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.

Facility
Robert G. and Carol L. Morris Sports Performance Center

Sports Performance Staff

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.

Paul Childress
Sports Performance Assistant Coach