A&M-商务 Appoints D’Este as Director of Olympic 体育 Performance
By 狮子田径
皇冠体育365赌博&M University-商务 has appointed Jon-Paolo D’Este as the Director of Olympics 体育 Performance. D’Este began working at A&M-商务 last month.
As the Director of 体育 Performance, he will oversee the entire sports performance unit, while working directly with select Olympic sports. 德埃斯特到达了A&M-商务 following a four-year stint at Stephen F. 奥斯丁. He assisted with the 足球 team while also being the head strength coach for women’s basketball, 女子网球, 和排球.
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude for this opportunity to join the team at A&M-商务 as the Director of 体育 Performance,” said D’Este. “The opportunities to develop and expand the athletics program make it a great time to be in 商务. I would like to thank Jim Curry and Brian White for the opportunity to join 狮子 U.”
During his time at SFA, he helped all his teams achieve new heights in their performance. He was able to assist in helping the 足球 program make the FCS Playoffs in 2021. With the 女性的 篮球 program, he was able to help the team make back-to-back NCAA Tournaments (2020-21 & 2021-22).
“We are extremely excited to welcome JP to the A&M-商务 狮子 family. We knew for such an integral role we had to find a high energy, highly knowledgeable and capable person,” said Associate 体育运动 Director for 健康 and Performance Brian White.
“JP will elevate our 体育 Performance space with expertise in movement analysis, great coaching ability, and vast knowledge from his previous experience coaching professional and Division I student-athletes. He truly cares about the teams he trains and takes time to develop plans for the growth and development of each individual student-athlete. We look forward to JP’s contributions to our successes and his plans to grow and develop our sports performance team.”
D’Este also helped the 女性的 Tennis program make the Conference Tournament for the first time in four years and won their first Tournament match since 2014. After taking over as the strength coach for the 排球 program in 2022, he assisted in making them back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (2022 & 2023).
Before SFA, D’Este was a part of the XFL working with the Los Angelese Wildcats. As an Assistant Strength Coach for the Wildcats, he worked with former A&M-商务 quarterback and Harlon Hill Trophy winner Luis Perez.
D’Este made the jump to the XFL after working at Stanford for a year. He went to Palo Alto to take part in the Cardinal intern program, but his performance elevated him to join the 足球 体育 Performance Staff. During his time at Stanford, he worked with the 足球 team as well as assisting with the training of 女性的 足球 and Light Weight Crew, both won National Championships in 2019.
D’Este got his start while attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ 研究生 School. 在拉斯维加斯大学就读期间, he spent two years under the mentorship of Mark Philippi while working at the Philippi 体育 Institute. He also interned with the UNLV 足球 team.
