Coaching Staff

Nelson Ayotte
Strength and Conditioning Coach

Nelson Ayotte is entering his third season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Blues. He is recognized as one of the top sports performance training coaches in the world. Ayotte is a level five Canadian National Certified Coach which is the highest level possible. Out of one million coaches, only 76 have finished the program since 1974. Ayotte has been chosen as Canadian coach of the year in 1998, Quebec Coach of the year in 1998, 1999, and 2000, coach of the year of the Canadian Military Land forces in 2002 and has served as coach at over 20 world cup competitions. He has coached athletes on the biathlon Canadian National Team, US Olympic track and field, hockey (NHL), football (NFL), basketball (NBA), baseball (MLB), golf (PGA) and many amateur and youth sports. Ayotte was head strength coach at Poliquin Performance Center during 2002-2004 and has been the High Performance Director at Central Institute for Human Performance (CIHP) in St. Louis since 2005. Nelson has been an innovator of sports training and physical fitness with several supplement lines and training systems to his credit.

Nelson and his wife Esther have two children, Jeremy and Nicolas.