Champions 2024: Coaching trees with many branches

Perhaps the ultimate testimony to industry impact of Peter Johnson and Stephaine Tolleson is the number of influential sports executives to have branched off their “coaching trees.”

For  Tolleson , there’s Tony Godsick , longtime agent for Roger Federer, and  WME  Sports Partner Carlos Fleming .

Included in Johnson’s group are the partners at Excel ( Casey Close, Jeff Schwartz, Mark Steinberg and Alan Zucker ); Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren ; Tom Condon (CAA Football); Gary Jacobus ;  Trace Armstrong (Athletes First);  Art McAfee (NFL);  R.J.  Gonser   (CAA Sports); Chris Singletary (Director of football recruiting, University of Arizona); Pat  Brisson  and J.P. Barry (co-heads, CAA Hockey); Mike Barnett (New York Rangers);  Brodie van Wagenen  (COO, Roc Nation Sports); and  Bruce Popko (COO, Major League Pickleball).