ABOUT US:
Founder:
JORDAN TAYLOR
M.Ed Coaching & Exercise Science - University of Victoria
B.Kin - University of Alberta
NCCP - Indoor Performance Coach
Jordan, a sports kinesiologist, is the director of human performance for Goliath and founder of The Arena: Sports Performance Institute. With Goliath, he has worked with athletes all over the globe at the Olympic, professional, international, NCAA, University, and collegiate levels respectively. Jordan completed his Masters degree in Coaching and Exercise Science from the University of Victoria, and also holds an Bachelors of Kinesiology degree from the University of Alberta Augustana Campus, where he was a member of the Augustana Vikings men's volleyball team during that time.
A 2x National Champion, Jordan has been coaching various levels of volleyball in Alberta since 2012. Jordan has seen his teams succeed, including winning gold in the 2022 17U National Championship, five provincial championship finals appearances, two back to back provincial championship golds, two more top 4 finishes in Division 1 Canadian National Championships, as well as having over 90% of his graduating athletes receive scholarships to play post-secondary volleyball at either the CCAA or U-Sport levels. Jordan has also been involved with Volleyball Alberta's provincial team programs, coaching on the men's side on 5 separate summer campaigns, earning 1 Canada Cup National Gold (2022), 2 National Championship silver medals (2014 & 2015), 1 National Championship bronze medal (2016), and competed in the USA High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2017). Jordan has also served as a Volleyball Alberta Provincial Team Mentor Coach.
At the post-secondary level, Jordan has coached at Macewan University, NAIT, and is now the current Head Coach of U-Sports York University Lions in Toronto, Ontario.
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Logan Williams
Logan Williams is a Kinesiology graduate from the University of Alberta with a major in Sports Performance. Logan grew up with a passion for sports, playing elite club soccer as a youth and now he enjoys recreational sports like rock climbing, and MMA. He spent his first two years at Grant MacEwan University where he was offered a scholarship to play soccer, before transferring to the University of Alberta to complete his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology.
Logan was fortunate enough to play high level soccer growing up, and was captain of the provincial team at the U15 level as well as taking part in national team identification programs. In high school Logan was signed to the FC Edmonton Academy where he played for two years before taking on his post-secondary
studies. In addition to his sports background, Logan has experience in coaching soccer and has been involved in running youth soccer camps for FC Edmonton as well as being a volunteer coach for Southwest United Soccer Club. Having left his competitive soccer career behind a few years ago, Logan transitioned to recreational sports and developed a passion for strength and conditioning which has now led him to Goliath High Performance. His passion lies with training athletes of all ages and helping them reach their goals whether they be
performance or health based. Throughout his time working as a kinesiologist, Logan has furthered his knowledge of athlete performance and is eager to share this knowledge with you!
