Coaches/Staff

HUNTLEIGH & JARROD DODSON

Owners/Head Coach-Jarrod

Huntleigh and Jarrod have been happily married since 1998 and have lived in Chelsea since 2004. They have 2 children, Logan and Kayleigh.

Jarrod found CrossFit in 2009 and has been addicted ever since. He has been L1 certified since 2010. He has also had his CrossFit Olympic Lifting certification, CrossFit Gymnastic certification and his CrossFit Mobility certification since 2012. He has been a coach for his son’s baseball and football teams, as well as coaching strength and endurance for his daughter’s dance competition team. Huntleigh has a background in dance and Winterguard. Both are active Plexus Ambassadors and have a passion for helping people live healthier and happier lives.
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Becoming owner of a CrossFit gym has been a longtime dream of Jarrod’s and luckily his wife is supportive of his dream. Together they’ve made a great team!
Favorite Benchmark WODs: Jarrod (Diane), Huntleigh (Grace)

WILL & MORGAN DAVIS

Owner/Coach

WILL: I’ve been playing sports since I could walk and love competition and pushing personal limits. Your body is capable of way more than you think, you just have to push past what your mind allows. Football was my main sport and baseball was something to do during the off season. I played through high school and was lucky enough to play college football for Birmingham Southern. I started to volunteer at the local fire department and enjoyed the fire service and enrolled in Recruit and EMT school.Currently I am a Fire Fighter/EMT for Talladega Fire Department. I walked through the door at CrossFit Chelsea at the end of 2014 and haven’t looked back since. I became a coach about 6 months after I joined and love helping and coaching people to reach their goals.

Psalms 23:4 -Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle … VICTORIOUS.” -Vince Lombardi

CANDACE GARY

Coach

Candace has always been involved in sports from a young age; softball, basketball, cheerleading, and dance her entire young life.  She has also dabbled in many forms of fitness, but her passion lies with CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting. She started CrossFit in March of 2014 and transitioned into Olympic Weightlifting in November of 2018 and now competes with Team AllSouth out of Georgia. Candace received her L1 and Nutrition Certification with Eat To Perform in August 2015. 

​Candace is a Child of God first, wife to her husband Clark Gary second, mom of two beautiful children, River (6) and Rayne (3) third. She is very passionate about health and fitness and is always ready to help with any questions you may have about nutrition, fitness, and OLY lifting techniques.
“I am living breathing proof you can do it.” -Candace

JACKIE NOLAN

Coach

Jackie retired in 2018 after spending 38 years as a software engineer. During 25 of those years, she competed in road and off-road (Xterra) triathlons. Her accomplishments in the Xterra series triathlons included 4 Southeast Regional titles, a USAT Honorable Mention All American Athlete award and 3rd place finishes at both the Xterra USA National Championship in Tahoe, Nevada and Xterra World Championship in Maui, Hawaii. Since 2013, Jackie has enjoyed a new approach to fitness provided by CrossFit Chelsea. With support from coaches and fellow gym members, she advanced to the CrossFit Games Master’s Online Qualifier for years 2014 – 2018. Jackie, a “masters” age athlete, looks forward to coaching other “masters” age athletes to be the best they can be. ​
 “Every moment of one’s existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.” 
                                                                                   Norman Mailer

Coaching Staff

CrossFit - 
Ignite - 
Owners
Jarrod & Huntleigh Dodson
Will & Morgan Davis

CrossFit
Shane Bailey
Jacob King
Candace Gary
Jackie Nolan
Tristan Sulser
Hillary Rogers
​Jackie Nolan

Ignite
Whitnee Temple
Kim Smith
Liz King