Ray Tam
Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Performance Coach
Sport Responsibilities: Softball, Field Hockey, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Rowing
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Currently Resides: San Francisco, CA
Birthday: September 8
Professional Education:
- San Francisco State University – BS Kinesiology
- Concordia University Irvine – MA Coaching and Athletic Administration
Past Experience and Accomplishments:
- 2018-Present: Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Performance; Stanford University
- 2016-2018: Assistant Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- 2015-2016: Intern Assistant Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- 2014-2015: Volunteer Intern Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- 2009-2014: Strength & Conditioning Intern; City College of San Francisco
Biography:
Coach Tam started on The Farm in 2014 as a Sports Performance Intern. 2016 was his first year as a Sports Performance Coach.
Prior to joining Stanford University, Tam served as a strength & conditioning intern for City College of San Francisco primarily working with the football program.
Tam is a 2013 graduate of San Francisco State University (BS), where he earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology and a 2014 graduate of Concordia University Irvine (MA), where he earned his Master of Art degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration. His is a certified strength and conditioning specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a performance enhancement specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and a level 1 sports performance coach from USA Weightlifting.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle
Athletics Headlines
- Hurff Joins Field Hockey StaffThe Stanford field hockey program has started to build out its staff under head coach Roz Ellis, as Laura Hurff has joined the team as an assistant coach.
- From the Desk of Bernard Muir53 Olympians in Tokyo have Cardinal ties, more than Stanford has sent to any other Games. There are more Team USA Olympians from Stanford than any other university, and, remarkably, 22 of the 34 Cardinal sports programs that compete in the Olympics have at least one athlete represented in these games.
- Spring Academic Honor RollThree hundred and thirty-five Stanford student-athletes were named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference.
- Lemos Awarded Postgraduate ScholarshipFifth-year senior Jacie Lemos has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements on The Farm.
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics CentralStanford will once again be well represented on the world's biggest stage, with a school-record 53 athletes scheduled to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
