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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT |
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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.
Sports Performance Staff
Ryan Groneman
Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach /
Director of Morris Center and Stadium Weight Rooms
Ryan Groneman is in his fourth full season as a member of the Buffalo sports
performance staff. He came to UB after spending three seasons as the offensive line
coach at his high school alma mater, Forest Grove (OR), where he helped his team to
the state playoffs in 2003 for the first time in 17 years. Groneman was a standout
football player at Forest Grove and went on to be a four-year starter at Boise State.
An Honorable Mention All-Conference selection after his sophomore and junior
seasons, Groneman helped the Broncos to a Big West title in 1999 as well as to a
win in the Humanitarian Bowl. Groneman earned a bachelor’s degree in social science
and public affairs from Boise State in 2000. At UB, he works
directly with the baseball, softball and crew teams and assists with football.
Ed Fitzsimmons
Director of Alumni Arena Weight Room
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.
Julia Ladewski
Assistant Director of Sports Performance
Julia Ladewski is in her sixth season at UB as an assistant coach with the sports
performance department where she works directly with UB’s women’s basketball, women’s
soccer, men’s and women’s cross country and track and field and men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams. She came to UB from fellow MAC-member Ball State where she
served as a student strength and conditioning coach and earned her degree in exercise
science in 2002. While at Ball State, Ladewski worked with the Cardinals’ swimming and
diving, gymnastics, baseball, softball, and track and field teams. During the summer of
2002, Ladewski served as a performance specialist at Athletes’ Performance in Tempe,
AZ, where she worked with many professional athletes from the NFL, NHL, NBA, WTA and
the PGA as well as elite high school and college athletes.
Paul Childress
Sports Performance Assistant Coach
Paul Childress is in his second season as a member of the Buffalo sports
performance staff. A highly-decorated weightlifter, Childress holds teh 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.
Brian Remington
Sports Performance Intern
Brian Remington is in his first season as a member of the UB sports performance
staff. A 2005 graduate of Northern Colorado, Remington earned his bachelor’s degree
in exercise science with a minor in nutrition. A native of Arvada, CO, Remington
began his collegiate career at Adams State in Alamosa, CO where he played football
until suffering a career-ending knee injury. He went on to work as an undergraduate
assistant in the strength and conditioning department at Northern Colorado in the
winter and spring of 2005, working with all the Bears’ teams, including the women’s
tennis team that won the 2005 NCAA Division I Independent Championship. Remington
also served as a sports performance intern at Arizona State in the summer of 2005,
working primarily with the Sun Devils’ nationally-ranked football team. Remington
is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a member of the National
Strength and Conditioning Association. He was also Colorado’s state power lifting
champion in 2001 at the 220-pound weight class. He is currently working towards his
master’s degree in applied physiology at UB.
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