XPE Team

XPE Sports has an unparalleled record of success in preparing the nation’s top collegiate and professional athletes to achieve and exceed their athletic performance goals. This includes ensuring that aspiring collegiate football players successfully prepare for the NFL Combine and working with current NFL players to take their on the field performance to the next level.

Tony Villani - Founder / Co-Owner

Tony started his education at Clemson University in South Carolina and attended graduate school at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. It was there that he received a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology and graduated in the top of his class. His thesis was published by The European Journal of Applied Physiology and dealt with the benefits of exhaustive interval training. During this time, he interned with NHL’s Washington Capitals and was set to help the Washington Wizards prior the NBA lockout. From Washington, D.C. Tony moved to Orlando, Florida and quickly obtained a job helping the Head Strength Coach of the Orlando Magic for a basketball season. From there, his experience led him to Boca Raton, Florida where he became the Director of Human Performance at Cris Carter’s FAST Program. While at FAST he focused on sport specific speed, agility, and strength training. He helped prepare numerous NFL Combine athletes and professional athletes from all sports for their particular needs. During the spring of 2002, Tony utilized his experiences and created XPE, Inc. while relocating to Atlanta, GA. In the fall of 2009, Tony relocated XPE Sports to South Florida.

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Matt Gates - Co-Owner

Matt was born and raised in South Dakota and made the move to South Florida in 2003 and has been training elite and amateur athletes ever since. As one of the most sought after performance coaches in the country, he has trained and consulted with some of the most well-known athletes on the planet. Matt has an extensive background in all areas of sports performance but particularly excels with an athlete who is looking to build strength and speed. With his unique programming, he’s able to increase these measurables in almost any athlete in a very short period of time. Matt started his training career at Cris Carter’s FAST Program in Boca Raton, FL in 2003 before creating Fit Speed Athletic Performance (now House of Athlete) and building it into 3 locations and a national powerhouse in NFL Combine Prep Training. In 2016 Matt partnered up with Tony Villani and the two are now considered the top pair of performance coaches in the country working under the same roof and the results they’ve produced are out of this world. 6 of the top 12 40 times EVER have been produced by XPE the last 6 years as well as all time records in the vertical and broad jumps. Matt also has experience as a performance coach traveling on the WTA and ATP tennis tour while helping Russia’s Vera Zvonareva reach #2 in the world in women’s singles. Matt’s training has been featured in several media outlets including ESPN, CBS Sports, NFL Network, Esquire TV and various local and national print publications.

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