Jeff McCorvey has announced that Alex Handback and Ryan McCorvey have both been promoted to new positions at McCorvey’s Bowling World, which operates pro shops in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia.
Each has been named a Senior Vice President of the company, which will expand their roles and responsibilities.
Handback joined the company in June 2002 at the age of 16, working and learning the trade at its second location inside Madison Bowling Center in Madison, Ala.
“He was integral to our initial growth as he eagerly agreed to relocate to New Orleans and manage our busiest pro shop — at AMF All Star Lanes in Kenner — while becoming my youngest store manager at age 21,” McCorvey said. “He thrived in that busy store, setting multiple company sales records.”
When the opportunity arose for McCorvey’s company to operate a booth at the Women’s Championship in Las Vegas, Handback again proved up to the challenge. Since then, he has moved back to the Huntsville area and taken on many roles. The majority of his work involves traveling to stores and providing assistance as needed.
“Basically, he is doing much of what I did,” McCorvey said. “His work ethic and outgoing personality, combined with his exceptional technical skills, make him ideally suited for this position.”
Handback is a USBC-certified coach and a graduate of IBPSIA’s Advanced Technical course.
“Ryan, of course, was literally born into the business,” McCorvey said of his son. “With both parents and grandfathers [being] members of bowling halls of fame, he had little choice. He officially started working for the company in June of 2003 at the age of 12, assisting with various chores in the pro shop.
“When Ryan enrolled at Auburn, we opened a pro shop there for him to expand his real-world management skills,” McCorvey added. “During the summer months of high school and college, he worked on building and opening new stores, learning basic construction skills.”
After graduating from Auburn with a degree in management, Ryan moved to Birmingham and took on a new role with the company: inventory management. He then became the company’s demo coordinator, and most recently became Bowling World’s social media director, tasked with building brand awareness.
Ryan also is a USBC-certified coach and IBPSIA-certified technician.
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