In 2014, I enrolled at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture and Tourism and, starting that same season, worked as an assistant coach for the academy’s second basketball team.

Since 2015, I have also been working in a fitness gym. From 2017 to 2021, I served as the head coach of NBK Quantum Satis (Smolensk).
Author (or co-author) of the books: The Golden Era of Bodybuilding in Russia (2020), Introduction to Basketball: Coach, Parents in Sports: How to Help a Young Basketball Player, and for aspiring players, You Are a Player: Basketball Player’s Journal.

Host of the podcasts Flash Drive Coach, Flash Drive Coach: Basketball, and Beyond the Court with Coach Arnold.

I am currently the senior coach at the IBasket Academy in Moscow and train youth basketball coaches across Russia within the academy. My education was obtained in Russia, the USA, and the UK — details are provided below.