FCA Coaches Weekend

January 13th - 15th, 2024

 Murfreesboro, TN

Embassy Suites Hotel &  Sessions at The Fountains at Gateway

FCA CTO 2024

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CTO is a great time to grow closer with your spouse and learn from other coaches.

When: January 13th - January 15th


Where: Murfreesboro, TN - Embassy Suites Hotel & The Fountains at Gateway


Who: Coaches along with their spouse, if married.


Sign-up Deadline is December 15th!! Sign-up NOW!!!

Ask your local FCA Staff if they have scholarships or partial scholarships available for you.

Win at Home

Coaching can be tough. So can marriage. The two combined are sure to put your best game plan to the test.

Sometimes, you need to take a timeout.

Coaches TimeOut is FCA's coaches marriage ministry designed to help coaches and spouses win where it matters most – at home.

If a timeout can change the outcome of a game, what can Coaches TimeOut do for your marriage?



Timeouts are critical for victory. Just like in competition, your marriage needs time set aside to catch your breath, evaluate where you're at and refocus on the game plan.

Whether you've sacrificed your marriage for the sake of the scoreboard or you're experiencing wins at home, consider how a CTO event can strengthen your marriage for whatever season of life you're in.

Hosted around the world, CTO events are created with you in mind. Surround yourself with like-minded people and learn how to deepen your relationship with your lifelong teammate.

Get back to the X's and O's in marriage. Make the call today and take a timeout.


Keynote Speakers

Jeff & Jenna Patton

Jeff and Jenna both graduated from East Carolina University in 1986 with B.S. degrees in Physical Education and Health (Jeff) and Nursing (Jenna). While there, Jeff played linebacker for the Pirate football team and both were involved with Campus Crusade for Christ. After graduation, the Patton’s joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ’s Athletic Ministry-Athletes in Action (AIA) and served with AIA for the next 18 years. Jeff and Jenna worked with the men and women athletes at Clemson University, as chaplain with the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals and from 1997-2003 Jeff served as the National Campus Director of AIA, giving leadership to 250 staff across the U.S. From 2003 to 2021, Jeff and Jenna served on the National Speaker Team for Family Life where they have spoken on Biblical Marriage and Family at Family Life’s Weekend to Remember Conferences all over the U.S. Jeff also attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago and in 2004 moved to Murfreesboro, Tn to plant Fellowship Bible Church where he has been the Teaching Pastor for the last 20 years!


Jenna also works 2 days a week as a R.N. at a wound care clinic and is actively involved in mentoring wives and mom’s. Jeff and Jenna have been married for 37 years and have 4 children, Josh-32, Jess-30, Jay-27 and Joelle-21 And…they have 4 grandchildren, Claire and Samuel, Kaci and Timothy.


Lastly, Jeff is addicted to hunting the Wild Turkey.

Coach Raymond & Dr. Gloria Bonner

Get your notepad ready and look forward to learning from a beautiful couple who has been married for 48 years. This couple has given their lives to the coaching and teaching profession. Coach Bonner who currently serves as the MTSU Track and Field Assistant Coach for the past 9 years has also coached at the high school and collegiate levels in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and has coached a host of professional football players and olympic track athletes. Dr. Gloria Bonner has 45 years of academic and administrative experience at both the public school and higher education. Currently, Dr. Bonner is a Retired Assistant to the President and Dean Emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University. They are the proud parents of their only child, Tracey Nicole Bonner who is a professional actress. This couple shares a tremoundous love for God, their family, and community. You will be so encouraged by their story.

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