Bill Kerig Explained

William A. Kerig, also known as Bill Kerig, is a media entrepreneur, author, journalist, and filmmaker. Kerig is best known for founding and creating the RallyMe online fundraising platform for athletes,[1] which he sold to NBC Universal in 2016.[2] Born and raised on the north shore of Boston, he currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kerig gained acclaim in the Olympic sports world with the launch of the first athlete-centric crowdfunding platform RallyMe.com in 2012, which he sold to NBC's SportsEngine in 2016.[3] In 2018 he launched a new platform designed to build community among Olympic and youth sport coaches GreatCoach.com, which was recognized as a tool for helping protect youth in the growing SafeSport era.[4] In February, 2019, GreatCoach.com became the first organization to publish a fully aggregated listing of coaches banned by sports organizations.[5]

Film and television

Kerig wrote, produced, and directed the documentary film Ready to Fly, which won Best Feature Film at the Banff Film Festival.[6]

He wrote and directed the documentary film The Edge of Never,[7] which was sold to Showtime Networks.[8]

He was a co-producer and story creator of the documentary film Steep (Sony Pictures Classics).[9]

He was a producer on CBS's 48 Hours “Father and Son” one-hour broadcast.[10]

Kerig served as a producer for CBS at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. Due to his knowledge of skiing, snowboarding, and ice hockey, he was hired as a "fixer" to work on the Sports/News Desk. He has worked as an ESPN Winter X Games commentator.

Print

Kerig's book Utah Underground (2001) from Mountain Sports Press remains a cult success as an underground guide on how to have fun in conservative state.[11] Kerig also wrote The Snowboarder’s Total Guide to Life (Random House Villard). He went on to become the founder, publisher and editor of The Wasatch Journal, a special interest magazine in Utah that was published from 2007 to 2008.[12]

He wrote The Edge of Never (2008), a nonfiction book that was nominated for Adventure Book of the Year by the American Independent Publishers’ Association and was a finalist for Book of the Year at the Banff Book Festival.[13]

His journalistic work has appeared in Fast Company, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Ski, Skiing, and Powder.

Internet

Athlete

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympic Hopefuls, Governing Bodies Increasing Crowdfunding To Cover Training Costs. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com.
  2. Web site: SPORTSENGINE ACQUIRES FUNDRAISING PLATFORM RALLYME . SportsEngine . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407094556/https://www.sportsengine.com/solutions/articles/rallyMe-press-release/ . 7 April 2019 . 27 September 2016.
  3. Web site: SportsEngine Buys RallyMe For Sports Fundraising . PYMNTS . 28 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Pells . Eddie . Coaching website tries to shift conversation about sex abuse . AP . 23 February 2021 . 19 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Pells . Eddie . Coaching site builds list of those banned from US Olympics . AP . 23 February 2021 . 19 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Women's Ski Jumping Documentary Wins Banff Film Festival Award. November 6, 2012. SkiTrax.
  7. Web site: The Edge of Never. September 2, 2009.
  8. Web site: Extreme Skiing Documentary, "The Edge of Never Premieres on Showtime Friday Feb 5 at 8pm – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com. April 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418235528/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/extreme-skiing-documentary-the-edge-of-never-premieres-on-showtime-friday-feb-5-at-8pm/. 2020-04-18.
  9. Web site: Steep. IMDb.
  10. Web site: Father and Son. www.cbsnews.com.
  11. Book: 0967674743. Utah Underground: Guide to Real Fun. Kerig. Bill. 2001.
  12. Web site: William A. Kerig. April 12, 2011. Mountainfilm.
  13. Book: 978-0965633840. The Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Life, Death and Dreams in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains. Kerig. William A.. Kerig. Bill. 2008.
  14. Web site: The D-Word: William Kerig. Hosted by Doug Block, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia, Peter Gerard, and Heidi Fleisher Built by Peter Gerard https://www pgerard com with designs by Doug Fitzsimmons. otteragency.com. www.d-word.com.
  15. Mogul Fuel. Ski. February 1994. 5. 0037-6159. Advertisement. 58. 6.
  16. Web site: - Career History. Saint Michael's College.
  17. Web site: SL Lightning Select Program. May 2, 2017. slco.org.
  18. Web site: Home. Utah Golden Eagles Hockey.

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