Pat Downey is the Founder of Gridiron Training. Pat is a former NFL Player with the Washington Redskins. He served as Football Team Captain at the University of New Hampshire in 1997. At UNH, Pat was a two-time All-Star. He was named First Team All-East, First Team All-New England and First Team All Atlantic-1o. After graduating from UNH, Pat signed with the San Diego Chargers of the NFL as a rookie Free Agent. He accomplished a 7 year Pro Football Career, spending a season on the 53 Man Active Roster with the Washington Redskins in 2002, time with the Atlanta Falcons on their Practice Squad and in Training Camp with the New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers. Pat also started in the NFL Europe League for the Frankfurt Galaxy and in the Arena Football League for the Nashville Kats competing in two Arena Bowl appearances.

After retiring as a professional athlete in 2004, Pat went on to serve as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League which was owned by Jon Bon Jovi and for the Columbus Destroyers in the AFL as well. Pat worked with many high level professional athletes in strength & conditioning during his time coaching in the Pro’s including Martin Bibla (4th Rd. Draft Pick, Atlanta Falcons) and Mike Mabry (7th Rd. Draft Pick, Baltimore Ravens).

In 2009, Pat founded GRIDIRON TRAINING. Since that time we have trained over 1,000 Professional, Collegiate, High School and Youth Athletes from all around Massachusetts, New England and the country. We have been featured on WEEI Sports Radio, in the Boston Herald, Patriots Football Weekly and locally in the Business Section of the Salem Evening News. Our client list includes such athletes as Merrimack College All-American Football Player Shawn Loiseau, Genevieve Richardson of Team USA Women’s Ice Hockey, Boston Globe Division 1 H.S. Athlete of the Year Jonathan DiBiaso of Everett H.S., Bowdoin College Lacrosse Player Griffin Cardew, Women’s Winter Olympic Trial Athlete Corinne DiPietro, St. Anselm College All-American WR Marc Wilson, Andover H.S. All-Scholastic Athlete Andrew Coke and more…

Pat is the Director of Strength & Conditioning at The Program, LLC. He also serves as a Lead Instructor for our Leadership Development & Team Building Service. Pat has worked exclusively with such clients as the University of Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Basketball, Penn State University Men’s Lacrosse, Brown University Football, Hofstra University Women’s Softball, Harvard University Men’s Ice Hockey and more...

Pat is a member of the New Balance Athletic Performance Committee. He is also CPR Certified by Heartsaver and the American Heart Association. Pat resides in Marblehead, MA. with his wife Andrea, three children Jackson, Peyton and Colt and his English Mastiff "Tank".