# Dean Gemmell

Dean Gemmell (born August 27, 1967) is a Canadian-American curler and writer who currently resides in Short Hills, New Jersey. Along with John Morris, he is the co-author of the book Fit to Curl, Sport Specific Training for the World's Greatest Game.

## Career

Gemmell began curling in 1978 as a junior in Ontario. After moving to Montreal, Quebec in 1986, he played as lead for Lawren Steventon and won the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship in 1988, earning an opportunity to represent Quebec at the 1988 Labatt Brier. Quebec finished in eighth place with a 4–7 win–loss record.
Gemmell moved to the United States in 1991, and did not return to curling until he moved to New Jersey in 2006 and curls out of the Plainfield Curling Club in club play. He participated in the playdowns to the United States National Championships and the United States Mixed Championship in 2007. He participated in the 2010 United States Men's Curling Championship as the lead for Matt Hames, finishing fourth after a loss in the playoffs. He then returned the next year under skip Heath McCormick, who replaced Hames, to the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship, where his team again finished fourth. At the next national championship, he and his team went through the round robin undefeated, and won the championship after defeating Pete Fenson in the final.

## The Curling Show

Gemmell created and hosted a curling podcast called The Curling Show from 2005 to 2017. The podcast released a few episodes each month spanning over 100 hours in total and featured interviews with over 250 individuals including various top curlers and curling builders.

## Personal life

Gemmell is married to Amye Gemmell and they have four children. He studied at McGill University in Montréal and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History.

## Teams
### Men's

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
| 1987–88 | Lawren Steventon | Pete Gawel | Marco Ferraro | Dean Gemmell | Malcolm Turner | | 1988 Brier (8th) |
| 2008–09 | Matt Hames | Matt Mielke | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | | | |
| 2009–10 | Matt Hames | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | | | 2010 USNCC (4th) |
| 2010–11 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | | | 2011 USNCC (4th) |
| 2011–12 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | Craig Brown | Matt Hames | 2012 USNCC , 2012 WCC (8th) |
| 2012–13 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | | | 2013 Cont.Cup , 2013 USNCC (4th) |
| 2013–14 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Martin Sather | | | 2013 USOCT |
| 2013–14 | Tyler George | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Martin Sather | | | 2014 USNCC (6th) |
| 2014–15 | Dean Gemmell | Bill Stopera | Calvin Weber | Martin Sather | | | |
| 2014–15 | Dean Gemmell | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Mark Lazar | Andrew Stopera | | 2015 USNCC (5th) |
| 2015–16 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Mark Lazar | Andrew Stopera | | 2016 USNCC (10th) |
| 2016–17 | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | | Mark Lazar | | | |
| 2017–18 | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Michael Moore | Mark Lazar | | | |
| 2018–19 | Craig Brown | Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Mark Lazar | | | |

### Mixed

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
| 2006–07 | Scott Edie | Janice Langanke | Dean Gemmell | Jennifer Kungle | Tanya Jacobson | 2007 USMxCC |