#32 John Patrick UNC Charlotte

Published: June 3, 2020, 11:26 a.m.

b'John Patrick currently holds the title of Associate Director of Sports Performance for Olympic Sports at Charlotte. His current duties include working directly with the 49er Baseball and Volleyball program, as well as Practicum/Internship Program Coordinator. Coach Patrick joined the 49ers Sports Performance Staff in the Spring \\u201916, as the Assistant Director of Football Performance. Coach Patrick\\u2019s duties included working directly with the 49er Baseball program and assisting with the 49er Football program.\\n \\n Prior joining the 49er Staff, Patrick was the General Manger of Athletic Performance at SET Performance, in Jacksonville, FL. While at SET Performance his main responsibly included designing training protocols for multi-tier/multi-sport athletes from youth to professional. SET Performance clientele included: Daniel Murphy (MLB), Billy Butler (MLB), Josh Norman (NFL), Ziggy Hood (NFL), Grayson Allen (NBA) as well as a number of other professional, collegiate and scholastic athletes. \\xa0SET Performance also had contracts with local professional sports teams, ranging from the Jacksonville Jaguars Professional Football, AA Minor League Baseball Affiliate for the Miami Marlins (Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp), Jacksonville Armada FC, Jacksonville Futbol Academy (JFC) and Jacksonville Lumberjacks (Rugby). Additional job duties included design and implementation of NFL Combine Prep program as well as collegiate development program (which allowed area high school athletes that received collegiate scholarships an opportunity to train for free to get ready for their collegiate career). Patrick was also involved in a Non-profit organization, City Streets 2 Student-Athletes, which is a drug prevention program that used athletics to assist in the mission to keep student-athletes off the streets and remain drug free.\\n \\nBefore venturing into the private sector in 2014, Patrick worked at the collegiate level for over 14 years in various Director and Assistant roles, within Division I Athletics. He has worked with Male and Female athletes over a variety of sports. Over his career in Collegiate Athletics he has worked with 40+ MLB Draft Picks, 1 MLB All-Stars, 10+ NFL Draft Picks, 2 Olympians (Bronze Medalists \\u2013 Men\\u2019s Track/Women\\u2019s Soccer) 1 NCAA Indoor National Champion (Women\\u2019s Track), 15 NCAA All-Americans and 14 Conference Championship Teams.\\n \\nA native of Youngstown, OH. Patrick is a 1999 graduate of Mount Union College (OH) with a bachelor\\u2019s degree in Exercise Science and earned a master\\u2019s degree in 2004 from Georgia Southern University in Kinesiology. He is Strength & Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association. Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) & Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach with Distinction (RSCC*D) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association.\\n \\nHe and his wife Kaylee reside in Kannapolis, NC. Kaylee, played softball at the University of Georgia where she was part of the 2013 SEC Championship team. The couple enjoys traveling, visiting family and watching sporting events.\\nFollow Coach John Patrick on social media\\nTwitter-@Coachjgpatrick\\nInstagram-coachjgpatrick\\nFollow the podcast on social media\\nTwitter-talk_strength\\nInstagram-strengthtalkshop1\\nSubscribe, Share and Rate the podcast!'