Nick Soto joined the Hurricanes baseball program prior to the 2025 season, accepting a position as strength and conditioning coach.
A highly-touted personal trainer, Soto comes to The U after spending the past 15 years as the director of performance at Elite U and GorillaBaseball.
The Miami native has worked with some of the premier players in MLB, including Manny Machado, Jean Segura, Yuli Gurriel, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Zach Neto and MJ Melendez, as well as UM alums Yonder Alonso and Romy Gonzalez.
Soto is widely-regarded as an elite speed specialist, mentoring athletes across nine sports, including track and field, football, boxing and basketball.
A staple in South Florida, he has produced some of the fastest female sprinters in the state’s history at the interscholastic level.
Most recently, Soto tutored Olympic gold medalist Aaliyah Butler, who was a part of the United States’ 4×400 relay in Paris this summer.
On the gridiron, he has coached NFL standouts Antrel Rolle, Denzel Perryman, Alvin Kamara, Gus Edwards and Harrison Bryant, among others, managing various NFL Combine prep camps over the years.
Under his guidance, Elite U and GorillaBaseball have become world leaders in developing velocity with the coach’s renowned strength and performance training plan.
A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NCSA), Soto was a 1996 Olympic hopeful in Tae Kwon Do, before suffering multiple career-ending injuries.
Soto spent one year at Tusculum before finishing his bachelor’s degree at FIU in 2008. He later earned his master’s degree in kinesiology with a focus on sports performance training from A.T. Still University in 2012.
