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About your HPMA Training Team.
The first thing we need to say is if you want to get any of our instructor's movie quotes while you are attending any of our courses, you need to watch these movies first!
The original Karate Kid movie, especially the first half of the movieRustler's Rhapsody with Tom BerringerGalaxy Quest with Tim Allen
Full Metal Jacket up to the end of Basic TrainingThe first Lethal Weapon movie, especially when Officer Riggs (Mel Gibson) shoots the happy face!The Three Amigos with Steve MartinEvery Guardians of the Galaxy movieEvery Star Trek movieEvery Star Wars movieRio Bravo, or El Dorado with John Wanye and knowing who The Rifleman is wouldn't hurt you!
Greg is a highly accomplished NRA Pistol Instructor, an NRA Range Safety Officer and a NM CCW Instructor. He will soon be an NRA Rifle Instructor, an NRA CCW Instructor, a marksmanship coach and is on the path to becoming an NRA Training Counselor. Greg has decades of experience as a successful pistol marksman and competes on a regular basis. Greg is also a competitive Triathlete. He volunteers his time at the High Plains Marksmanship Academy.
Greg is qualified to teach the following classes, with more on the way.
NM CCWNRA Gun Safety Seminar (a non-shooting one-hour minimum seminar)NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA First Steps Rifle Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA Women On Target Shooting Clinic (four hour minimum)NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting (eight hour minimum)NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting (eight hour minimum)
Coach Loretta has decades of marksmanship training and coaching experience. She is an NRA Rifle Instructor, an NRA Pistol Instructor, an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer and an NRA CCW Instructor. Coach Loretta is also an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP High Power Rifle Marksmanship Coach, an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Pistol Coach and an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Small Bore and Air Rifle Coach! Coach Loretta volunteers her time as an instructor, as a Chief RSO and as a Marksmanship Coach at the High Plains Marksmanship Academy. She also volunteers her time as a NM Hunter Education Instructor. Coach Loretta may be one of the most qualified female firearms instructors and coaches in the Southwestern US!
We might have the only female NM CCW instructor who is also qualified to teach the following NRA classes. We offer female instructed, female only classes for the following courses.
NRA Gun Safety Seminar (a non-shooting one-hour minimum seminar)NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA Women On Target Shooting Clinic (four hour minimum)NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting (eight hour minimum)NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting (eight hour minimum) NRA Range Safety Officer (nine hour minimum)NM CCW (two to fifteen hour minimum)NRA CCW (typically sixteen hours or more)
Coach Eric started his competitive shooting career as a junior shooter in the 20th century. He started his NRA Rifle Instructor Career and his NRA Pistol Instructor career in the 20th century. He first became an NRA/USA Shooting/Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Marksmanship Coach in the 20th century. He became an NRA Training Counselor this century. Coach Eric was honored to become a member of the National Coach Development Staff (NCDS) this century.
The National Coach Development Staff (NCDS) is a volunteer network of coaches that hail from all across the United States in all of the shooting sports disciplines. This elite shooting staff is the backbone of the nation's shooting coach programs, teaching and fostering growth at all levels of the sport. Hand-picked by the National Coach Trainer for their ability to teach, coach, and develop the shooting sports, these individuals are carefully selected based on their talents and expertise in sports education and in specific shooting disciplines. The National Coach Trainer uses the NCDS to teach coach schools, conduct shooting clinics and serve as coaches for the National Shooting Teams.
As a member of the NCDS, Coach Eric can train NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Marksmanship Coaches for Small Bore and Air Rifle, for Pistol and for High Power Rifle. He is an NRA Training Counselor (Instructor Trainer) for all NRA Rifle and all NRA Pistol Instructor classes. Coach Eric is a Chief Range Safety Officer (CRSO) and can train Range Safety Officers (RSOs) and CRSOs. He is also a CCW/LTC/CWL/CCL Instructor and Instructor Trainer for approximately 25 states.
Coach Eric is a retired disabled combat veteran. He has years of Law Enforcement experience. He is a well accomplished rifle and pistol competitive marksman with several state and regional successes covering a wide variety of rifle competitions, pistol competitions and multi gun competitions, including multiple US Olympic Pistol Marksmanship Team tryout invitations. Coach Eric volunteers his time as the Head Coach of the High Plains Marksmanship Academy, and he volunteers his time as a NM Hunter Education Live Fire Instructor.
As an NRA Training Counselor, Coach Eric offer every NRA Rifle and every NRA Pistol class and every associated Instructor class.NRA RSO/CRSO Trainer NRA Pistol Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA First Steps Pistol and Instructor Trainer NRA Home Firearms Safety Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Rifle Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA/USAS/CMP Marksmanship Coach and Coach TrainerNRA Refuse to be a Victim Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Women on Target Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Personal Protection in The Home Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor, and Instructor Trainer NRA Defensive Pistol Instructor and Instructor TrainerNRA CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerUtah Non-Resident CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerNew Mexico CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerTX License to Carry Instructor (LTC) Instructor and Instructor TrainerCCW/CWL/LTC/CCL instructor trainer for approximately 30 states
Coach Eric previously held these certifications and positions:Former Massachusetts State Concealed Carry InstructorFormer Massachusetts State Police Basic Firearms InstructorFormer Massachusetts Constable
In March 2026, Coach Eric and Coach Loretta had the honor of training and certifying twelve members of the Tennessee Rangers! During those two weeks of training, Coach Eric was proud to be made an Honorary member of the Tennessee Rangers!
Some of Coach Eric's Marksmanship HistoryMassachusetts State Military Champion High Power Rifle Team member 4 yearsMassachusetts State Military Champion Combat Rifle Team Member 2 yearsMassachusetts State Military Champion Combat Pistol Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts State Military Second Place Combat Rifle Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts State Military Second Place Combat Pistol Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts National Guard Bureau Small Bore Pistol Champion Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts National Guard Bureau Tyro Award Winner M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978Massachusetts National Guard Bureau Tyro Award Winner M-16 Combat Rifle 1979Massachusetts State Military 4th Place Individual M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978 Massachusetts National Guard First Distinguished Marksman M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978 Massachusetts National Guard First Distinguished Marksman M-16 Combat Rifle 1979 Massachusetts State Military 4th Place Individual M-16 Rifle 1979 Massachusetts State Military 2nd Place Individual M-16 Rifle 1980 Massachusetts State Military Champion .22 Rifle 1980 Massachusetts State Military 3rd Place Individual .22 Pistol 1980 Army FORSCOM Eastern Region M-16 100-meter, 200-meter, 300-meter Aggregate Champion, and 3rd place overall individual 1981Massachusetts State Military Individual Champion M-16 Rifle 1981 and 1982 Winston P. Wilson National Guard Bureau National Championship 10th Place Individual M-16 1982Massachusetts National Guard Bureau Small Bore Pistol Champion 1982Invited to US Olympic Pistol Team Tryouts 1980 and 1984Invited to US World Games Pistol Team Tryouts 1982 United States Air Force Expert Marksman M-16 Rifle, M-4 Rifle, M-9 Pistol NRA Double Distinguished Expert, Pistol 1982, Rifle 1982Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center Air Commando Field Skills Course Graduate Over 7,420 classroom hours, or range hours training, or coaching successful competitive, military, law enforcement, executive protection civilian marksmen/markswomen, and civilian and military rifle and pistol competitive marksmanship teams.
About your HPMA Training Team.
The first thing we need to say is if you want to get any of our instructor's movie quotes while you are attending any of our courses, you need to watch these movies first!
The original Karate Kid movie, especially the first half of the movieRustler's Rhapsody with Tom BerringerGalaxy Quest with Tim Allen
Full Metal Jacket up to the end of Basic TrainingThe first Lethal Weapon movie, especially when Officer Riggs (Mel Gibson) shoots the happy face!The Three Amigos with Steve MartinEvery Guardians of the Galaxy movieEvery Star Trek movieEvery Star Wars movieRio Bravo, or El Dorado with John Wanye and knowing who The Rifleman is wouldn't hurt you!
Greg is a highly accomplished NRA Pistol Instructor, an NRA Range Safety Officer and a NM CCW Instructor. He will soon be an NRA Rifle Instructor, an NRA CCW Instructor, a marksmanship coach and is on the path to becoming an NRA Training Counselor. Greg has decades of experience as a successful pistol marksman and competes on a regular basis. Greg is also a competitive Triathlete. He volunteers his time at the High Plains Marksmanship Academy.
Greg is qualified to teach the following classes, with more on the way.
NM CCWNRA Gun Safety Seminar (a non-shooting one-hour minimum seminar)NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA First Steps Rifle Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA Women On Target Shooting Clinic (four hour minimum)NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting (eight hour minimum)NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting (eight hour minimum)
Coach Loretta has decades of marksmanship training and coaching experience. She is an NRA Rifle Instructor, an NRA Pistol Instructor, an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer and an NRA CCW Instructor. Coach Loretta is also an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP High Power Rifle Marksmanship Coach, an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Pistol Coach and an NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Small Bore and Air Rifle Coach! Coach Loretta volunteers her time as an instructor, as a Chief RSO and as a Marksmanship Coach at the High Plains Marksmanship Academy. She also volunteers her time as a NM Hunter Education Instructor. Coach Loretta may be one of the most qualified female firearms instructors and coaches in the Southwestern US!
We might have the only female NM CCW instructor who is also qualified to teach the following NRA classes. We offer female instructed, female only classes for the following courses.
NRA Gun Safety Seminar (a non-shooting one-hour minimum seminar)NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation (three hour minimum)NRA Women On Target Shooting Clinic (four hour minimum)NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting (eight hour minimum)NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting (eight hour minimum) NRA Range Safety Officer (nine hour minimum)NM CCW (two to fifteen hour minimum)NRA CCW (typically sixteen hours or more)
Coach Eric started his competitive shooting career as a junior shooter in the 20th century. He started his NRA Rifle Instructor Career and his NRA Pistol Instructor career in the 20th century. He first became an NRA/USA Shooting/Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Marksmanship Coach in the 20th century. He became an NRA Training Counselor this century. Coach Eric was honored to become a member of the National Coach Development Staff (NCDS) this century.
The National Coach Development Staff (NCDS) is a volunteer network of coaches that hail from all across the United States in all of the shooting sports disciplines. This elite shooting staff is the backbone of the nation's shooting coach programs, teaching and fostering growth at all levels of the sport. Hand-picked by the National Coach Trainer for their ability to teach, coach, and develop the shooting sports, these individuals are carefully selected based on their talents and expertise in sports education and in specific shooting disciplines. The National Coach Trainer uses the NCDS to teach coach schools, conduct shooting clinics and serve as coaches for the National Shooting Teams.
As a member of the NCDS, Coach Eric can train NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Marksmanship Coaches for Small Bore and Air Rifle, for Pistol and for High Power Rifle. He is an NRA Training Counselor (Instructor Trainer) for all NRA Rifle and all NRA Pistol Instructor classes. Coach Eric is a Chief Range Safety Officer (CRSO) and can train Range Safety Officers (RSOs) and CRSOs. He is also a CCW/LTC/CWL/CCL Instructor and Instructor Trainer for approximately 25 states.
Coach Eric is a retired disabled combat veteran. He has years of Law Enforcement experience. He is a well accomplished rifle and pistol competitive marksman with several state and regional successes covering a wide variety of rifle competitions, pistol competitions and multi gun competitions, including multiple US Olympic Pistol Marksmanship Team tryout invitations. Coach Eric volunteers his time as the Head Coach of the High Plains Marksmanship Academy, and he volunteers his time as a NM Hunter Education Live Fire Instructor.
As an NRA Training Counselor, Coach Eric offer every NRA Rifle and every NRA Pistol class and every associated Instructor class.NRA RSO/CRSO Trainer NRA Pistol Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA First Steps Pistol and Instructor Trainer NRA Home Firearms Safety Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Rifle Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA/USAS/CMP Marksmanship Coach and Coach TrainerNRA Refuse to be a Victim Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Women on Target Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Personal Protection in The Home Instructor and Instructor Trainer NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor, and Instructor Trainer NRA Defensive Pistol Instructor and Instructor TrainerNRA CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerUtah Non-Resident CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerNew Mexico CCW Instructor and Instructor TrainerTX License to Carry Instructor (LTC) Instructor and Instructor TrainerCCW/CWL/LTC/CCL instructor trainer for approximately 30 states
Coach Eric previously held these certifications and positions:Former Massachusetts State Concealed Carry InstructorFormer Massachusetts State Police Basic Firearms InstructorFormer Massachusetts Constable
In March 2026, Coach Eric and Coach Loretta had the honor of training and certifying twelve members of the Tennessee Rangers! During those two weeks of training, Coach Eric was proud to be made an Honorary member of the Tennessee Rangers!
Some of Coach Eric's Marksmanship HistoryMassachusetts State Military Champion High Power Rifle Team member 4 yearsMassachusetts State Military Champion Combat Rifle Team Member 2 yearsMassachusetts State Military Champion Combat Pistol Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts State Military Second Place Combat Rifle Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts State Military Second Place Combat Pistol Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts National Guard Bureau Small Bore Pistol Champion Team Member 1 yearMassachusetts National Guard Bureau Tyro Award Winner M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978Massachusetts National Guard Bureau Tyro Award Winner M-16 Combat Rifle 1979Massachusetts State Military 4th Place Individual M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978 Massachusetts National Guard First Distinguished Marksman M-1911 Combat Pistol 1978 Massachusetts National Guard First Distinguished Marksman M-16 Combat Rifle 1979 Massachusetts State Military 4th Place Individual M-16 Rifle 1979 Massachusetts State Military 2nd Place Individual M-16 Rifle 1980 Massachusetts State Military Champion .22 Rifle 1980 Massachusetts State Military 3rd Place Individual .22 Pistol 1980 Army FORSCOM Eastern Region M-16 100-meter, 200-meter, 300-meter Aggregate Champion, and 3rd place overall individual 1981Massachusetts State Military Individual Champion M-16 Rifle 1981 and 1982 Winston P. Wilson National Guard Bureau National Championship 10th Place Individual M-16 1982Massachusetts National Guard Bureau Small Bore Pistol Champion 1982Invited to US Olympic Pistol Team Tryouts 1980 and 1984Invited to US World Games Pistol Team Tryouts 1982 United States Air Force Expert Marksman M-16 Rifle, M-4 Rifle, M-9 Pistol NRA Double Distinguished Expert, Pistol 1982, Rifle 1982Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center Air Commando Field Skills Course Graduate Over 7,420 classroom hours, or range hours training, or coaching successful competitive, military, law enforcement, executive protection civilian marksmen/markswomen, and civilian and military rifle and pistol competitive marksmanship teams.