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>> G len Jusczyk of AMgC Sports, right, learns more about QuickHitch MouthGuard products from John Moore during the Speed Networking at the 2019 Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit.
AMgC Quickly Establishes Itself in Team Dealer Community Former Division I and professional soccer player Glen Jusczyk figured one foray into the sporting goods industry would be enough. But a serious family medical situation led him back into it after a hiatus and Jusczyk started AMgC Sports in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. In less than 10 years, Jusczyk has helped establish AMgC as a go-to team dealer and it received NSGA Verified Independent All-Star Dealer status for its quality service and expertise. Jusczyk talked about building AMgC and the importance of giving back with NSGA Director of Communications and Team Dealer Division Director Marty Maciaszek.
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What attracted you to the sporting goods industry? I went to Northeastern University (in Boston) to play Division I
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How did that lead to the formation of AMgC Sports? In 2008 I sold my share of the company to my business partner and said I’d never do it again. I moved to Florida
with my family and a few years later my daughter was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma pediatric cancer. We moved back to Boston and my wife lost the job she had. My non-compete was over, so I reached out to some old clients to ask if they would work with me if I started up again. I started from scratch in 2013 and now I’ve built it back up here in 2019.
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What were the big challenges when you returned to the industry? Getting a customer base back was difficult. So was getting manufacturers and vendors to believe in me that I could
do it a second time and to get the bigger brands to open with me
soccer and then played minor-league soccer. We had soccer
and prove I was in it for the long run. What helped with that was
camps at Northeastern with over 500 kids there each summer and
I became a member of NBS (Nation’s Best Sports). Once I had a
one of the expenses was T-shirts. We wanted to make our own
small footprint and store and opened with a few people, I worked
T-shirts and that morphed into the sporting goods business from
with NBS to become a member and it took off from there.
there in 1998. I never thought I’d be going that long 20 years later. 22 | NSGA NOW ®
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