Brian McNamee

Brian McNamee
Bornc. 1967 (age 56–57)
Breezy Point, Queens, New York, U.S.
Police career
DepartmentNew York City Police Department (NYPD)
Service years1990–1993
RankSworn in as a patrolman – 1990
Other workRoger Clemens' personal trainer, baseball coach

Brian Gerard McNamee (born c. 1967) is a former New York City police officer,[1] personal trainer, and Major League Baseball strength-and-conditioning coach. He is notable for providing performance-enhancing drugs to Major League Baseball players, and also for testifying against former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens at a 2008 United States Congressional hearing that concerned the veracity of the 2007 George J. Mitchell Report.

McNamee, the youngest of eight children born to John Francis McNamee (1925-2020) and Eleanor Margaret Harte (1931-2018),[2] grew up in Breezy Point, Queens. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School. From 1986 to 1989, McNamee was a student at St. John's University in Queens.[3] At one point he was employed at St John's University, teaching in the sports management program.[4] McNamee falsely held himself out to be a doctor.[4][5][6][7][8] He claimed his doctorate was from Columbus University (Louisiana).[4]

  1. ^ in which he received numerous commendations and worked under cover in the elite Anti Crime unit)[1]
  2. ^ "Obituary for John F. McNamee at Denis S. O'Connor Inc".
  3. ^ Kovaleski, Serge F. "A Baseball Lover, Key to Tarnishing a Yankee Era", The New York Times, December 15, 2007. Accessed February 19, 2008. "Mr. McNamee was raised in the Breezy Point section of Queens, on the westward end of the Rockaway Peninsula, an area with many police officers, like his father. As a youngster Mr. McNamee was drawn to baseball and became a catcher playing at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens (in which he was the M.V.P. of the league & captain of the team and then at St. John’s University (also captain of the team) which he attended from 1986 through 1989, majoring in athletic administration, McNamee received a Masters(MS) in Sports Medicine from Long Island University (L.I.U.), according to a spokesman for St. Johns University( S.J.U.), Dominic Sianna."
  4. ^ a b c ESPN – McNamee takes center stage with bombshells about Clemens – MLB
  5. ^ "MLB News, Videos, Scores, Teams, Standings, Stats".
  6. ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer [bare URL]
  7. ^ Levin, Josh (14 February 2008). "Congress investigates Jose Canseco's barbecue, a nanny in a peach bikini, and Roger Clemens' bloody butt". Slate.
  8. ^ "Analysis: The Clemens and McNamee Hearing". 13 February 2008.