Everyone has a map.
The road that led to MAJOR, and the one we build for every athlete who walks in.
Every athlete starts somewhere.
Andre Durie started as a kid with a football and a dream of playing professionally.
Like so many young athletes, he relied on a single mother who sacrificed, coaches who believed in him, teammates who pushed him, and friends who supported him. None of us reach our goals alone.
That belief, that every athlete deserves a great support system, is one of the foundations MAJOR Athletics was built upon.
Before
AfterThe road was never straight.
During college, everything changed. A serious injury left doctors questioning whether he would ever walk properly again, let alone compete at an elite level.
Recovery became the greatest teacher. It taught him that performance isn’t built through talent alone. It’s built through the right people, the right environment, and the right process.
Against the odds, Durie returned to play 9 seasons in the Canadian Football League, became a CFL All-Star, and achieved the dream he had chased since childhood, winning the 100th Grey Cup in Toronto.
That experience shaped the philosophy behind MAJOR Athletics: develop athletes with purpose, support them through every stage, and never let setbacks define what’s possible.
01 · The setbackA serious injury, and doctors questioning everything.
02 · The workTraining relentlessly through recovery.
03 · The returnNine CFL seasons, an All-Star nod, and the 100th Grey Cup.
Decades of pro sport, coaching, performance science, and rehab, under one roof.
Building the future together.
MAJOR Athletics is bigger than one person’s story. It’s the result of professionals with different experiences coming together around one shared vision: creating a world-class athlete development model that’s accessible to every athlete and every team.
Along that journey, Durie met Tim Zwart and Kolton Lynch. Together, they’ve combined decades of experience in professional sport, coaching, performance science, rehabilitation, and athlete development to build something they wished existed throughout their own careers.
MAJOR Athletics blends elite performance training, sports medicine, movement science, and long-term athlete development into one integrated system, giving young athletes access to the same level of care, coaching, and technology trusted by professionals.
Because every athlete deserves the opportunity to follow their own path.
“MAJOR wasn’t built because my journey was easy. It was built because I know how much the right people, the right process, and the right support can change an athlete’s life.”
— Andre Durie, Founder