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2008 CANISIUS COLLEGE BASEBALL
Strength and Conditioning
Jeff Lee
Head Coach
Strength &
Conditioning
In July 2007, Jeff Lee was
named the head strength
and conditioning coach at
Canisius College. In this
role, he is responsible for
overseeing the design and
implementation of the
strength training and conditioning
programs for the
school’s 16 intercollegiate
teams.
Lee joined the
Canisius staff after serving
a two-year stint as the
assistant strength and conditioning
coach at Yale
University. There, the 26-
year old Lee worked with 11 of the Bulldogs’ varsity
teams and served as the primary strength and
conditioning coach for the men’s and women’s ice
hockey teams. He was responsible for designing
and implementing speed, strength and conditioning
programs for the hockey teams, while also
overseeing the department’s student work-study
staff.
Prior to his time at Yale, Lee was an assistant
at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. He worked primarily
with the school’s men’s basketball program
as he earned his master’s degree in exercise science.
He also worked at the United States Olympic
Education Center in Marquette, Mich., where
he developed and implemented Olympic-based
strength training for 23 elite amateur boxers.
Lee received his undergraduate degree in
physical education from Western Illinois in 2003.
A member of National Strength and Conditioning
Association and the Collegiate Strength and
Conditioning Coaches Association, he started his
career as an intern at Binghamton University in
August 2003.
Lee and his wife Ashley, were married July 27,
2007. The couple currently resides in Buffalo.
The primary objective of the
strength and conditioning program
at Canisius College is for each athlete
to stay injury free while assisting
them in reaching their maximal
level of performance. This is
accomplished through an aggressive
approach to sport specific training.
Great care is taken to concentrate
on the joint areas that are most
susceptible to injury, muscle groups
that are involved in the activity and
conditioning specific energy systems
according to the demands of the
athlete’s specific sport.
Developing linear speed, agility,
range of movement, absolute
strength, functional strength and
sport specific power is important in
helping the athlete reach their highest
potential. Along with strength
training, a high level of conditioning
is required for optimal performance.
To accomplish this, we implement
high-performance metabolic conditioning
as a foundation of total
preparation.
The strength and conditioning
staff works to not only enhance each
athlete’s strength and conditioning
levels, but provide an environment
conducive to the development of
discipline and leadership skills for
reaching optimum physical potential
and mental toughness.
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