Tayyab Sheikh, MS, CSCS

Athletic Performance and Tennis Coach, SPORTIME RI & JMTA

Tayyab Sheikh was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and played number one singles his junior and senior years at Longmeadow High School. He led his team to four consecutive Western Massachusetts Conference Championships and was named to the Western Massachusetts All Conference First Team two years in a row. Tayyab went on to attend Merrimack College, graduating with a BS in Sports Medicine in 2017, and went on to earn an MS in Exercise Science from American International College in 2020. At Merrimack, Tayyab and his team won the Northeast-10 Conference during his freshman and sophomore years, and he received All-Conference 2nd Team honors in singles and doubles in his senior year. He served as an assistant coach for Franklin Pierce University, while pursuing his graduate degree, and has ten years of experience coaching players of all ages and levels. Tayyab is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He served as an Intern College Strength and Conditioning Coach for The University of the Holy Cross and was an EXOS Athletic Performance Coach from 2020-2022. Tayyab has multiple years of experience in a physical therapy setting as a Physical Therapy Aide and Intern. Tayyab joined the SPORTIME/JMTA team in 2022.