​MEET OUR COACHES 

At American Top Team Portland we have world class instructors in all disciplines of MMA. 

FABIANO SCHERNER
HEAD COACH

 Fabiano Scherner is a German-Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. He has fought in Cage Rage, IFL and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Scherner is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor who won multiple championships on an international and world stage in senior and master divisions, although not in the adult divisions.

ANDREW MARSHALL
BJJ AND KIDS COACH

Andrew Marshall is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who has been training, teaching, and competing in Jiu-Jitsu since 2006. Andrew teaches adult classes, is the head instructor for the kids program, and strength training coach.

ANDY MINSKER
​BOXING COACH

Andy Minsker is a highly decorated boxing coach and competitor. Some of his accolades include National Golden Gloves Champion 1983, National United States Amateur Champion American Boxing Federation 1983, United States Olympic Trials Champion 1984, United States National Boxing Team Member 1980-1984.

ED HERMAN
​MMA COACH

Ed "Short Fuse" Herman is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 2002, Herman was a finalist on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 3, and has also competed for Strikeforce and Pancrase.

Sami Smith
YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Sami’s Yogic influence began in early childhood where she developed core guidance through the Bhagavat Gita at the International Society for Krishna Conciousness - formerly the Portland Temple in North Portland. The teachings that she learned though this experience held true to her core through her life. When she was 16 she began active practice twice a week at NW Portland, and took her practice from the facility to the mat and directed her focus into self-exploration, and intrinsic practice. In 2014 she obtained her RYT 200 under Lundberg Yoga. In 2016 she obtained her Aerial Foundations Certification at Epidavros Yoga Center and became a member at The Vedanta Society. In 2017 she went on to obtain JOGA Accreditation through Jana Webb, and Sports Yoga 2018. 

Sami has a background in anatomy and physiology, personal training, primal movement, functional nutrition, and is an avid researcher of neuroscience, and neural development. Her background has allowed her teaching style to evolve into an organically customizable practice that fits the needs of all types of students in varying industries and is more recently hyper focused on bringing fluidity and ancestral practice into movement and delivering a solid niche in the foot brain connection as well as proprioception conditioning.

Sami’s journey has led her to offering private instruction for alignment and fitness, working with children developing gross motor skills through animal movement and kids yoga, in the high schools athletic departments as a Sports Yoga Instructor, and becoming the Owner / Founder of R I S E Yoga & Movement, at Foster North, a multi – functional studio Located in the Foster-Powell District in Portland Oregon. Now as the Practitioner for American Top Team Jiu Jitsu and Naga Thai Boxing. 

Sami hopes to bring forward the movement revolution into all her practices and students to realign people with primitive movement and myofascial freedom. ​