Episode #134: Tanner Care

Tanner Care is the Director of Performance for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as well as well as the Director of Performance for the Vancouver Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). Care joined the BC Lions in summer 2025 and began working with the Bandits in early 2023. Previously, Care was the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Simon Fraser University from 2021-2025 after being promoted after initially serving two years as an assistant coach. Prior to SFU, he was the head strength and conditioning coach for the University of Ottawa rugby team from 2020-2021 in addition to performance coach at the Titan Performance Centre. He began his coaching career as a postgraduate intern at Elite Performance Academy in Ottawa from 2016-2017 before moving on to become an assistant strength coach for football at North Prep School from 2017-2020. 

In addition to his experience working in professional and collegiate sport, Care is passionate about providing value in the realm of continuing education, presenting for companies such as the NSCA and Hawkin Dynamics and several universities. He is also an advisory team member for the Canadian Strength & Conditioning Association (CSCA).

A former collegiate football player at the University of Ottawa, Care continues to stay active himself in the weight room and trains in high frequency training model while balancing his dual coaching roles and their intensive season schedules.