SMARTER Team Training

George Bartzokis received an M.D. degree from Yale University in 1983. He completed an internship at the UCLA/West Los Angeles V.A. Medical Center, and a residency in psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. In 1987, Dr. Bartzokis joined the UCLA Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Clinical Professor while also completing a schizophrenia research fellowship in the UCLA Department of Psychology, and serving as a Staff Psychiatrist at the West Los Angeles V.A. Medical Center. In 1989, he ...

Dr. Stuart McGill is a Professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He is the author of three textbooks and over 300 scientific publications that address the issues of low back function, injury mechanisms, development of evidence-based rehabilitation and performance exercise. As a consultant he sees difficult back cases and provides back performance enhancement in professional and top amateur athletes worldwide. The SMARTER Team...

Adam Davis is the Director of Athletic Performance at The University of Tulsa. Davis works directly with the Golden Hurricane football program and oversees all aspects of Tulsa’s athletic performance program. Before coming to Tulsa, Davis spent five years as a member of the Baylor University Athletic Performance staff. During the his final four years at Baylor, Davis served as the Bears’ associate director of athletic performance and before that was assistant strength & conditioning co...

After sustaining an injury playing professional basketball, Ganon Baker started his own business known today as Ganon Baker Basketball Services.  He travels the world reaching kids through teaching basketball. He is a Nike Skill Development Trainer and Workout Director.  He has worked with Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Paul and Vince Carter. He trains the top 150 Girls in the country for Nike Basketball and Directs Skill Academies all over the world, including The Michael Jor...

Todd Wright is the strength and conditioning coach for the men’s basketball program at The University of Texas. Wright is widely recognized as one of the elite coaches nationally in his field. The Longhorns have made a school-record 13 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament while posting a 322-123 (.724) record under Todd’s watch. The 322 wins mark the most number of victories in a 13-year period in school history. UT also set a school record by recording its 12th straight 20-win season ...

Chris Ruf serves as the Director of Football - Athletic Performance for Baylor University. He additionally oversees the track and field/cross country programs, as well as organizing the Baylor Athletic Performance Clinic. Prior to Baylor, Ruf served as Assistant Strength Coach at South Florida (USF). While at USF, Ruf also worked at Rich Lansky’s OPTI as a strength coach and assisted with Team Florida Gulf Coast Weightlifting. Prior to USF, Ruf spent eight seasons at Iowa State University as an ...

Vincent Metzo is the Dean of Advanced Personal Training at the Swedish Institute and the Director of Education for Kettlebell Concepts in New York City. Vincent’s dance, theatre, and acrobatics background lead him to choose exercise science and education as a career. His passion for kettlebells and training grew out of his early training as a dancer and acrobat. During his time as an undergraduate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts studying acting Vincent’s interest in movement and acrobatics grew. Â...

Joshua Medcalf is a former Division I soccer player who graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in communications. He went on to study under one of the top sport psychologists in the country at Duke University, while playing out his last year of eligibility. He started a non-profit organization that focuses on training at-risk athletes in the heart of the south central housing projects in Los Angeles, California. In order to help fund his organization he created Train to be Clutch, in which...

Chuck Wolf has a Masters of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology from George Williams College, and specializes in Applied Biomechanics. He presently is the Director of Human Motion Associates, in Orlando, Florida, consulting with clients ranging from the rehabilitation setting to professional athletes of the highest level. Chuck works extensively with many of the top 50 PGA players in the world and also has worked with numerous professional baseball players and other high level athletes. He has emerg...

Sean Skahan is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Anaheim Ducks. Joining the club prior to the 2002-03 season, Skahan is responsible for the overall strength and conditioning program for all players in the Ducks system. Skahan also coordinates all off-ice training at the club’s annual prospect conditioning camp. Prior to working with the Ducks, Skahan was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston College for the 2001-02 season. In 2000-01, he was the Assistant Strength ...