years and first met Christie when I was starting the women’s basketball program at Middle Georgia College in Cochran in 1997 and she was coaching at Lincoln County High School, so we knew each other for many years before I eventually hired her onto our FCA staff in Augusta. I have been around very few people who could light up a room so quickly with her presence and it was never very long before she began discussing her favorite topic: what the Lord had done for her by dying on a cross to save her. The people she served through FCA were always overjoyed to see her and to spend time with her, even if it was only for a few minutes. She will be greatly missed as we all mourn losing her but celebrate that she’s now in Jesus’s arms where she always longed to be!”
Those in Christie’s FCA community were shocked as the news spread this morning that she had succumbed to her year+ battle with colon cancer.
Lincoln County HS FCA Huddle Coach Heather Huff said, “I’m so thankful that Christie is no longer in pain and I will do everything in my power to keep her spirit alive. She changed me!”
“I strive to love the kids I teach as much she did and I’ll miss her friendship until I get to see her again,” said Jefferson County MS FCA Huddle Coach, Nash Higdon.
Jefferson County FCA Character Coach Haleigh Brown reflected, “To have known you and experienced your love for the Lord will have a lasting impact on me for the rest of my life! I cried this morning when I heard the news but there’s nothing I have ever been more sure of than that you are in heaven this morning!”
There is no denying the impact Christie Mattison had on her family, her friends and peers, and those in her FCA territory. Please be in prayer for Christie’s family as they honor and celebrate Christie’s incredibly impactful life in the coming days. Pray for those whom Christie was discipling for Christ’s sake and for a plan to emerge to continue to bring others to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in spite of Christie’s absence.
What a well run race indeed! Amen!
Tommy Johnson
Ambassador
Columbia County
Personal:
- Tommy has been married to Emily since 2010.
- They have 3 children: Thomas, Abby, and Lily.
- The family attends Warren Baptist Church
Professional Work Experience:
- Teacher and Wrestling Coach, Litchfield Middle School, Litchfield, IL 2005 -2007
- Teacher and Soccer/Wrestling Coach, Glenwood High, Chatham IL, 2007-2021
- Firefighter-Columbia County Fire Rescue 2021-Current
Favorite Scripture:
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make paths straight.”
