Ai Ishida

Ai Ishida is an experienced sports science and performance coach currently working at Houston Dynamo Football Club as the Academy Sports Science & Performance Coach since January 2022. In this role, Ai Ishida assists U18, U17, and U15 teams while measuring and reporting performance data through various tools such as Catapult GPS and Smartabase. Previous positions include Clinical Assistant Professor at Ohio University, where Ai Ishida taught exercise physiology and provided sports science services to multiple athletic teams, and a Sports Science Fellow at Philadelphia Union, focusing on data collection and analysis. Ai Ishida's academic background includes a PhD in Sport Performance from East Tennessee State University and a BA in Sport Sciences from Waseda University.