Brad Sigut, NSSA Owner & Director

Brad Sigut attended the University of Richmond on a full football scholarship, playing both quarterback and linebacker positions. Graduated with an Education & Sports Science degree. Spent college summers training with Ron Matteucci and the Dallas Cowboys core Speed/Strength program. 

Owner of the Viper Speed & Strength Academy at the Greentree SportsPlex, the official Speed Trainer of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds professional soccer team.  Has trained youth, junior high, high school and professional athletes conducting speed clinics throughout western Pennsylvania.

 Attended East Allegheny and was inducted to the 1987 Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and High School Super Team, 1987 WPIAL Passing Leader with 1,818 yards, Member of the 1987 Football Fabulous 22 and Finest 44, Member of the 1986 Baseball Fab 22 East and Pittsburgh East All Stars.

 

Earl Shepherd, :  Head Sports Performance Trainer

Coach Shepherd has over seven years of experience training athletes from the elementary through professional levels. As a world class athlete, Mr. Shepherd was a member of the U.S. Bobsled team from 1997-2001. A few of his many accomplishments include American Gladiator winner, 1st Place in both the Met-Rx and Mountaineer Strongman competitions and World Police & Fire Games Champion. Coach Shepherd combines experience and determination to get the most out of every athlete he trains.

 

 

 

 

Jon Salmon, CPT:

John Salmon, Certified Personal Trainer.  As with all NSSA staff, Jon has personally participated in a minimum of two years of Speed and Strength Training.  As a former Norwin Athlete, Jon displays an exceptional passion and enthusiasm in training our athletes.  Jon is dedicated to the NSSA mission of taking Norwin athletes to a much higher level than the competition.

 

 

 

Mike Whiteman, Sports Performance Trainer

Mike Whiteman is a Former Captain, All County, Finest Fifteen and 1-AAA All Star of the Norwin Soccer Team, Two Year Captain of the Seton Hill Soccer Team with a 4.0 GPA, graduated summa cum laude May of 2006 with a B.S. in Biology.

Mike has spent the past three years working with athletes on performance enhancement, while also scoring a 24 on the N MCAT. Mike is a NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) certified trainer.

 

 

 

Tim Tray, NESTA Certified  Sports Performance Trainer

Coach Tim Tray graduated from Slippery Rock with a bachelor's degree in Business Marketing. Tim was an NCAA All-American Pole Vaulter and five time National Qualifier. He is a 2003 Norwin graduate who was a multi-sport athlete, All State Track Team and 2003 Pittsburgh Post Gazette East Athlete of the Year. Tim thrived under the tutelage of his father who has been coaching Track and Field at Norwin for the past thirty years. Tim knows the hard work and dedication that it takes to become one of the best in the country at what you do. Athletes flourish under the direction of Coach Tray.