Richie C.

I have been fortunate enough to coach and train athletes at all levels from professional to youth.

My coaching experience includes varsity assistant football coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in Boston, MA and Western Brown High School in Mt. Orab, OH. I have also founded, directed, and coached Southern Buckeye Youth Football (SBYF) in Russellville, Ohio, an area that had never had football before.

I currently coach a 17U AAU basketball team that is part of the Veritas Truth AAU organization out of Batavia, Ohio, which I am the director of.

I am certified as a Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. My strength and conditioning experience includes over 90 athletes, ranging from endorsements from professional Arena 1 football and overseas basketball players, to college players from:

Harvard University
Wilmington College
Tiffin University
Cincinnati Christian University
Wheeling Jesuit University
Eastern Kentucky University
Mt. St. Joseph University

And high school players from:

Anderson High School
Mt. Healthy High School
Eastern Brown High School
Indian Hill High School
Peebles High School
Bethel-Tate High School
Williamsburg High School
Lynchburg-Clay High School
Mason County High School (KY)
Ripley High School
Western Brown High School

I was an all-state football player and an all-region baseball player at Mason County High School (KY), where I graduated in 2008 with a 4.1 GPA. I was able to score a 30 on the ACT on my first attempt as a sophomore. I was fortunate enough to go on to play football and baseball at Harvard University, where I graduated with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology in 2012.

My business, Veritas Athlete Development, is dedicated to helping high-school student-athletes with creating college opportunities for themselves. We supplement our recruiting services with strength and conditioning and tutoring services, in order to maximize the athletic and academic potential of the athlete.

Our strength and conditioning program is implemented over four cycles, each of which has a specific focus:

Cycle 1 - Strength Building - increases the amount of weight or load that the athlete can move (i.e. force output)
Cycle 2 - Power Building - Utilizes strength gains from Cycle 1 to improve power (i.e. how fast a weight/load can be moved) - this is where explosiveness is improved
Cycle 3 - Conditioning Cycle - Maintains strength and power gains and prepares athlete's endurance for their season
Cycle 4 - Maintenance Cycle - Maintains all gains made over the year during athlete's season

Our recruiting services can be broken down as follows:

Initial Consultation - Determines athlete's goals and honest assessment of athlete's potential, meet once monthly after this
College Consulting - Consult athlete and parents on what athlete needs to accomplish for colleges of interest and eligibility
Coach contacts - Direct contact to college coaches and fill out recruiting questionnaires at schools of athlete's choice
Game/highlight film - Film games, create highlight film, send to coaches
Schedule Camps - Consult with athlete and parents to determine summer camps and what they need to do to stand out
Coach Dialogue - Facility any continuing dialogue with coaches via email
Schedule Visits - Consult athlete and parents on which schools to visit (unofficial vs. official) and how to approach the visit
Secure Offers - Consult with athlete and parents on which school is the best fit for the athlete

Our tutoring services provide:

Standardized Test Prep - Athlete receives a tutoring coach, which will be sent results of athlete's practice tests via email
Subject-specific Tutoring - Consult with athlete to review school-based homework in various subjects

Our goal is to provide our athletes college opportunities. We want to help them find a good fit academically, athletically, and socially to minimize the chance of dropping out or transferring many times throughout their career.