Coach Clarke is in his 8th year at Noblesville High School. He is a native of the northwest side of Chicago and graduated from Butler University (Bachelors Degree: Secondary Education/ Exercise Science and Masters Degree: School Administration EPPSP). This is Coach Clarke’s 14th year as a head strength and conditioning coordinator. Coach Clarke came to Noblesville in the summer of 2008 after highly successful stops at Warren Central (IN) and Pike High School (IN). In all he has been taken part in 11 Indiana High School State Championships. Lastly, he was named a semi-finalist for the National High School Strength Coach of the Year in 2007 by, American Football Monthly.
Coach Clarke is a strength and conditioning specialist who is responsible for over 650 students daily, and has trained over two hundred collegiate athletes and numerous NBA, MLB, and NFL players. Clarke teaches Noblesville’s Athletic Weights class and is responsible for developing and implementing pre/post season strength and conditioning programs for all athletic teams. In addition, Coach Clarke is Noblesville High School’s Wellness Department Chair. The goals of Noblesville Strength and Conditioning Program are to enhance athletic performance, prevent injury, improve confidence, and develop a championship mentality/attitude. Coach Clarke is married to Michelle who is a Middle School Guidance Counselor and has 3 children: Jack (7 yrs), and Allie (4 yrs) and Kellan (16 months).
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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Ross Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator Basehor Linwood Bobcats in Basehor Kansas.
Ross Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator for the USD 458 district. This program involves morning sessions, class sessions, and after school sessions that reach over 300 students a week during the school year as well as the summer.
Schwisow came to Basehor-Linwood high school in the summer of 2006 from the University of Missouri where he served as a Strength and Conditioning Assistant. Schwisow was directly in charge of the Tigers golf and tennis programs while also assisting the football and basketball programs among others.
Schwisow is a Certified Specialist in Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a Strength and Conditioning Certified Coach (SCCC) by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also currently in the process of training to receive his Level 1 Olympic Certification
Schwisow began his coaching/teaching at Rossville High School in Rossville, KS where he served as and assistant Football coach, and Head Girls Basketball and Track coach while teaching business courses. Schwisow earned a bachelor of business degree from Washburn University in 2000 and a master of education degree in health education from the University of Missouri in 2006.
Contact Coach Schwisow:
Email: rschwisow@usd458.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bobcatpower
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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Coach Michael Gilligan is the head strength coach at Bixby High school located in Bixby Oklahoma. Coach Gilligan has had incredible results and successes since implementing his strength program for the Spartans 2 years ago. Last football season they were 2014 state champs for their division. And many other teams have had successful seasons as well. And their facilities at Bixby are top notch too and coach Gilligan really uses all the space he has and makes great use of it for the huge number of athletes he trains. Here is a little bio about Coach.
Coach Gilligan is in his second year as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Bixby High School. Prior to Bixby High School, Gilligan coached in the Big Ten Conference at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois. In 2010, Gilligan received his Bachelor's Degree in Health Promotions with an emphasis in Exercise and Health from Oklahoma State University. Gilligan later earned his Master’ s Degree in Sports Administration from Northwestern University.
Coach Gilligan holds certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, The National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Weightlifting as a Certified Sports Performance Coach, and is also an FMS Certified Exercise Professional.
Contact Michael Gilligan
email: mgilligan@bixbyps.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BixbyStrength
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BixbySpartanFB
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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Coach Garrett Keith is the head strength coach at Westminster Christian Academy located in Huntsville Alabama. Coach Keith has really implemented a great program there and his athletes have really bought into the strength program. And in turn they seeing great results in their athletic program.
Garrett has been the strength and conditioning coach at WCA for 6 years. He is a 1999 graduate of American Christian Academy. After high school he attended the University of North Alabama where he was a four-year letterman and captain (2002) on the football team. Garrett is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the national strength and conditioning association (NSCA), is a Certified Underground Strength Coach through Zach Even-Esh's Underground Strength Gym, and is a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS) through Joe DeFranco and Jim Smith. He works with all of the athletic teams at WCA as well as being an assistant football coach.
Contact Garrett Keith
email: garrett.keith@wca-hsv.org
Facebook: Garrett Keith
Instagram: www.instagram.com/GR_Keith
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GR_Keith
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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Hunter Wood from Apopka High school located in Florida. Coach Wood has had a very successful run with football over the last few years, and the other sports he works with have been successful as well. Lots of good things going on at Apopka, so before we get to the interview, here is just a little about coach wood. Coach Hunter Wood is a graduate of East Carolina University where he was a 4 year letter winner with the Pirate Football Team. After graduation Coach moved to Central Florida and began to train and prepare Central Florida’s top athletes, teams and corporate professionals. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist a Performance Enhancement Specialist as well as being Functional Movement Screen Certified, Coach Wood uses his education and experience to gain the most out of each client and team that he trains. Coach Wood has had the opportunity to train and prepare the following over the past 9 years... He has trained
And many many more!
Contact Coach Wood
email: coachhunterwood@gmail.com
Facebook: Hunter Wood
Facebook: CWSC Performance
Twitter: www.twitter.com/coachhunterwood
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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Coach Patrick McHenry from Castle View high school located in Castle rock, Colorado. Coach McHenry has been in strength & conditioning since 1989 so he has a ton of experience in what he is doing. He has a ton to share to today but before we talk with him let me give you a little bio info on him. Coach McHenry has a Masters of Arts degree, is CSCS certified with Distinction, and has his USAW cert too. In 2003 he was the regional strength coach of the year for American football monthly, in 2005 he was the national strength and conditioning coach of the year for the NSCA and in 2006 he received the editorial excellent award from the strength and conditioning journal. He received the strength of America award in 2010 from the presidents council on fitness, sports, and nutrition. In 2012 coach McHenry was the Colorado high school physical education teacher of the year.
Contact Coach McHenry:
Facebook: Patrick McHenry
email: ptmach@aol.com
twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcentral
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Eric Reed from Raymond S. Kellis high school located in Glendale Arizona. Coach Reed has been at the high school level for 10 years now but started out interning at Northern Arizona University, he coached at some junior colleges in the area, and spent 2 years working with the Arizona rattlers which is an arena football team located in Phoenix. He is CSCS certified with Distinction and an RSCC as well and served as the Arizona state director. He is currently the rocky mountain regional director for the NSCA. Coach Reed is also serving as the high school SIG vice chair for the NSCA. Make sure you listen closely to this episode because Coach Reed had a lot of great takeaways that may help you with your own program.
Contact Coach Reed:
Facebook: Eric Reed
email: ericreedaz@gmail.com
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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De La Salle high school in California with Strength Coach Mark Wine. De La Salle has a great athletic program and has really excelled in football the last few years. They were ranked #1 nationally this preseason for football. Coach Wine talks about how De La Salle's strength program is different from every other high school program in the nation. Here is a little about Coach Wine.
Mark Wine is the owner of Functional Muscle Fitness in Concord, CA. which is an elite athletic and fitness performance center with a client range from 6 to 72 years old. Coach Wine is also currently the head Strength & Conditioning Coach for De La Salle High School, team USA Synchronized Swimming, Walnut Creek Soccer Club and team Haiti Polo team.
Coach Wine holds a BA from San Diego State University and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist from the NSCA; a weightlifting coach from USA Weightlifting; and a performance enhancement specialist, corrective exercise specialist and personal training from the NASM.
Functional Performance Clinic--September 26th, 2015---11am-1pm
Contact Coach Wine here:
Email: winem@dlshs.org
Instagram: www.instagram.com/functionalmuscle
Twitter: www.twitter.com/FMFathleticism
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/FunctionalMuscleFit
De La Salle: www.dlshs.org
www.functionalmusclefitness.com
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Coach Venable from Lincoln high school. Coach Venable has a big background in Olympic weightlifting and has some really great training methods when it comes to training the high school athlete. And since Coach Boyd Epley has returned to Nebraska, he has been able to use Coach Epley as a resource for his high school strength program. Coach Venable has a really cool background in training and is having great success in the high school realm.
Coach Stewart Venable brings his passion, knowledge and three decades worth of experience to Lincoln Public Schools District.
Venable’s resume is astounding, and includes ownership of Athletic Results; his duties as assistant strength coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University (’09-’12) and Immaculate High School (’08-’09); numerous certifications to include Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the NSCA, USA Weightlifting Level 2 Coach and numerous other certifications.
Venable’s thirst for knowledge and passion for training has created relationships with some of the best in his field : Master of Sport USSR Coach Boris Urman, Hall of Fame Coach Tom Cross, internationally competitive Olympic Weightlifters and Strength & Conditioning Coaches Whitney Rodden (MNU) and Anna Martin are just a few.
From 1990 to 2012 Venable was employed by the Department of Justice as a Lieutenant, Special Ops Leader and Sports Specialist. While working at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, he designed and implemented performance enhancement programs for inmates. Prior to his retirement he spearheaded an online fitness project for Department of Justice staff.
Coach Venable has been a competitive Powerlifter for 16 years and Olympic Weightlifter for 10 years. He is the 2010 American Masters Weightlifting Champion, 2011 Masters National Champion, and has claimed other state and national titles. Venable served in the U.S. Army for seven years, and was an undefeated amateur boxer. He has articles concerning youth fitness programming, strength and conditioning and two Olympic Weightlifting articles published in the Lincoln Journal Star City Sports.
Contact Coach Venable:
Instagram: Coach_Venable
Facebook page: Nebraska Weightlifting club
Email: svenable@lps.org
Elite Form: Elite Form Website
Article Link: Benefit of having a high school strength coach
Books:
"Talent is overrated" Link to the book
"Applied Sprint Training"Link to James Smith Book
"Growth Mindset" Growth Mindset page
"A call to serve" Amazon Link to book
"Velocity Based training" Link to article from Bryan Mann
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Toby Jacobi from Strong Rock Christian school. Coach Jacobi has been at the college level for the past 14 years and has finally made a transition to the high school level. He has been able to use his extensive knowledge on training athletes now at Strong Rock. But as you will hear in the interview, there are always challenges you will face at the high school level.
His journey into the strength field is very interesting and he has had a ton of great mentors and people to work with through the years. There are many great takeaways in this episode so make sure you listen closely. Here is just a quick look at who Coach Jacobi is.
B.S. Physical Education, Cumberland University 2000
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength & Conditioning Association
Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach with Distinction by the National Strength & Conditioning Association
Certified as a Sports Performance Coach by the United States Weightlifting Association
Certified Level 1 Instructor by the Titlist Performance Institute
Certified Level 1 Coach by the United States Track & Field Association
Positions:
2nd Year at Strong Rock Christian
2014-2012 Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach – East Carolina University
2012-2008 Director of Strength & Conditioning – Charleston Southern University
2008-2006 Football Strength & Conditioning Coach – Kent State University
2006-2002 Coordinator of Strength & Conditioning – Western Carolina University
2002-2001 Strength & Conditioning Coach – Elon University
2001-2000 Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach – University of North Carolina
2000 Strength & Conditioning Coach – Cumberland University
CONTACT COACH JACOBI
email: tjacobi@strong-rock.com
facebook-Strong Rock Strength & Conditioning
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Follow Me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS
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In this episode I am going to talk about organization, safety, policies and procedures, and setup at the beginning of the school year that will ensure you are productive the whole year.
There are many topics covered in this episode. I talk about communication with athletes and sport coaches, trainers, campus security and the administration. I also talk about setup and organization of the weightroom when it comes to having a efficient function weightroom.
I also give examples on weight room polices and rules to follow that will help the weight room training day run more smoothly. A little later I talk about procedures whether they are for class or they are for emergency procedures.
How about the maintenance and cleanliness of the weightroom. These are two important factors when maintaining a good training environment where athletes can feel safe, clean, and ready to train hard. Along with cleaniless is the maintenance and I give a list of basic tools that are needed to maintain, fix and repair your weightroom equipment so it lasts a long time.
Leave comments or email me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com for items and topics I missed or any show feedback or ideas for the next high school strength coach podcast.
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Ryan Johnson of Wayzata High school talks today in another awesome strength coach podcast. Coach Johnson is located in Plymouth, Minnesota. A Midwest strength coach on today's show and we will dive into questions about that region on strength training, strength competitions, and how to train the Minnesota hockey player. Here is a little about Coach Johnson.
Ryan Johnson, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
Coach Johnson teaches physical education at Wayzata High School and is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Wayzata Public Schools. Wayzata Athletics have captured 36 team state titles in his tenure and Johnson works directly with the three-time state champion football team as Director of Operations and Player Development. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is the Minnesota NSCA State Director. He also serves on the National High School Weightlifting NSCA Special Interest Group Executive Board. In 2010, he was named the NSCA Minnesota High School Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year. In 2013, he was named the NSCA State Director of the Year. A former volunteer firefighter, he also received an Award of Merit from the Minnesota Department of Health and Safety for participation in a lifesaving CPR/AED effort to revive a player that suffered sudden cardiac arrest while at practice. Johnson is a frequent clinician, speaker and his Wayzata Trojan Power program has been visited by over 50 other high school and small college programs. He also volunteers his time in the Rockford School District where he and his wife and four children reside by serving as the Rockford Area Athletic Association President and Youth Football Director.
Contact Coach Johnson:
email: ryan.johnson@wayzata.k12.mn.us
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rj_power_
Facebook: Ryan Johnson
Youtube Trojan Strength Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggq83N6xYjU
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Coach Gary Schofield from Greater Atlanta Christian school located in Atlanta, Georiga. You may have seen Coach Schofield talk at many clinics and conferences and you know he has been in the business for a long time and has a wealth of knowledge in strength coaching. He has a nationally recognized high school program down in Atlanta.
Entering his 21st year as a nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainer (NATA) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS, *D) & Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach® (RSCC*D) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Coach Schofield has had the opportunity to coach and assist in the athletic development of athletes with teams and organizations from the NBA, Arena Football League, East Coast Hockey League, United States Basketball League, WCW Wrestling, North American Soccer League, the Georgia State Olympic Development Program, USA Track & Field and many other pro and amateur organizations. During the past 20 years, he has also been blessed to work individually with over 500 high school athletes that have gone on to NCAA scholarships, over 125 professional athletes, and 3 Olympians. Coach Schofield received a BS in Sports Medicine, with special emphasis in athletic training, from Marietta College (Ohio) in 1993 and have continued his education with the graduate degree program in athletic training at Georgia State University and is currently completing a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Health & Physical Education from the University of North Georgia.
Along with serving as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at GACS for the last 13 years, he also currently serves as the NSCA Southeast Regional Coordinator and was named the NSCA National High School Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2012. The GACS Sports Performance Training Program has received national recognition by being one of only 8 institutions awarded the Strength of America Award from 2010-14 in recognition of developing an elite high school strength and conditioning program. Coach Schofield is a sought after speaker both nationally and internationally and resides in McDonough, Georgia with his wife Amanda, son Brett and daughter Savannah.
Contact Coach Schofield:gschofield@greateratlantachristian.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/coachschofield
Facebook: Gary Schofield
GACS Facebook: GACS Strength
High Schools Sports Performance Alliance: HSSPA.org
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Coach Jon Hersel from York High school, Coach Hersel has coached at many different schools and many different levels and has taken away some great experiences from each. He is starting his 2nd year at York high school and has already taken the program to new heights. York High school is a 4AAAA high school located in York, SC. Here is a quick bio about Jon Hersel:
Coach Hersel is a graduated from Jamestown college located in North Dakota in 2000, then went on to be a an strength intern at Miami, a grad assistant at LSU and a grad assistant at Mississippi. He then got the position of head strength coach at Baldwin county high school located in Alabama before being an assistant strength & condition coach at the university of south Alabama. Coach Hersel trained the athletes for 3 years before getting the head strength coach position at York high in August of 2014.
Jon is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA. He also has his USAW certifcation as well as his USATF. (USA track and Field)
Contact Coach Hersel at:
twitter: @jonhersel
Facebook: Jon Hersel
Email: jhersel@york.k12.sc.us
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Westside High school has an awesome strength program with Coach Arron Cottingham. He talks about Ram Strength & Conditioning and some of the great successes he has had so far. He is currently in his 3rd year at Westside and they have had a great summer training program. Here is a little about Coach Cottingham.
Coach Cottingham started as a sports performance coach at Velocity sports for 3 years before moving on to teaching and coaching football and basketball at west oak middle school over near Clemson, SC. After leaving West oak he went on to Westside high school where he has been for 3 years serving as director of player development and the outside linebackers coach. Coach Cottingham holds his CSCS through the NSCA, he is a Certified specialist in speed and explosion with NASE and he is a level 1 USA weightlifting coach through USAW.
Contact Coach Cottingham at:
twitter: @coach_c_23
Facebook: Aaron Cottingham
Email: aaroncottingham@anderson5.net
Westside Athletics: http://goo.gl/jmNZfW
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
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Kevin Kaga from Marlboro County, and we talk today about how his training has helped the players develop both physically and mentally for life.
Here is a little background on Coach Kaga.
Coach K received his bachelors and masters in education from Western Carolina University and then also received a second Masters in Education from South Carolina state university. He became a grad assistant strength coach at Appalachian state university in 1984. Coach K got his start in coaching at Conway high school with Chuck Jordan in 1987. He then moved on to North Myrtle Beach high school for 5 years. After North Myrtle beach he coached at Sumter high school for 7 years before making his current stop at Marlboro county for the last 13 years. Coach Kaga was just the 2nd person in the state of South Carolina to be hired strictly for strength and conditioning of high school athletes.
Coach K has so much knowledge in the strength & conditioning field and has been able to change so many student athlete lives. He is very involved with the South Carolina strength coaches association, strength meets, and just trying to help every athlete and strength coach out there just get better.
Contact Coach Kaga:
email: kkrock1@aol.com
Facebook page: first name: SChighschool last name: strengthcoachesassociation
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
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AC Flora in Columbia, South Carolina. Coach Micah Kurtz is in his 7th year at AC Flora and has had great success with the building and developing of his strength program and has really built a great athletic culture there. He goes to sleep every night thinking he has to be ready to be able to train the athletes the next day because they are relying on him to get them better. And he lives up to that motivation factor for sure!
Here is a little bio on Coach Micah Kurtz:
Micah Kurtz is in his 7th year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at AC Flora high school in Columbia, South Carolina. In his role, Coach Kurtz has developed the school’s first ever school wide strength and conditioning program and created a school wide culture of vitality and fitness which includes not only student-athletes, but also the faculty, staff, parents and community.
In the past year, AC Flora was named the #1 athletic program in the Columbia metropolitan area by the State Newspaper. The baseball team has won 3 straight state championships; the basketball team won the state championship in 2014 and was upper state champions in 2015. The football team tied the school record for wins and won the region championship in 2015. It has won the region championship in 3 of the past 4 years and Coach Kurtz also serves as the team’s Associate Head Coach/Special Team’s Coordinator/Linebacker’s Coach. The boy’s soccer team won its first ever state championship. and the golf team has won 5 straight state championships.
Additionally, Coach Kurtz is the Strength and Conditioning Consultant Coach to the high school basketball power house Oak Hill Academy. The Oak Hill Basketball team is currently 45-0 and ranked #1 in the Nation.
Here is a short video STACK magazine did about Coach Kurtz and our Strength program:
http://www.stack.com/video/4003103505001/stack-impact-ac-flora-high-school/
Coach Kurtz has taken on the duty of overseeing Richland School District One’s new district wide strength and conditioning program. For this duty, Coach Kurtz presented at the Richland One Coaches Convocation and at multiple Athletic Director’s meetings.
Coach Kurtz took 50 athletes to the Region Speed and Strength Meet and 11 of them medaled. AC Flora had 5 athletes come in first place in their weight class and had a clean sweep of the 150 lb. division by winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Of Flora’s 11 athletes that qualified, 9 were in the varsity division. At the State Meet, AC Flora was the ONLY school in the state with two varsity champions.
Coach Kurtz also organized the first ever Richland One Intra District Speed and Strength Combine and hosted South Carolina’s 2nd annual Female Speed and Strength Meet. At this meet AC Flora had 2 overall weight class winners and 4 other athletes came in the top 3. There were only 5 weight classes at this meet.
This past year, Coach Kurtz was named the State Director of the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) South Carolina Chapter. He was also named a member of the NSCA's Subject Matter Expert Committee to create a new NSCA certification. This group of 15 individuals is some of the most respected and well known fitness professionals in the country.
Coach Kurtz spoke at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinics in Atlanta and Orlando, the NSCA’s South Carolina State Clinic and the PGC/Glazier Basketball Clinic in Charlotte. Coach Kurtz will also be presenting at the South Carolina Coaches Conference in July.
Coach Kurtz is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a USA Weight Lifting Sport’s Performance Certified Coach (USAW), a Functional Movement Screen Specialist (FMS), a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and a Speed and Explosion Specialist (NASE).
Contact Coach Micah Kurtz here:
Email: kurtzmicah@gmail.com
twitter: @kurtzm3
instagram: @kurtzm3
Check out his 12 week vertical jump program here:
website: www.theathletemaker.com
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Fred Eaves from Battle Ground Academy in Franklin TN is on the show today. Coach Eaves has been named the national strength & conditioning coach of the year for 2015. He has done some amazing things with his athletes and he continues to change athletes lives every single day he trains. I was able to talk to him at the Sorinex Summer Strong 8 Clinic held at the University of South Carolina.
Here is his bio:
Fred Eaves is currently in his 4th year as the strength and conditioning coach at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee. He is certified through the NSCA as a CSCS and RSCC. He is also certified through USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field. He has 17 years of experience that includes coaching at LSU, Tennessee, and Tennessee-Chattanooga. Eaves has been the strength and conditioning coach for multiple state champions in various sports as well of hundreds of college signees. He was voted the 2015 NSCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year as well as the 2013 Samson Equipment and American Football Monthly High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Eaves is a STACK Expert contributor for topics in strength and conditioning and sport psychology, and he has a monthly blog about strength and conditioning on the American Football Monthly website. Eaves is a prominent speaker and presenter in the field of strength and conditioning.
Coach Eaves helped the football team win 3 football state championships at 2 different schools, and reach state finals at 3 different schools. And in recently with Olympic sports he helped boys basketball become state champs as well as boys soccer and girls soccer wining state and baseball making it to the final four in state.
Contact Coach Eaves for questions on training at
Facebook: Fred Eaves
Twitter @coacheaves
Email: fred.eaves@mybga.org
Cell: 865-335-5757
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Lon Record-Hammer Strength. He is the National Athletic Manager for Hammer Strength clinics. I talk to him about the Hammer strength clinics schedule, who usually attends and why they are so important and crucial to High School Strength Coaches. You can learn so much from a Clinic or Conference about what other coaches in the strength & conditioning field are doing. Also if you are certifed with any certifcation board you need those CEU's too.
Register for Hammer Strength Clinics Here: https://www.lifefitness.com/commercial/hammerstrength/hammerstrengthclinics/hammerstrengthclinics.html
Contact Lon Record at the Hammer Strength Clinic Website
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the podcast. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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State Strength Meet episode in Lexington, South Carolina for the 2015 High School State Strength Meet. This state meet features the top 2 finishers from each weight class from the regional meets that were held in previous weeks. I talk to Coach Brian Jackson who has been operating the meets for many years. He knows a lot about the field of high school strength coaching as well as putting on awesome strength meets for high school athletes to compete in. Some very interesting details on how you can run your own strength meet or put together one for your state. Lots of state records were broken at this meet. You can check out the highlight video as well as two other Record breaking lifts on the High School Strength Coach Youtube channel here: HS STRENGTH COACH YOUTUBE
Contact Coach Jackson for more info on hosting a Strength Meet.
Email: brian.jackson@sumterschools.net
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Dorman Strength Program with Eric Cash. The Cavaliers of Dorman just completed a giant investment in their athletic program and that was the 8,500 square foot weight room with 22 racks and a mondo floor. Before Dorman, Coach Cash coached at Clemson University, PC University, and Elon university before stopping at Dorman. He has a ton of experience coaching athletes from all levels. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Kinesiology.
Contact Coach Cash for more info on Block zero and the Tier System at:
Facebook: Eric Cash
Email: cashen@spart6.org
Dorman High: Dorman Athletics
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Coach Andrew Caldwell who is the head strength coach for the Spartanburg Vikings. He was most recently at Woodruff high school for the last 7 years. So he will be starting a new chapter in his life of being the new high school strength coach. Coach Caldwell talks about his program and an awesome athlete grading system he has implemented for his student athletes. It works so well, he has not had to change anything since he first started it.
Contact Coach Caldwell for tons of knowledge and to just talk shop at: amcaldwell@spart7.org
Spartanburg High School Website: http://shs.spartanburg7.org/athletics/strength-and-conditioning/
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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21 EASY TIPS you can use with your strength & conditioning class or weightlifting class on the first day of school. Besides the first day, these tips need to be implemented throughout the first week as well. Many are housekeeping issues, and some you may already do, but some may give you an idea on something new you may want to try. If you have more ideas and procedures and policies you implement, let me know so that I can spread the word to other High School Strength Coaches across the nation.
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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Gaffney Indians Strength with Tony Smith. Tony Smith has been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Gaffney High School for last 7 years. He has helped win five State championships; Football in 2012, Basketball in 2012, 2010, Baseball and Softball in 2009. He has 14 years at the college level being at North Greenville, Gardner Webb, Clemson, University of Findlay, Ole Miss, and Florida Atlantic. He has also helped those collegiate football teams go to numerous bowl games as well.
He is a certified college strength and condition coach CSCCA, as well as a Specialist in Sports Conditioning by the international sports science association.
Contact Coach Smith for more Strength & Conditioning questions at:
Facebook: Tony Smith
Email: tmsrebels@yahoo.com
My info:
My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
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TOP 10 TIPS on how to start a high school strength program. There are lots of different things that need to be done and many personnel in the school district need to be on the same page to have a successful and effective program to help the athletes perform at optimal levels. I am going to give you the my Top 10 tips on what you need in place first before starting.
Hello, my name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com
Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.
Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!