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Jonathan Brinson

Sports Performance Coach
Thornton,Co

Summary

Experienced and detail-oriented performance specialist with a proven track record in strength and conditioning and management across collegiate, Olympic, and corporate levels. Proficient in conducting athlete assessments and designing customized training programs to optimize performance. Demonstrates expertise in injury reduction and prevention strategies, leading to improved athletic performances.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Performance Coach Manager

Future Research
San Francisco, CA
01.2020 - 04.2023
  • Unified 15 performance coaches from unique backgrounds to continuously work toward delivering the world’s best coaching experience at scale
  • Successfully onboarded and trained all new team members, rapidly learning tools and ramping up to capacity in 90 days maintaining 89% client retention
  • Designed and implemented a 'text first' intervention to influence KPIs, specifically trial conversion (65%) which improved from x to x and 65.8% to 78.4%

Performance Coach/Programming Lead

Future Research
San Francisco, California
04.2019 - 01.2020
  • Designed and implemented training programs for 55 clients, pushing the boundaries of current training software
  • Coordinated Future’s largest exercise video shoot adding 250 exercises that were crucial before COVID
  • Worked cross-functionally with L&D, Onboarding, Playbook, and Culture & Events to ensure exercise selection was diverse and included movements for all types of clients
  • Added over 100 training templates for new coaches to use to aid in workflow as client load ramped up

Sports Performance Coach

Chinese Olympic Committee
Beijing
03.2018 - 03.2019
  • Selected to train the Women’s National Weightlifting team over 22 qualified performance coaches
  • Successfully assessed nine weightlifting athletes and designed training plans to manage and reduce injury severity
  • Orchestrated testing and assessments for 120 speed skaters ranging from age 18-26 which set the Dutch coaches up with a great start to a training camp with knowledge of each athlete's current training level

Sports Performance Associate

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
06.2014 - 08.2017
  • Accumulated a total of 7 missed training days due to injury for the 2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball regular season champions
  • Promoted a safe but challenging environment for Softball to stay healthy from 2015-2017, improving their conference winning percentage from .333 to .391
  • Provided the Spirit Squad with a fully comprehensive training program, supporting the national team from 6th to 2nd place finish in Division 1 Small Co-Ed, allowing the best athletes to be available when they needed to perform
  • Steered the intern program with a 12-week curriculum that saw 9 coaches go on to full-time collegiate or professional roles

Paid Strength and Conditioning Intern

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
07.2013 - 05.2014
  • Developed and improved Excel templates to create and store training templates as well as athlete training history for over 200 athletes that helped measure and present athletic performance changes over time

Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Valdosta State University
Valdosta , Georgia
06.2011 - 05.2013
  • Assisted a 17th-ranked football team to win the 2012 Football National Championship
  • Turned Men’s Basketball preparation by training during the summer and in-season to produce a .286 increase in win percentage

Education

MS - Health and Physical Education

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
08.2011 - 05.2013

BS - Exercise Science

Mount Olive College (University of Mount Olive)
Mount Olive, NC
08.2006 - 08.2010

Skills

Exercise physiology

Proper exercise demonstration

Injury management

Effective communication

Training adaptability

Program design

Strength development

Analytics

Motivation strategies

Group leadership

Certification

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist - NSCA

Timeline

AED/CPR
02-2024

Performance Coach Manager

Future Research
01.2020 - 04.2023

Performance Coach/Programming Lead

Future Research
04.2019 - 01.2020

Sports Performance Coach

Chinese Olympic Committee
03.2018 - 03.2019

Sports Performance Associate

Purdue University
06.2014 - 08.2017

Paid Strength and Conditioning Intern

North Carolina State University
07.2013 - 05.2014

MS - Health and Physical Education

Valdosta State University
08.2011 - 05.2013

Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Valdosta State University
06.2011 - 05.2013

BS - Exercise Science

Mount Olive College (University of Mount Olive)
08.2006 - 08.2010
Jonathan BrinsonSports Performance Coach