Dobbin Bookman
Experienced MLS Academy Performance Coach
Strength & Performance Coach
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake

Dobbin Oshaun Bookman Jr., MSc, CPSS, CSCS, is a strength and performance coach with extensive academy-level soccer experience, including previous work with Real Salt Lake Academy and New England Revolution Academy. As the Performance Coach for RSL Academy, he was a contributing factor to the historic 2025 U16 GA Cup and MLS NEXT Cup championship victories. He has experience developing and delivering daily warm-ups, weekly gym sessions, in-season and off-season training programs, and performance testing for youth players across the U13–U18 age groups. His coaching emphasizes speed, change of direction, jumping and landing mechanics, and long-term athletic development, while also supporting on-field return-to-play work for injured athletes.
Dobbin brings a data-informed approach to performance training, with experience utilizing GPS, force plates, NordBord, timing gates, and Catapult systems to monitor athlete development and guide training decisions. He has coached strength and conditioning for youth, adolescent, collegiate, and adult athletes, with experience in Olympic lifting fundamentals, multi-joint movement, mobility, and individualized programming. He holds a Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning from Middlesex University, a Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology from Morehouse College, and NSCA CSCS and CPSS certifications.
