{"id":47,"date":"2016-12-05T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trackandturf.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2022-02-28T01:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T06:12:25","slug":"history-american-athletic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trackandturf.com\/history-american-athletic\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our History as the Premier Tennis Court, Track, and Turf Installation Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

American Athletic Track and Turf<\/a> is an award-winning sports construction company with a long legacy of successful projects throughout the East Coast. Our history extends back to the late 60s and early 70s when our founder discovered a dual passion for quality construction and the thrill of athletic competition. Today, we continue his mission to deliver the best running tracks, athletic turf, and tennis court construction services<\/a> available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded on Experience and Passion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Long before Bill Narozanick founded American Athletic Track and Turf, he was an employee at his father\u2019s company, Brunswick Bituminous\/Dayton Construction. The company and its affiliates specialized in high-volume asphalt pavement, while outdoor athletic facilities, including tennis courts and running tracks, formed another area of the business. It was there Bill began learning nuances of sports construction in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it was another event that set him on the path to founding American Athletic Track and Turf. Bill became a member of the top-ten-rated Florida State University track and field team, giving him an insider\u2019s view on the 1974 construction of the team\u2019s state-of-the-art running track complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility\u2019s inaugural event culminated in a rousing victory that saw the #7 Seminoles thrash the division\u2019s #2 South Carolina Gamecocks. Bill knew he\u2019d discovered the passion that would shape his career going forward: the construction of athletic facilities that exceeded all expectations for value, performance, longevity, safety, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Beginning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the memory of that excitement fresh in his mind, Bill graduated college and, in the winter of 1982, left his father\u2019s company to strike out on his own. American Athletic Courts, Inc. (AACI) was founded a year later in 1983, and the highly successful venture comprised several affiliates, including American Athletic Track and Turf, Florida Track and Turf, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, we\u2019re proud of the work<\/a> we\u2019ve done and the industry accomplishments we\u2019ve achieved, which include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n