Jeff grew up in East Hanover, NJ with a love of sports from as far back as he can remember. He has fond recollections of his dad as his coach, who also headed up the football and baseball programs for a number of years.

Jeff played football and baseball throughout his childhood years, which helped positively shape the person he became. When he got to Hanover Park High School he played football, but then became passionate about Tae Kwon Do and focused on that sport throughout his high school years and beyond.

Jeff started his coaching career in his early 20’s and has enjoyed every minute of it for over 30 years now. He has coached football, baseball, softball and soccer from the kindergarten level right up through high school teams.

Jeff became passionate about performance training when he saw the improvement it made in kids he was working with. He went to work with Parisi Corporate developing the Parisi training network across the country for 5 years.

Jeff has been eager to help young people achieve their personal goals not only in athletics, but also in life. He spent many of his years working with youth in a variety of settings.

He started an organization called Touch the World that took pre-teens and teens around the world building orphanages, schools and churches as well as developing leaders who would positively impact the upcoming generation.

Jeff’s talents and experience are now being utilized here at the Parisi Speed School of Middletown where he connects with youth and high school coaches and helps educate them on the value of evidence based performance methodologies that can help their athletes compete at the highest levels. He also presents seminars to parents on sports performance training and how to philosophically approach the wide world of youth sports.

Shaq was born and raised in the Bronx, NY where he started playing travel football and baseball. Entering high school, Shaq moved to Ellenville, NY where he attended Ellenville Central High as a 3-sport athlete (football, basketball, and baseball).

After his freshman year he decided to focus on football where he was a varsity starter since his sophomore year as a defensive back and wide receiver. Winning 2 section titles in high school, he got the opportunity traveling to Miami during the summers to attend Miami University summer football youth camps.

After graduating high school Shaq got the opportunity to play D1 football at Miami then transferred to Buffalo where he studied Criminal Justice while continuing his football career.

After college Shaq became a minister in the AME Church and coached basketball, football, and track on every level. He became a Sports Performance trainer in 2021 and truly believes our body is temples and when taken care of through exercise and fitness, we all become the best versions of ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Shaq has trained athletes on all levels including: NCAA D1 recruits, D2, D3 , Top High Schools and Middle School athletes.

Andre started with Parisi Speed School in 2019. He is an orange county native from Newburgh NY. His passion for fitness started in high school where he played his only year of football as a senior. Andre has a background in exercise science and personal training working with a variety of age groups.

When asked what do you like most about being a coach in Parisi Andre had this to say. “Coaching in Parisi has allowed me the opportunity to help mold the next generation of kids into strong minded individuals. I don’t only build better athletes but I help build confident young individuals.”

Coach Andy was born and raised in Middletown, NY and is a 2018 graduate of Middletown High School. In 2022, she graduated from SUNY Oneonta with her Bachelors of Exercise Science. She plans on continuing her education by going to school for her Masters of Exercise Science and taking her CSCS exam to become a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Anakary grew up in Middletown, NY and started running Cross Country when she was 11 years old and has been running long distance ever since. Anakary joined the Varsity Cross Country and Track&Field teams for Middletown High School from 8th to 12th grade and competed in Sectional Championships each year.