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Sports Performance

The UB Sports Performance staff is responsible for designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs for all of UB’s intercollegiate athletic teams.

Vision Statement
To establish an elite training program in the country by assembling a “team” of individuals driven by one goal – enhancing both the mental and physical attributes of athletic ability.

Mission Statement
To produce a state-of-the-art training regimen that will significantly improve both the mental and physical demands of athletic ability. The Sports Performance staff will enhance each individual student-athlete’s athletic potential through a structured program that includes all aspects of development and injury prevention.

We will achieve this through evolving training programs that are successful and measured based on individual and team testing results. In addition, we will evaluate conditioning levels of our athletes during games, particularly the latter part of competition. We will continue to develop a plan that will put our athletes in a position for success.

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Robert G. and Carol L. Morris Sports Performance Center

Sports Performance Staff

Ed Fitzsimmons
Director of Alumni Arena Weight Room

Photo of Ed Fitzsimmons
After five year's as UB baseball's strength and conditioning coach, Fitzsimmons joined the UB athletic training staff in the new position of functional reconditioning specialist in 2004. In this position, Fitzsimmons works closely with UB student-athletes, sport performance coaches and head coaches on assisting in the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. He formerly served as the coordinator of strength and conditioning at the UB Sports Medicine Institute. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Brockport State and also has national certification as a strength and conditioning coach from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and certification from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Paul Childress
Sports Performance Assistant Coach
Paul Childress

Paul Childress is in his second season as a member of the Buffalo sports performance staff. A highly-decorated weightlifter, Childress holds the world record for the squat (1,146 lbs) and total lift (2,662 lbs.). Childress earned his bachelor's degree in health and wellness from Buffalo State where he was a three-time All-American on the Bengals football team. He earned a master's degree in physical education from Canisius. Prior to coming to UB, Childress spent five years as the director of facilities and fitness management at Total Health and Fitness. He also spent the previous five years as an online strength and conditioning consultant with professional and collegiate football teams, including the University at Buffalo and the Cleveland Browns.

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