Sports nutritionist Dave Ellis is one of the most compelling, if largely inconspicuous, stories in athletics.   No sports dietitian in the world has worked with a more prestigious roster of athletes and championship teams, from gold medal-winning Olympians to Super Bowl champions; from Cy Young Award winners on the baseball diamond to playoff teams in the National Hockey League; from college football’s nationally ranked contenders to youth league and teenage athletes still learning the fundamentals of their sport, and of sports nutrition.    

From his earliest days in the 1980s teaching alongside legendary coach Tom Osborne and the three-time football champion Nebraska Cornhuskers, to spring training in 2010 working with Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres, Dave gravitates to "winning" like someone who has "success” baked into his DNA.   In the past year alone, he could have been found in the pits of the Daytona 500, courtside in the NBA, rinkside in the NHL, patrolling the sidelines of the NFL or one of college football’s top teams, presenting his views to colleagues at an annual conference, or being sourced by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal  or Consumer Reports.

Dave is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) who counsels athletic programs on nutrition and teaches athletes how to eat the right foods on a sensible schedule to fuel performance, prevent cramps, finish strong and recover well.  He’s also revered by many of the top athletic programs in the country, notably in college football, for his specialization in training table design, body composition and frame assessment.   With every passing NFL draft that takes place in the spring, a group of young men enter into the professional ranks of football that have been mentored either by Dave or one of the health professionals he recruited and trained.  Three of the four top players selected in the 2010 draft, all from the University of Oklahoma, were schooled under Dave's tutelage. 

After spending 20 years in the collegiate ranks with the Huskers and Wisconsin Badgers, Dave entered private practice in 2001 and has flourished ever since.  He’s constantly traveling, coaching and teaching, usually between the coasts but occasionally throughout the world, often orchestrating every aspect of smart and sensible nutrition for schools, teams, individual athletes or national governing bodies of sport.  He brings his best to bring out the best in those he works with.   He is, in short, a winner who revels in contributing to the success of everyone around him.  For more information, click Dave's bio link:

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