JEREMY BARKEY
QB Coach, Camp Director, and Former Michigan State QB

A native of Warren, MI, Jeremy Barkey graduated from Warren Woods Tower High School in 1997. As a 3 year member of the Varsity football team, Barkey was a key contributor on Division Championship and State Playoff teams, serving as a Captain during his senior season.  After beginning his college years at Olivet Nazarene University, Jeremy transferred to Michigan State University where he was a member of the football team, playing Quarterback and Tight End, from 1998-2000. In 2001, he served as an undergraduate assistant for the football staff at MSU.

Coach Barkey has been a public school teacher and coach for 8 years, coaching quarterbacks from the Freshman through Varsity levels. In 2009, he served as the Offensive Coordinator and QBs Coach at the new Pontiac High School, where the Phoenix earned the school’s first playoff birth along with an OAA Blue Division Championship. As founder and director of the Pinnacle Passing Camp, Jeremy’s ultimate goal for the camp is for it to serve as a quality skills camp where football players can receive high-level training at their position to carry with them into their team seasons and beyond.

HUSTON JULIAN
Receivers Coach and Former Wayne State WR/TE

Coach Julian was a two year letter winner at Fraser High School as a WR and DB, while also lettering in basketball and track. In 1995, he was named All-League, All-County, All-Metro East and All-Suburban prior to attending Wayne State University on an academic and athletic scholarship. As a Warrior, Huston was named co-captain during his senior season and selected to play in the 2001 Cactus Bowl (Division II All-star game).

After graduating from Wayne State, where he earned all-academic GLIAC honors, Coach Julian began a career in public education as a teacher and coach in the Chippewa Valley school district. As a coach, he was a part of the Chippewa Valley football program for six years in various capacities on both the junior varsity and varsity levels coaching receivers, tight ends, and defensive backs. Currently, Coach Julian serves as a school administrator in Fraser, MI.

Current Michigan State QB, Kirk Cousins, speaks with two
Pinnacle Campers at the 2009 Camp