IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States.
The organization is set across over 600 acres (243 ha) and features programs consisting of sport camps for young athletes, adult camps, a boarding school, including a post-graduate/gap-year program, events, professional and collegiate training, group hosting, and corporate retreats.
[4] IMG acquired the youth division of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in 1993 and added programs for soccer and baseball in 1994.
The land borders IMG's west campus, where the sports performance academy is undergoing a $198 million expansion.
[12][13] On April 25, 2023, parent company Endeavor agreed to sell IMG Academy to private equity firm BPEA EQT at a value of $1.25 billion - the sale was completed in June.
Famous past students include Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Jim Courier, Kei Nishikori, Alejandro Tabilo, Anna Kournikova, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova.
IMG Academy was home to U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program for the United States' U-16 and U-17 men's national teams.
The academy traced its roots back to Project 2010 which highlighted ways U.S. Soccer could make the senior men's national team a legitimate threat to win the World Cup by the end of the decade.
[24] IMG Academy's postgraduate program played in their only appearance in the 2016 National Prep Championship in New Haven, Connecticut.
[25] The head coach of IMG's national high school team is Sean McAloon, who previously was the head coach at St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. Its basketball alumni include Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell and Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac, the 6th overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft.
IMG Academy launched a high school team in 2012, featuring a new women's program made in 2018. Notable alumni include Tehoka Nanticoke.
[31] Prior to that, IMG Academy hosted their first full-time lacrosse student-athlete, Matthew Xirinachs, starting in September 2010.