Jamie Steffen is the founder and owner of Fuzion Athletics, Inc. He is the definition of a true pole vault and Track and Field fan. As an active member of the pole vault community on a local and national level he strives to make Minnesota the strongest and safest state to vault in and help the USA become the most dominant force in pole vaulting once again. Steffen is constantly coming up with new and innovative ways to create funding and opportunities for high school, college, masters, and elite athletes, and his coaching list of youth, high school, college and club alumni’s success is awe-inspiring.

Steffen’s background is different than most successful track coaches. As a 3 sport high school athlete from a small school, Jamie was a standout wrestler who chose to wrestle in college. During his college years, he learned the potential that a life filled with hard work, determination, and clean living can unlock. As an All American he takes the same approach to coaching in track and field. In addition to wrestling, Jamie followed his true passion and coached pole vault at a local high school. As a first year coach he found a way to send a girl pole vaulter to the first girls state track and field meet. This is just the start of his young 20 years of experience in track and field. He has traveled near and far, studying under some of greatest coaches and athletes and attending classes and clinics to develop his own undoubtedly flourishing philosophies which have proven to produce successful athletes and programs in the state.

Steffen has also taken the time become a USA Track and Field nationally certified coach. He has taken coaching classes ranging from youth to elite athletes in order to help emerging world class athletes and club teams. Jamie attends State and National coaching clinics annually and has spoken at numerous conventions (learn by doing and coaching education). Steffen is on the board of International Pole Vaulting Developing Team and is an advisor with Essx pole vaulting poles in product development, control, testing, and manufacturing. What makes Steffen different than other coaches is that he is willing to keep learning and keep changing his coaching in order to keep up with the latest and most successful teaching models in the world.

Currently Steffen hosts and funds the Largest Indoor Professional Pole vault exclusive event in the Midwest, boasting a start list of World Class athletes and Olympians. In 2008 The Star Tribune recognized Jamie as being "The strongest advocate for pole vaulting in the state” and is now recognized internationally for the same feat. His unique indoor training facility and knowledge of the event draws the interest of Elite Athletes from all over the country. In 2011 the St Paul Pioneer Press picked Steffen to teach the state the Learn a Sport Edition “Pole Vault”. His H.S. athletes were highlighted in a 3 page spread and an online video on the pole vault learning process. In addition to all of these accomplishments, he produced the 2011 Athlete of the year south of the river in all sports.

Outside of pole vaulting, Jamie teaches a center based EBD (Emotional Behavioral Disorder) special education program at Valley Middle school in Apple Valley, MN. In the spring he is an assistant head coach for girls track program and coaches pole vault coach for both boys and girls at Apple Valley High School (A position he has occupied since 2004). During his time at Apple Valley, Jamie coached countless state true team state championships, MSHSL Team State championship and sent boys and girls to the state meet every year with all athletes placing. 2008 he coached the female state champion and in 2011 he sent 3 girls to the state meet. This was the first time any coach in Minnesota has sent 3 females to the state meet from the same school with all jumping over the state standard. When you think there is no more time to coach, you will find him coaching at Augsburg College. He has been there since 2009 and has placed a girl every year in the MIAC conference meet. Coach Steffen has coached track and field at Greenway H.S and wrestling at Itasca College, St. Could State University, Lakeville North HS, and Apple Valley. Still coaching at Apple Valley he has worked with some of the best coaches in the United States! His mentors are some of the most recognized and awarded coaches in the history of athletics, and their coaching styles flourish through him.

Steffen has played a role in the development of the pole vaulters at every camp Fuzion athletics has offered. He prepares athletes for a wide goals ranging from getting a position on their h.s. team, winning a state championship, and qualifying for national meets. Time after time coach Steffen provides priceless opportunities for athletes willing to work and devote themselves to a passion for pole vaulting. Truly Jamie treats all athletes with endless patients and believes in them even when they lose faith in themselves. In his eyes, any athlete can be a diamond in the rough. He treats everyone like family, and this attitude has become definitive of Fuzion Athletics and all of the programs it provides