Meet the coach
CoachJoseph Hanson
USA Weightlifting national-level coach. Former Recon Marine. Former college wrestler. Developing athletes in Northeast Florida since 1996.
- USA Weightlifting
National-level coach
Coaching athletes from their first lift to national competition, with medals at youth, junior, senior and masters nationals.
- United States Marine Corps
Former Recon Marine
Discipline, standards and the belief that how you train is how you perform.
- Collegiate athletics
Former college wrestler
An athlete first. He knows what sport demands, because he competed.
We build athletes.Then we train them to lift.
Team Florida Northeast Athlete Development Center is a comprehensive Olympic weightlifting–based athletic development program. The Olympic lifts are the tool. The athlete is the point.
Since 1996, Team Florida Northeast athletes and coaches have competed in the Big 10, the SEC, the Pac-10, the Big East and the A-Sun. They have competed at world championships, won NCAA championships in football and swimming, and medaled more than 30 times at youth, junior, senior and masters national weightlifting championships.
They've gone on to serve: six enlisted Marines and three Marine officers, two Airborne Rangers, an Old Guard soldier, Navy Seabees, rescue swimmers, an Academy graduate, two Air Force Academy football players, a Coast Guard flag officer and a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant. Add 30 Florida deputies, as parents or athletes, five doctors, a professor, three engineers and a missionary.
We can't put in what God left out, but what He put in, we get out.
Every program in the gym runs on the same system: assess the athlete, find the weak link, develop it, retest, and level up when the athlete is ready.
Team Florida NE is…
Every exercise, every program and every decision in the gym has to be safe, effective and good.
Safe
A place where athletes are protected, supported and encouraged to grow.
Effective
A place where training is purposeful, coaching is expert and results are real.
Good
A place where character is built, faith is strong and people become better every day.
- Faith-based
- Family focused
- Athlete driven
God first.Family second.Country third.Sports fourth.
Diligence in the pursuit of excellence, on and off the athletic field.
Potential is a gift.Using it is a duty.
Read Why we compete“…then it is a sacred duty to God, an obligation to family, a debt to our country, and a responsibility to school and teammates to give every effort to reach that God-given potential as an athlete, on and off the athletic field.”
Coaches andteam leaders.
Coach Hanson is supported by assistant coaches and Team Leaders, athletes who have earned the role through performance, academics and character. Team Leaders run the warm-up, help coach the drills and set the standard for younger athletes.
Come meet Coach Hanson.
Meet Coach Hanson, learn the warm-up, get tested, and leave with a plan for your athlete.
Or call or text 904-502-2196