Jason Riley (trainer)

Jason Riley
Born1975 (age 50–51)[1]
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln

Jason Riley is an athletic trainer and nutritionist.[2][3] He has trained athletes in the NFL,[2] MLB,[2] NHL,[4] professional tennis players,[2] and Olympians.[5]

Early life and education

Riley is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and he graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, earning a degree in kinesiology and exercise science.[2] During college, he helped train the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, which won three national championships (1994, 1995, and 1997).[2]

Career

In 2000, Riley moved to Florida to work at IMG Academy.[2] He initially sought out to become a physical therapist before his time at IMG.[1]

In 2009, Riley, Charlie Sly, and Janis Krums[1] co-founded Elementz Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company.[6] He was largely credited for Derek Jeter's career resurgence, having trained Jeter from before the 2008 season to his retirement in 2014.[7] Riley's training was praised by Men's Fitness magazine, calling him "baseball's M.V.P. of the post-steroids era".[6] Riley targets specific weaknesses of each athlete, while also working to integrate those new routines into a mindful practice for the whole body.[8][9][10]

In 2014, Riley was part of the opening of a new gym, the Performance Compound, with former NFL players Llewellyn “Yo” Murphy and Anthony “Booger” McFarland, and Scott Lee, who worked with HealthEdge Investment Partners at the time.[11] Riley was sued by Murphy and McFarland, who alleged that Riley was stealing clients and sabotaging marketing efforts. Riley denied these claims, and the lawsuit was eventually dropped.[2][1]

In the 2016 Al Jazeera America sports doping report, which was documented in The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers,[2] Charlie Sly, the pharmacist connected to the distribution of HGH to professional athletes, used Riley's home address when applying for a pharmacist license.[7] Nearly all the athletic clients that Sly named in a recorded interview were connected to Riley.[6] Riley was not named or cited by the documentary[2] and would later deny any involvement with banned substances.[12] In the MLB's report on the documentary, the league did not find any proof that Riley engaged in any wrongdoing.[13]

Riley is the director of the Positive Sports Lab, which is based in Florida.[5] He has previously worked with the Division II North American Soccer League,[14] and served as the director of performance at the Saddlebrook Resort.[15]

Athletes

List of athletes trained
AthleteSource
Derek Jeter[2]
Tyler Clippard[2]
Ryan Howard[6]
Ryan Zimmerman[6]
Grant McCray[16]
Sammy Watkins[2]
Mike Neal[6]
Dustin Keller[6]
Rex Grossman[1]
Dante Fowler[17]
Allen Robinson[14]
Sedrick Ellis[10]
Maria Sharapova[1]
Tommy Haas[2]
John Isner[2]
Summer McIntosh[5]
Brad Richards[4]

Personal life

Riley is a devout Christian.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Denton, Beau (31 July 2012). "Innovator: Jason Riley". Sarasota Magazine.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hobson, Will; Wagner, James (26 January 2016). "Top sports trainer tries to clear name following steroid documentary". The Washington Post.
  3. ↑ "Howard refused to eat away career". Yahoo! Sports. 27 October 2009.
  4. 1 2 Klein, Jeff (6 July 2011). "New Ranger Eager to Get Settled In". New York Times.
  5. 1 2 3 Heroux, Devin (28 March 2023). "Summer McIntosh sets world record in 400m freestyle at Canadian swimming trials". CBC.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Powell, Michael (5 January 2016). "Finding a Common Thread in the Al Jazeera Doping Report". New York Times.
  7. 1 2 Red, Christian; O'Keefe, Michael (6 January 2016). "Derek Jeter's former trainer, Jason Riley, linked to key figure in Al Jazeera doping film". New York Daily News.
  8. ↑ O'Conner, Ian (19 November 2010). "Trainer: Derek Jeter plans big comeback". ESPN. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Kilgore, Adam (1 March 2013). "Nationals reliever Tyler Clippard makes most of his work at the Performance Compound". The Washington Post.
  10. 1 2 St. John, Allen (25 April 2008). "How to Run a 4.2". Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ "Franchising fitness for the masses". Florida Trend. 28 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Hobson, Will (7 June 2018). "Debate over Peyton Manning and HGH still bubbles years after Al Jazeera documentary". The Washington Post.
  13. ↑ Kuty, Brendan (7 January 2016). "MLB says no proof Derek Jeter's ex-trainer has done wrong". NJ.com.
  14. 1 2 Rice, Jeff (21 February 2014). "Column: Robinson ready to burn". 247 Sports.
  15. ↑ "Jason Riley's Diamond-Ready Moves". Men's Fitness. 23 April 2018.
  16. ↑ Maffezzoli, Dennis (8 July 2022). "Lakewood Ranch's Grant McCray having a Giant season in San Jose". Sarasota Herald Tribune.
  17. ↑ Pelissero, Tom (7 April 2015). "Fowler Ready For Prime Time". USA Today.
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