Our Coaches
Coach Crystall
TBD Labs
Head Coach and President of TBD Fan Clubs
Coach Crystall has been an amazing coach throughout our years as a team. She started coaching an FLL team in 2014, and has stuck with us all the way till the present day. She helps lead the team in Core Values and helps us remember that we can always accomplish our dreams. Her continuous support made the team what it is today.
Coach Chris
Schneider Electrics Senior Project Manager
Coach Chris is a programming coach for our team. He helps guide us through any questions we have, but allows us to figure out solutions on our own. He is a project manager at Schneider Electric and uses those skills to teach us how to effectively stay on task and move forward with our projects.
Kris Lee
NASA
NASA Programmer
Mr. Kris has helped us since the begging of our robotics journey. He's the branch chief at NASA and uses his CAD skills to help guide us towards success.
Our Mentors
Jermey Gibson
KBR Soft wear Engineer
As a software engineer working in mission control at NASA, his detailed programming skills helped Jameson learn how to work with computer vision. Our field is in a sloped garage and last season this greatly affected our auto. Mr. Gibson helped design and build a leveling platform to solve that problem.
Dillan Gay
Samson Engineering
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer who participated in robotics at A&M University. He has used those skills to give feedback on our portfolio and presentation. He also has helped us troubleshoot and isolate several issues including what was causing one of our motors to overheat.
Edward Cronwell
OSAAVA Services Network Administrator
Mr. Cromwell has experience with computer programming and is serving in the Air Force. He helped us persevere and not give up but also to fully embody his saying: “We don’t just make great robots, we make great people.”
Andrew Lee
First Alumni Attending U of H and Studying Computer Programming
Andrew Lee is a FIRST Alumni who was once apart of team 8668 ERROR 404. He helps answer questions about Programming, electrical, wiring, and mechanical aspects of the robot. His experience has been invaluable to the team.
Ryan Dalton
Ryan is a FIRST Alumni who participated in FIRST for 14 years. He is currently a student at HCU.
