Steve Leo

Owner/Performance Coach

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Steve grew up in Hawthorne, NJ where he was a 3-sport varsity athlete (football, baseball, and wrestling). His athletic career was very successful—being named the captain of his wrestling team and receiving all-league honors for both baseball and wrestling.

Steve holds a degree in Sports Management from Centenary College.

He has been training athletes for 20+ years on all levels including high school, college, NFL, MLB, US Olympic, WNBA, and MLL.

Steve was hired in 2011 to train the New York Jets during the NFL lockout.

• Currently the Head of Strength and Conditioning at Gill St. Bernard’s School in Gladstone, NJ

• Head Track and Field Coach Gill St Bernard's 

• Host of the Parisi podcast

• Co-Host of the Vertimax Vive Podcast

• Board Member: Seton Hall :Transformative Leadership in Disruptive Times Certificate Program

Certifications:

• Parisi Speed School Master Trainer/Advisory Committee Chairperson

• National Academy of Sports Medicine CPT

• USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach

• National Strength and Conditioning Association

• USA Track and Field Level 2 Coach

• Vertimax Master Trainer

• GAIN Network Member

• FMS Functional Movement Screen Expert Level 2, FCS

• TRX Suspension Trainer

• Dynamax Trainer

• Training for Warriors Level 1

• Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y Clinician

• NJ State Recreation Supervisor

Coaching Experience:

• Gill St Bernards Sprints/Jumps Coach

• Rockaway Township Track and Field Head Coach (2x League Champions)

• Assistant Wrestling Hawthorne and Bergen Catholic HS,

• Head Wrestling Coach Saddle River Recreation

Currently lives in Rockaway Township, NJ with his wife Michelle and their daughters Samantha, 15, and Maggie, 11