Haley Downey is the Portland Thorns as their Performance Specialist, where she designs on-field training preparation, individualized gym programming and leads late stage on-field return-to-play. She works closely with medical and technical staff to guide athletes safely back to peak performance, utilizing Catapult and VALD technologies to guide athletes’ programming and injured players return to play protocols. Blending strength and conditioning, sports science, and technical soccer work. Prior to joining the Thorns Haley worked in collegiate athletic development and large-scale corporate wellness. Spending over eight years at George Fox University working as the strength and conditioning coach for men’s and women’s soccer and women’s basketball. While also advancing from a Performance Coach to the Regional Operations Manager where she oversaw seven corporate fitness facilities for Intel. Haley holds a Master of Science in Sports Administration from Arkansas State University and a Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance from George Fox University. She has the following certifications, CSCS, USA-1, Exos Performance Specialist, FMS, and Precision Nutrition. As a former collegiate soccer and basketball player Haley enjoys being able to blend her soccer specific insights together across the field and into the weight room.
