Coach Q is a battle-tested champion in several martial arts. He started learning how to box between the ages of 4 and 5 under his uncle, Dwayne Swift (a World Boxing Council Hall of Fame Lightweight Champion), and his grandfather. He also learned karate from his uncles—who are all karate black belts.

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At age 17, Coach Q began learning wrestling and ended his first and only year as MVP of his team. Coach Q then moved on to training Mixed Martial Arts ("MMA") in the summer of 2004 and had his first MMA fight in January 2005. Coach Q also maintained his love of boxing and won the Fuller Park boxing open in 2003. Coach Q's overall MMA career record is 10-1 and, as an amateur, he was ranked as high as the No. 4 MMA fighter in the world. In 2014, Coach Q became the only fighter in Illinois history to win the Illinois Regional LW MMA Championship. Coach Q also trained Muay Thai under Anthony Marquez at EKF.

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Coach Q started training BJJ in the Gi in 2013 under BJJ black belt, Jay Valko. He earned his black belt in BJJ in December 2021. Throughout his BJJ career, Coach Q has won the IBJJF Chicago Open four times (at white belt, purple belt, brown belt and black belt), won second place at the No-Gi IBJJF Worlds, has gone 3-0 under the Fight 2 Win BJJ promotion, 2-0 with TapOut Cancer, and is a NAGA and New Breed champion.

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As the head BJJ coach at Mac's Gym, Coach Q brings his wealth of knowledge and experience to every single class. Coach Q incorporates fundamental BJJ techniques with elements of wrestling and MMA, making his classes extremely dynamic and beneficial to beginners and advanced students alike.