brian mcnamee

New York City Police Department (NYPD) Place of birth Breezy Point, Queens, New York City, New York Years of service 1990 - 1993 Rank Sworn in as a patrolman - 1990 Other work Baseball coach, personal trainer

Brian Gerard McNamee is a former New York City police officer[1], personal trainer, and strength and conditioning coach in Major League Baseball who is most notable 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 grew up in Breezy Point, Queens. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School and majored in athletic administration at St. John's University in Queens.[2] At one point he was employed at St John's University, teaching in the sports management program.[3]

The Mitchell Report

McNamee gained notoriety following the release of Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report, which alleges that McNamee helped acquire performance-enhancing drugs including anabolic steroids, amphetamines, and human growth hormone (HGH) for some or all of the players he personally trained, who included Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Chuck Knoblauch. McNamee told the Mitchell Commission during their 20-month investigation that he began injecting Clemens with steroids during the 1998 season and that he continued to provide these steroids through 2001. Given the dominant performances produced by Clemens from that time forward, such that Clemens had become widely expected to be a future member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, many feel that this claim constitutes the most incendiary accusation in the Mitchell Report.[4]

On January 4, 2008, Clemens had a telephone conversation with McNamee in which Clemens stated he "just wants the truth" from someone, never actually telling his former personal trainer to come out and clear the pitcher's name. Clemens said many times in the conversation that the steroid accusations were false; McNamee never agreed or disagreed when this statement was made, simply pleading, "...tell me what you want me to do." McNamee did state, however, "It is what it is," meaning he told the truth.

Clemens filed a lawsuit against McNamee shortly before the recorded conversation for defamation of character. McNamee's attorneys argued that McNamee was compelled to cooperate by federal officials and thus his statements were protected. A federal judge agreed, throwing out all claims related to McNamee's statements to investigators on February 13, 2009 but allowing the case to proceed on statements McNamee made about Clemens to Andy Pettite.[5]

Congressional hearing

Both McNamee and Clemens were called to the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on