XPE Team

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.

Since XPE and Tony Villani has relocated to South Florida, he is building an even more impressive client list than he had in Atlanta. The likes of Super Bowl Champion WR Anquan Boldin, 2XPro Bowl S Eric Berry, 2XPro Bowl OL Maurkice Pouncey, 1st Round Pick OL Mike Pouncey, WR Pierre Garcon, and Hall of Fame WR Cris Carter are all regulars training day after day just like Jamal, Hines, Takeo, Wayne, and Osi did with XPE in Atlanta. Going into DECADE #2 of the XPE Sports business has led Tony to start a nationally recognized certification program for trainers wishing to learn the most effective speed and agility techniques along with releasing a full patented XPE SHREDmill and XPE SHREDsled equipment line.

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.

Anquan Boldin finished his NFL career in 2017 with 1,076 receptions (9th All-time in the NFL) along with 13,776 yards. He started training with XPE Sports in 2010 when he wasn’t in the Top 50 of receptions and stayed healthy and averaged over 15 starts and 70 catches in years 8-14 of his NFL career. Anquan attributes much of his success for staying on the field to XPE and more specifically the SHREDmill. Anquan, like many XPE athletes, personally purchased a SHREDmill for home use.

Just a few of his on the field records were:
- Most receptions by a rookie in NFL history
- Fastest WR to 200, 300, 400, and 500 catches in NFL history
- Best receiving yards per game average (season): 100.1 (2005) for the Arizona Cardinals
- Most post-season receiving yards (game): 145 for the Baltimore Ravens

Boldin was the 2003 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, was selected to three Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens. He also won both the NFLPA NFL Man of the Year followed up by winning the NFL Man of the Year the next year.

At the time of his retirement, he had made 3 All Pro Teams along with 8 straight Pro Bowl Teams. Carter’s 1,101 career receptions and 130 touchdowns as a receiver placed him second in NFL history behind Jerry Rice. He is one of ten players in NFL history with 1,000 or more receptions.[15]He was named to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. On February 2, 2013 Carter was announced as an inductee into the Hall of Fame Class of 2013 along with Bill Parcells,Larry Allen, Jonathan Ogden, Warren Sapp, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson.

He holds many NFL records, some of which include:
- One of two players to record 120+ receptions in a season twice, 1994 and 1995. (Wes Welker)
- Most touchdown receptions 7 yards or less in NFL history (48)
- First player to record a 150-yard receiving game in 3 different decades (Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens are the only other players to do so)

Since retiring from the NFL, Carter has worked as an analyst on HBO‘s Inside the NFL, ESPN‘s Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown, and online at Yahoo Sports. He opened Cris Carter’s FAST Program in 2006 to train NFL players and to help younger athletes. It is here he met Bill Welle (part Owner and Founder) and Tony Villani as they were part of this training staff. He has been helping Bill and Tony with XPE’s Combine Training Class since 2011 after Tony relocated XPE from Atlanta to South Florida in 2010. He assists in all skill development for WR’s, TE’s, RB’s along with DB’s and S’s. He also sets up various media training opportunities for clients.

Jeremy is a former NFL cornerback where he played 10 seasons. He attended the University of Tennessee (87’-91’) where he was a three year starter and three time All-SEC performer for the Volunteers. He was inducted into the Tennessee “Living Legends” in 2004. Jeremy was also an All-SEC and All American in track in the 55m dash and participated on the 4x100m relay which were part of the 1990 NCAA National Championship team for the Vols. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1992, 80th pick. He was a member of the #1 ranked passing defense two years in a row there and went on after to play for the Seattle Seahawks, NY Giants and finished his career with the Detroit Lions.

Jeremy is now passing on his knowledge to the next generation of defensive skill players. He has been doing combine skill training now for five years. He has trained and trains some of the best defensive players in the NFL at their respective positions. Eric Berry, Rahim Moore, Marcus Gilcrest, Josh Evans, Bashaud Breeland, Matt Elam, Kareem Jackson, Dee Milliner, Darquez Dennard, Calvin Pryor and others have been under his watch to hone in on their defensive skill set. Jeremy has also been on Draft Academy with Tony Villani on the combine preparation of DE/OLB, Shane Ray (number #1 draft pick of the Denver Broncos, 2015). Other than his family, Jeremy is most proud of his philanthropic endeavors. The Jeremy Lincoln Foundation (since 1998) gives free football clinics, Thanksgiving food giveaways (JLF Turkey Drive) and educational after school clinics for children that are less fortunate.