Jeff Novitzky AKA ‘The Golden Snitch’ is the Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for UFC. He previously served as an agent for the Food and Drug Administration investigating the use of steroids in professional sports. Recently in December, he was into the spotlight for his involvement in Jon Jones' Drug Test.
Novitzky currently earns $500,000 as annual salary from UFC in 2018. He has an estimated net worth of $2 million at current. No details about his personal life is available but he is rumored to be married.
Jeff Novitzky Bio and Early Life
Jeff Novitzky was born as Jeffrey John Novitzky, on 15 December 1967. He was born in an American family in Burlingame, California, US.
Jeff attended Mills High School in Millbrae in 1986, and further joined the University of Arizona. Novitzky graduated from San Jose State in 1992 with a degree in accounting. Talking about his nationality, he is an American.
Jeff Novitzky Professional career
Jeff Novitzky began his professional career as an agent for the Food and Drug Administration investigating the use of steroids in professional sports in 2006. He has been serving as a federal agent for the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2008.
The New York Daily News reported that he was involved in an investigation into performance-enhancing drug use. He caught Lance Armstrong's Tour de France team, and that Armstrong's former teammate Floyd Landis was cooperating with the investigation.
Jeff was one of the major sources of information in the Mitchell Report about doping in MLB. He then started working with the UFC as their Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance in April 2015. He has a strong commitment to demolishing anti-doping efforts within the organization. Back, in August 2017, Jeff and the current President of UFC Dana White talked about Jon Jones and his doping case with USADA.