I have had the pleasure of working with Jamie for the past 3 years leading up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Jamie has had a tremendous positive impact on my own personal performance and our team’s performance; highlighted by two world championship medals, 3 Crystal Globes, and many two & four-man World Cup medals.

There is so much value in having a coach who has “been there,” and Jamie has. He is a coach that can walk the walk and that provides a ton of confidence to the athletes he coaches. He has a keen eye for lift technique as well as sprint mechanics and how to apply those techniques to our sport. He is extremely thorough and patient; he is available at all hours of the day to analyze video, watch and coach workouts, or do whatever an athlete asks of him. From the Olympic level to beginner, I have seen Jamie make positive impacts on the performance of both. To the Olympian, Jamie knows exactly how to provide cues to get the best out of their performance. To the beginner, I have seen him spend as much time as needed to develop those athletes into real contenders.

Not only does Jamie have an excellent knowledge of strength and conditioning and sprint mechanics, he also provides support in ways that are often overlooked. Jamie values the human factor of a coach-athlete relationship, and will always go above and beyond to ensure the wellbeing of his athletes. Jamie is much more than a strength and push coach to us; he is a vital cog in the machine. My job is simple- push a bobsled. Jamie does so much to make sure that that is the only thing I am focused on, and I look forward to seeing all of this hard work pay off at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Working with Meat (Jamie haha) for years as my S&C lead was a great experience. The variety in training, the intensity, and the detail in my programming was second to none. We were able to keep training fresh and try out all kinds of different ways to bury ourselves week over week. Jamie’s own experience as a high-level athlete showed in how he managed me as an athlete, always taking an athlete first approach, and carefully dialing up or down the volume to manage load and fatigue and use the group and Jamie’s experience to ramp up the intensity and work at a higher level. The work ethic and training hours that I banked while working with Jamie are still paying off for me today.

Jamie is a technically excellent coach. He deeply understands and programs for each athlete to make gains in dynamic movement, explosive power, and overall speed. Best of all….he really gives a shit! Jamie really cares about the people he works with and their progress. He is a great person to have on any team.