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
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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.
Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!
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.
Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!
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.
Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!
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.
Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!
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!
Michael Srock who is the Head strength coach for the Running Rebels of Byrnes High School. Coach Srock works and stays determined to train his athletes at high levels. He has helped the rebels win 8 state championships in the last 12 years, as well as other various Olympic sport championships. He is NASE certified as well as on the board and he is a national coach for USA weightlifting. He is also the author of 101 fundamentals for football speed and has another book coming soon.
Contact Coach Srock for Strength & Speed info at: michael.srock@spart5.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 podcast and 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!
Welcome to HSSC. 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!