Coaches

Coach Jeremy Hoy is the founder, director of coaching, and director of business development for Finish First Sports Performance. He is a current doctoral student, studying Strategic Leadership at Liberty University.

Most recently, he worked along-side successful strength and conditioning coach and business owner, and world champion powerlifter, JL Holdsworth, as they developed world class coaches and athletes at The Spot Athletics training facilities in Columbus, OH.

Prior to that, Coach Hoy was the associate strength and conditioning coach at The Ohio State University where he directed the Big Ten champion men’s ice hockey and champion men’s golf strength and conditioning programs, and assisted/oversaw the national champion women’s ice hockey strength program.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Coach Hoy has extensive experience successfully training and developing athletes, using an evidence-based athlete development model created to optimize performance during competitions.

Previously, Coach Hoy spent 10 years at Robert Morris University working as an independently contracted strength and conditioning coach with the men’s and women’s champion hockey and men’s and women’s champion lacrosse programs, where he won several conference titles and earned NCAA National Championship (tournament) participation. During this time he earned a reputation as one of the top ice hockey, lacrosse, and golf strength and conditioning coaches in the country.

Coach Hoy has worked with USA Hockey in a number of roles. He was the associate coach in chief for off-ice training for the MidAm District of USA Hockey. In this capacity, he taught Coaching Clinics for levels 1-4, helping to educate coaches about USA Hockey’s ADM (long term athlete development model) to maximize off-ice performance development. He served as the head strength and conditioning coach with the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in Russia and with the U-18 women’s select team. Through USA Hockey, Coach Hoy is often contracted to teach and help youth hockey organizations create and implement off-ice training plans to help grow the game and help players develop.

Additionally, he was the head strength and conditioning coach for the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League (USHL) for seven seasons, and consulted with various NAHL teams and played an integral role in establishing a championship culture.

In 2007, he founded Finish First Sports Performance, where he trained and developed hockey and lacrosse players, and golfers at all levels, including NHL, KHL, and AHL skaters, NLL, PLL players, and NCAA athletes. Under his leadership and program guidance, his client list includes hundreds of players that began training at a young age with him and then developed to perform at the highest levels of international competition. He has trained numerous players who have won Olympic gold medals, Stanley Cup Championships, NCAA Championships, World Champions, PLL, NLL, and NHL draft picks. In his over 20 year coaching career, he has trained and developed thousands of young athlete all across the USA.

Coach Hoy is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), a strength and conditioning coach certified (SCCC) with the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), performance enhancement specialist (PES) with the NASM, a NASE certified instructor in speed and explosion training, a BE ACTIVATED Levels I and II Practitioner, a RPR (Reflexive Performance Reset) certified practitioner and a Flex Band Certified Instructor.

He is also a Mental Performance Mastery certified Mental Performance Mastery Coach (MPM).

He has been coaching and developing championship athletes and teams since 2000, and improving both their mental and physical performance. His passion for building successful teams and athletes is evident in his successful track record and his energy and commitment to learning and helping others. Coach Hoy has been a lifelong athlete, and competed at a high level in several sports, including wrestling, football, and track&field.