The Champions Sports Performance Staff of Parisi Speed School is certified to provide your athletes with the best possible training for speed, strength, and agility while keeping them safe by utilizing evidence-based injury resiliency methods of training.
Logan Sandate
Champions Program Director & Senior Performance Coach
- Grew up in Charlotte, NC
- B.S. Athletic Training – Catawba College
- Team Captain of Catawba College Women’s Soccer
- Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
- Board Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC)
- Enjoys teaching the importance of the biomechanics of speed and empowering youth and adult athletes
Evan O'Connor
Head Coach
- Longest running Champions employee – since 2014
- Set 7 NC Junior Powerlifting State Records, among them a 470 lb Squat and a 490 lb Deadlift weighing in at 190 lbs
- Coaching specialties include strength training for explosive power, change of direction, functional mobility, and entry-level MMA striking
- Enjoys studying film, training in mixed martial arts, and spending time with friends and family
- “If your dream doesn’t scare you, then it’s not big enough. So dream as big as you dare”
Sierra Simpson
Senior Performance Coach & Vertical Power Trainer
- B.S Kinesiology – Anderson University
- Team Captain of Anderson University Women’s Basketball
- College Strength Coach for 5 Years
- CEO of Dream Factory Performance Training, specializing in basketball-specific skills training
- Enjoys teaching athletes how to achieve their performance goals by developing them both mentally and physically
Jon Rogers
Personal Trainer, Dryland Trainer, & Hi-Li Trainer
- B.A – University of Illinois at Chicago
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
- NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist
- Surge Strength Dryland Certified Coach
- Level 1 Precision Nutrition Coach
- Over 10 years as a Fitness and Sports Performance Professional
- Originally from Chicago and moved to Charlotte in 2016
Tony Thompson
Performance & Wrestling Coach
- Joined Champions Fall of 2022
- 2010 4a State Champion Mooresville NC
- 2012 Junior World Team qualifier
- 2013 Senior World Team qualifier
- 4x Greco Roman All American
- 2018 Bachelors in Sports Management Belmont Abbey
- 2017-2018 Interim Asst Wrestling Coach Belmont Abbey
Ashton Perry
Director of High School, College, & Combine Training
- B.S. in Exercise Science – William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Worked at the Parisi Flagship Location in Fair Lawn, NJ from 2019 to 2021
- Experience coaching High school Football, College Football, and NFL Athletes
- Specializes in Coaching Wideouts