Jamie LaBelle was a two-way standout at fullback and linebacker at Sayville High School in the late 1970s, where he was inducted into the school’s inaugural hall of fame class. He was the team’s captain and an all-county selection. He went on to play football at East Stroudsburg and Hofstra.

In 1983, he was unanimously selected to be the team’s captain as a linebacker. This role led to an undefeated season, which was unfortunately cut short by a significant knee injury to LaBelle. Six months later, Jamie signed a contract with the New York Jets as a fullback in 1984, where he was listed on the rookie roster before attending the pre-season camp.

He has served as an athletic director and physical education teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He has also coached at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels. He became the strength coach at Hofstra, training the Women’s Volleyball, men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse, Wrestling, and Football teams. He continued as a strength coach for the New York Saints lacrosse team and the National Champion Long Island Rough Riders soccer team, also assisting local high school teams at Kings Park, Lindenhurst, and Comsewogue High School. He was also a football coach at Miller Place and St. John the Baptist.

He became the head strength coach for an N.F.L. player agency in New York, where he prepared clients for the draft, as well as trained local high school and college athletes, including Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame inductees Melvin Fowler Jr. and Kevin Cassese.