About

My name is Ryan Watts and I am an avid shooter, hunter and coach. Aside from my TWO full-time jobs, one as a Real Estate Broker and two as a CCW Instructor, I volunteer at the Lincoln Rifle Club as the head coach for the Junior Precision Rifle Team. I coach the kids three nights per week from 5pm to 830pm, then on weekends during the season we travel around Northern CA and compete, as well as compete in Colorado Springs, Northern Ohio and Alabama. My goal is to apply my teaching skills from coaching the kids for the last 12 years (9 as an assistant and 3 as the head coach) to teaching CCW classes.

In addition to my current goals, I am a nine-year veteran of the Marine Corps where I was a Radio Operator and Rifle/Pistol Instructor. I am a husband of 28 years and a father of three girls, two of which shoot competitively at Division 1 colleges.

Qualifications

Certifications

NRA Instructor: Personal Protection Inside and Outside the Home·
NRA Certified Pistol Instructor
Chief Range Safety Officer
Level 2 Rifle Coach

CCW Instruction

2023-Started teaching with John Taylor (Best Handgun Training)
2024-Started the process of obtaining my COE and DOJ Certifications
2024-Finalized my NRA Instructor Qualifications
January 2025 - Launched CCW instruction under my own company

Precision Rifle Coach

Lincoln Rifle Club Junior Program (2013-2018)-this program takes kids 8-18 years old, teaches them the basics of safety and rifle nomenclature and then coaches teach them to shoot in the prone, kneeling and standing positions. Each year we have approx.75-100 kids in the program, most of which shoot on Monday nights.
Lincoln Rifle Club Junior Precision Team (2018 to Present)- I am the head coach for the Olympic Style Precision Team. There are 13 kids on the team aged 12-17. The kids compete in both Air Rifle and Smallbore (.22). We are a Nationally ranked team, in 2019 we took 2nd place at Nationals in Camp Perry Ohio and in 2021 we took 1st place at Nationals in Camp Perry Ohio.

Match Director

2008 to Present

High Power Matches (2008 to 2018)
CCW Defensive Holster (2018 to Present)

Competitive Shooting

2003 to current

High Power (200-300-600yds)-NRA Classification of Master
Mid-Range (300-500-600-800yds)
Long Range (1000yd +)
USPSA
Multi Gun Division (MGD)

United States Marine Corps:

2003-2022

Platoon Sergeant
Radio Operator
Rifle Instructor
Pistol Instructor