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Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
joliver@holycross.edu
Jeff Oliver enters his 12th season as the head strength & conditioning coach for the College of the Holy Cross.
Prior to his time with the Crusaders, Oliver spent two seasons at Boston University as an assistant strength coach. He has also served as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Worcester IceCats, the American Hockey League affiliate of the St. Louis Blues organization.
Oliver graduated from Boston College in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in business administration, and was selected to receive the Thomas Scanlon Memorial Award for Scholarship, Leadership and Community Service. He was a four-year letterwinner on the Eagles' football team, went on to play for the New York Jets from 1989-1990, then finished his career as an offensive lineman for the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe.
He earned his master's degree in education from Boston University in 1996 and is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Oliver and his wife, Kate, have four children (Peter, Corinne, Claudia and Keating), and reside in Worcester.
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Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
bpatel@holycross.edu
Brijesh Patel is in his fifth year as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Holy Cross athletic department. He works directly with the Crusader men's basketball team, in addition to serving as the strength coach for Holy Cross' men's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, baseball, softball, field hockey, tennis and women's track & field squads.
Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Patel spent six years at the University of Connecticut, where he was a student assistant during his undergraduate time and a graduate assistant for two years. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (NSCA) and a USA weightlifting club coach (USAW). Patel has also had the experience of working with Mike Boyle at his professional facility in Massachusetts, Oakwood soccer club of Connecticut and with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL. He has trained a variety of athletes ranging from middle school to the professional and Olympic levels.
Patel, who earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut in 2002 and his master's degree from UConn in 2004, resides in Worcester.
Contact Us
P.O. Box 7A
College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, Mass. 01610
Phone: 508-793-2313
Internships
Internships are available for the fall, spring and summer sessions and resumes are accepted on a rolling process.
