BALCO and SNAC founder Victor Conte is no longer with us on this earthly plane after losing his battle to pancreatic cancer at the age of 75 on November 3rd.

Known as a musician during the early portion of his career before transitioning into a businessman and sports nutrionist, Conte leaves behind a mixed legacy after his first sports nutrionist center, Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), was discovered to have been distributing steroids to athletes of various different sport in the early 2000s.

Founded since 1984, BALCO had therefore been supplying steroids for roughly two decades, leading to a two-year stint from Conte in prison from 2005 to 2007. A plethora of athletes connected to Conte and his BALCO program, including American sprinter Marion Jones and American baseball player Barry Bonds, have admitted to the use of steroids throughout their careers.

Four years following his release, Victor Conte would go on to be a anti-doping advocate and establish a new sports nutrionist center, Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning (SNAC), in 2011. SNAC serves as a clean version of the

SNAC has served as both a client and sponsor of many fighters, most prominently Terence Crawford and Devin Haney who were both accused of doping during their careers due to Conte’s past. However, neither fighter has yet tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).

Despite accusations trailing Victor Conte in the wake of the BALCO scandal, no notable fighters under the SNAC program have

Conte leaves behind a wife and three daughters.