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Ryan Capretta (MS, CSCS) is the Executive Director of Proactive Sports Performance, LLC. As Executive Director, Ryan is responsible for the philosophy, culture, facility, program design, and overall continued success of Proactive.

 

 

Ryan is a strength and conditioning coach with over seven years experience at the professional and collegiate levels, including stints with Stanford University and the Baltimore Ravens during their Super Bowl Championship season. Ryan has trained Olympic Gold Medal winners and athletes competing in the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, World Championships, and Wimbledon.

 

 

Over the past six seasons, Ryan has served as a strength & conditioning coach on the staffs of the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens at the professional level, and Stanford University on the college level. While Ryan was with the Ravens, the team established several NFL records en route to a 34-7 win over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV.

 

 

Ryan then accepted a position at Stanford to work with Tyrone Willingham, where his duties extended from year-round strength, conditioning and speed training for all major sports to responsibilities as an offensive assistant for the football team. While at Stanford, Ryan trained numerous NCAA championship teams and Olympians in various sports. Ryan was also appointed Stanford's Interim Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for football, where he organized Pro Combine testing day on campus. At Stanford, Ryan worked extensively with the sports medicine department's rehabilitative programs and also played an integral role in designing and implementing a plan for Stanford's new multi-million dollar training facility.

 

 

After his success at Stanford, Ryan moved back to professional football. Originally hired in Arizona by head coach Dave McGinnis, Ryan was the only coach to be retained on staff by new head coach Dennis Green. While with the Cardinals, Ryan served as a featured expert on Emmitt Smith's television show in 2004.

 

 

Prior to entering the strength & conditioning field, he was a wide receivers coach at Indiana State University. After earning his bachelors degree from Indiana State University in Exercise Science, he went on to obtain his Masters of Science degree with an emphasis on exercise physiology from the United States Sports Academy. Ryan is a certified member of the National Strength & Conditioning Association.
 
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