Coaches who coach every rep

Ryan has worked as a professional sports performance coach focused on speed training since 2015.

Before opening the original Takeover location in 2018, he served as a high school basketball and lacrosse strength & conditioning coach and as the strength & conditioning director for an elite hockey organization.

He has helped hundreds of athletes prepare for combines, showcases, and seasons — and his obsession with speed and higher-level performance still drives constant study and refinement of the program.

Coach Pete has worked as a professional sports performance coach since 2021, specializing in hockey performance and athlete development.

He has worked with several AAA hockey programs and holds the CFSC (Certified Functional Strength Coach) certification. As a former amateur boxer, he brings boxing principles into how he builds speed, strength, and conditioning.

Pete currently serves as a high school strength & conditioning coach for a basketball team and as S&C coach for a hockey organization.

Coach Jam grew up playing basketball, softball, and lacrosse. She played D1 lacrosse at Winthrop University and finished her career playing D2 lacrosse at Notre Dame College in Ohio, where she graduated in 2023 with degrees in exercise science and business administration.

She loves coaching because she gets to watch athletes push past their own expectations — the coach-athlete bond is what makes the work meaningful.

Matt grew up playing soccer, basketball, hockey, and baseball, and went on to play two years of D-III soccer at Penn State Abington before transferring to Penn State University Park.

He majored in Kinesiology — Applied Exercise Science. As a coach, the most rewarding part of the work is helping athletes develop the skills to take their game to the next level and feel more confident on and off the field.

Ryan played football through high school and went on to earn his Bachelor's degree in Sport & Recreation Management from Temple University in Spring 2025.

While at Temple he completed a full-time internship with the Temple University Football program, working hands-on in the weight room with Division I athletes.

He's currently working toward his CSCS certification. Athletes always come first — building real relationships, a competitive training environment, and healthy habits is what drives him.