A senior performance specialist for the last three-plus years at Peak Performance Project (better known as P3), Eddie Dimas joined the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program as player development coach in September of 2021. He replaced Dr. Dan Taylor, who took a position with the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets after five years with the Yellow Jackets.
Dimas, 29, takes over a player development program which has been a key component of the Yellow Jackets’ return to the NCAA Tournament and winning an Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 2021. Dimas’ basketball training background combined with his research experience at P3 will enhance the Yellow Jackets’ continued physical development and performance. He contributed to the 2020 research study titled “Different Movement Strategies in the Countermovement Jump Amongst a Large Cohort of NBA Players.”
At P3, Dimas was responsible for the administration, coaching and supervision of athletes in the NBA, the NFL and Major League Baseball, as well as athletes on the NCAA and high school level, including members of the Georgia Tech basketball team. He developed and implemented strength programs for several sports programs at NAIA Westmont College and the Bishop High School football team.
He also collaborated with the USA Basketball Junior National Team, serving as strength and conditioning coach at USAJNT training camps.
Before joining P3, Dimas served as strength and conditioning intern for Ohio State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams for the 2017-18 season, with direct coaching and supervision responsibilities over all aspects of the student-athletes’ training. He worked in a similar capacity while a graduate student and an undergraduate student at Grand Canyon University.
Dimas earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science at Grand Canyon in 2015, and a master’s degree in public health from Grand Canyon in 2017. He is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist, a performance enhancement specialist, a USAW Level 1 sports performance coach, and in CPR and first aid. He has been a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) since 2015.
