Ray has always been a very actively driven individual. He gravitated to sports at a young age playing baseball, basketball, track and field and then rugby in college. After college, looking for an active community, he was introduced to CrossFit. Three years into his CrossFit journey, he was approached by many fellow athletes for coaching help and was encouraged to pursue getting his Level 1 Certification. Ray coached at Burg CrossFit full time for just shy of 8 years, continually working on developing his coaching skills, earning his Level 2 certification in 2019. Ray stepped down from coaching full time at the end of 2022 to pursue construction but is still continually engaged with members on weekends and in the early mornings.