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 Stan Conte is a licensed Physical Therapist and Athletic Trainer with 23 years of Major League baseball experience in the management, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of the Major and Minor League baseball player’s injuries.  Conte’s undergraduate degree was at California State University, Northridge and received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Boston University. After spending four years as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corp as a physical therapist and earning two Army Commendation Medals, he started a private practice physical therapy clinic. Conte would expand to own, operate and consult with seven physical therapy clinics in three different states. 

Turning his attention to professional baseball in 1993, he worked for the San Francisco Giants in a multitude of positions including Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation, Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Head Athletic Trainer and Director of Medical Services. Stan started working with the LA Dodgers in 2006 as the Director of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer before becoming the Vice President of Medical Service in 2012. 

In addition to evaluating and treating professional baseball players daily, his work also spans a number of other areas including medical risk assessment, injury probability, injury management and triage of major and minor league injuries. From a management standpoint, Conte was responsible for hiring, evaluating and coordinating physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists and strength coaches.  His passion lies in medial risk assessment and projection of future injury in free agents, trades and amateur draft. 

Conte has published research on baseball injuries including multiple publications in the highly regarded American Journal of Sports Medicine and 3 book chapters. In all, Conte has been author or co-author in 20 studies published in different medical journals. Since 2016 he has published 11 articles principally on the epidemiology injuries to professional and collegiate baseball players. He serves on multiple Major League Baseball Research Committees including the prestigious UCL Research Committee formed by the Commissioner of Baseball as well as a founding member of the MLB Electronic Medical Records Committee. He was also named as an Advisor to MLB Website Pitchsmart.org in the education of coaches, parents and players on risks associated with shoulder and elbow injuries in baseball. 

Conte has lectured nationally and internationally and is the Co-Chairman of the Lew Yocum PBATS Baseball Sports Medicine Conference. He was awarded the ASMI/Andrews Career Achievement Award by James Andrews in 2012. Conte serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at California State University, Northridge in the Physical Therapy Department and to the Physical Therapy Program at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Conte has been profiled and featured in multiple media outlets including the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, ESPN, and ESPN The Magazine. He is a frequent guest on baseball related radio and television shows.

Stan most recently resigned his position as VP of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer with the Dodgers to dedicate more time to research and the development of Conte Injury Analytics. This consulting company is designed to utilize baseball injury research and analytics to aid organizations and others in the management and reduction of baseball injuries. 

Camden is a former Division I collegiate baseball player and coach, All-State Quarterback,

certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and holds two Master degrees in Exercise Science and Sports Law.

After playing collegiate baseball, he then proceeded to coach baseball at the Division I level for Utah Valley University before moving to Arizona to pursue his Master Degree from Arizona State University.

After completion of his Master Degrees, Camden worked at multiple private training facilities where he worked with elite level athletes and coaches including Kurt Warner, and numerous MLB and NFL players.

Most recently, he worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks where he worked directly with both Major and Minor league players to create training programs designed to increase sports performance in a safe and efficient manner.

Robert McLean obtained a Sports Science (Kinesiology) degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1988 and immediately began work as a Head Equipment Manager at the American Hockey League level. In 1991 the role of Strength and Conditioning Coach was added to his title and he performed both roles during the remainder of his time in the AHL.

In 1995 he accepted the position of Head Equipment Manager for the Colorado Avalanche and was fortunate enough to win his first Stanley Cup that same year. He quickly went on to establish himself as one of the top skate technicians in the game and heavily influenced the application of scientific principles to the “art” of skate sharpening. In 1999 he sought to return to the strength and conditioning world by accepting a position with High Performance Specialists in Toronto but his skate technician services were soon requested again by the New Jersey Devils in 2000 so he returned to the NHL and won his second Stanley Cup that year.

After his short time in New Jersey Robert sought to gain business experience and assumed the role of ProShop Manager for Coyotes Ice Sports in Scottsdale Arizona. During this time Robert became heavily involved in skating biomechanics and skate design which lead to several of his ice skate/ blade designs being used when he joined Mission Hockey in 2001 as Manager of Advanced Concepts Design.

After the NHL lockout ended in 2004, Robert returned to the role of Head Equipment Manager for the Florida Panthers Hockey Club before finally leaving the skate technician role for good in 2008 to work as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for BRS Sports, a high performance facility in Weston Florida. After quickly establishing himself as a successful strength coach with athletes from various sports in Florida, Robert was offered the position of Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 2010 and was again able to focus on ice hockey.

In 2012 Penn State University offered a dream position and Robert became the Head of Strength and Conditioning for Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey and was given the opportunity to design a cutting edge hockey specific training facility and create a hockey program from scratch as Penn State headed into their inaugural year as a member of NCAA Div hockey.

All of this experience has given Robert a unique ability to not only understand the motor patterns and predict imbalances within the body, but also to understand how the configuration of the skate and blade set up can affect the athlete’s performance. This is an advantage few strength coaches have. Add to this Robert’s extensive knowledge of sports nutrition and his corrective exercise background through the Postural Restoration Institute and somehow it all gets put together to create a comprehensive strategy to help athletes prevent injuries and achieve their best in the sport.

However, if you ask Robert what his speciality is , he’ll simply say,”Mentoring young players to believe in themselves. Make it fun, teach them mental skills to deal with adversity and show them that consistency and focus will always lead to success.