William A. Kerig

William A. Kerig, also known as Bill Kerig, is a media entrepreneur, author, journalist, and filmmaker. Kerig is best known for founding and creating the RallyMe online fundraising platform for athletes, which he sold to NBC Universal in 2016. Born and raised on the north shore of Boston, he currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kerig gained acclaim in the Olympic sports world with the launch of the first athlete-centric crowdfunding platform RallyMe.com in 2012, which he sold to NBC's SportsEngine in 2016. In 2018 he launched a new platform designed to build community among Olympic and youth sport coaches GreatCoach.com, which was recognized as a tool for helping protect youth in the growing SafeSport era. In February, 2019, GreatCoach.com became the first organization to publish a fully aggregated listing of coaches banned by sports organizations.