NSCA Coaching Podcast

NSCA Coaching Podcast

7 Seasons

This is the NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, where strength and conditioning coaches share their experience, lessons learned, and advice about how to thrive in a highly competitive profession.

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  • Season 6 Ep 20 with Gary Calcagno

    Hear from the 2023 NSCA Assistant College Coach of the Year, Gary Calcagno, from Oklahoma State University. In this episode, Calcagno shares highlights from a more than 30-year strength and conditioning career and how being resourceful as a once aspiring coach prepared him for lasting professiona...

  • Season 6 Ep 19 with J Aggabao

    Learn about a unique path into strength and conditioning from J. Aggabao, the Associate Athletic Director of Sports Performance at Santa Clara University (SCU). Aggabao shares insights on coaching pathways and hiring, with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, that includ...

  • Season 6 Ep 18 with Tommy Moffitt

    Hear from iconic strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt as he debriefs on important lessons learned over a 34-year collegiate coaching career. Moffitt shares his perspective on the importance of training weightlifting movements, with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric Mc...

  • Season 6 Ep 17 with Corliss Fingers

    This episode features Corliss Fingers, the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Bethune-Cookman University. She talks with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about her journey in a predominantly male strength and conditioning profession. This episode speaks to the ...

  • Season 6 Ep 16 with Mary Beth George

    Learn about advocacy topics for collegiate strength and conditioning coaches, and the commitment of the NSCA to provide professional development resources in support of the field. This episode features Mary Beth George, the Chair of the NSCA College Coaches Professional Development Group (PDG). S...

  • Season 6 Ep 15 with Meg Stone

    Hear from two-time Olympian, Meg Stone, the first female strength and conditioning coach to head both men’s and women’s strength programs at a major American university. Stone shares her story from being an elite discus thrower towards an unexpected coaching career, with NSCA Coaching and Sport S...

  • Season 6 Ep 14 with Jesse Wright

    Learn the path towards working as a National Basketball Association (NBA) strength and conditioning coach, from coaching veteran Jesse Wright. Wright is a former President of the National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA), and talks about how being a part of this group with...

  • Season 6 Ep 13 with Marcus Svensson

    Hear an international perspective on the strength and conditioning field from Marcus Svensson, a Swedish National, who currently works in professional soccer with the Al Arabi Sports Club in the Qatar Stars League. This episode shares insights about access to NSCA resources from outside of North ...

  • Season 6 Ep 12 with Chip Sigmon & Jerry Palmieri

    Learn about the“Golden Age of Strength and Conditioning”from those who lived it. Former National Basketball Association (NBA) strength and conditioning coach, Chip Sigmon, joins retired longtime National Football League (NFL) strength and conditioning coach, Jerry Palmieri, on a journey back to t...

  • Season 6 Ep 11 with Ashley Jones

    Hear from a more than 30-year strength and conditioning coaching veteran in the sport of rugby, Ashley Jones. He talks to NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about his progression in the field, beginning in 1988 to his current roles as part of the NSCA Rugby Special Int...

  • Season 6 Ep 10 with Heidi Campo

    Learn about the new NSCA Strongman Special Interest Group (SIG) from strength and conditioning coach, Heidi Campo. Campo talks with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about her path in strength and conditioning that ran from bodybuilding and powerlifting to becoming a ...

  • Season 6 Ep 9 with Lacey Jahn

    Hear from Lacey Jahn, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the United States Marine Corps East School of Infantry. Jahn shares her unusual path into strength and conditioning with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, including stops in curriculum development and work...

  • Season 6 Ep 8 with Georgia Giblin

    Learn about the emerging field of biomechanics in professional baseball from Georgia Giblin, the Director of Performance Science for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Giblin shares her professional journey with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, from...

  • Season 6 Ep 7 with Elton Crochran

    Learn about middle school and high school strength and conditioning from 2022 NSCA Coaches Conference presenter Elton Crochran. Coach “Croc” shares his story about transitioning from collegiate strength and conditioning to his work as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Randolph Field Sc...

  • Season 6 Episode 6 with David Szymanski

    Explore the applied sport science research process in college baseball, and how academic research can be optimized to benefit player programming. This episode features Dr. David Szymanski, the Director of Baseball Performance at Louisiana Tech University, and co-editor of the recently published b...

  • Season 6 Episode 5 with Jonathon Weakley

    Episode 5

    Connect with a young researcher and coach on exploring strength and power topics within elite sport, including a deep dive into velocity-based training. This episode features Dr. Jonathon Weakley, of Australian Catholic University and Leeds Beckett University, discussing his path from growing up ...

  • Season 6 Episode 4 with Bret Kelly

    Episode 124

    Learn from a coach who took his career from working with Winter Olympic and professional sport athletes to success in the private sector. In this episode Bret Kelly, of Exos and formerly U.S. Ski and Snowboard, shares about his journey and the need for coaches to remain versatile in growing
    thei...

  • Season 6 Episode 3 with Glenn Revell

    Episode 3

    In this episode we meet Glenn Revell, the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Central Catholic HS in San Antonio, Texas. “Coach Rev” shares insights and advice with NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, from his transition to high school strength and conditioning from...

  • Season 6 Episode 2 with Cristi Bartlett

    Episode 2

    Hear from Cristi Bartlett, Assistant AD and Director of Olympic Strength and Conditioning at NC State University on her path through the professional ranks from student to department head. Cristi talks to NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about making moves in the fie...

  • Season 6 Episode 1 with Angelo Gingerelli

    Episode 121

    Listen in as Angelo Gingerelli, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, tells the NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about his journey in the strength and conditioning profession. Topics include working collaboratively as...