The Strength Game

Lorenzo Tomasiello is a Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Maryland where he is responsible for all aspects of training for the Terps women’s soccer, gymnastics, and golf programs. Before arriving at College Park in 2019, Tomasiello was a graduate assistant coach at Missouri State University and has also served time interning at both Rutgers University and the University of Iow...

Todd Hammer is the General Manager at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA. Coach Hamer joined Union Fitness in 2019 with over 20 years of Division 1 strength and conditioning experience including Director of Strength and Conditioning roles at George Washington University and Robert Morris University. Additionally, he’s spent time as the Head Strength Coach at Marist College, Assistant Strength Coach a...

Abigail Goldberg is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Temple University where she oversees training for the Owls Field Hockey, Track and Field, Women’s Cross Country and Spirit Squad teams. Prior to her current role she has also served as an assistant sports performance coach at Georgetown University and St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Upper School in Washington, DC. Goldberg got her...

Tim Stone is a Sports Physical Therapist and Clinic Manager at True Sports Physical Therapy in Maryland. Stone received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore with a special interest in orthopedic and sports rehabilitation where he finds himself emphasizing in his daily work. He’s spent time as a physical therapy student intern at multiple different clinics as...

Michael Silbernagel is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Mary. Coach Silbernagel overtook the Marauders Strength department in 2011 and currently oversees the training of all 17 varsity teams. Prior to his arrival at U. Mary, Coach Silbernagel spent time as an assistant coach at Colorado State University from 2005-2010 and started his career at the University of North D...

Lucas White is the Assistant Director of Sports Performance for Football at Boise State University. Prior to his current position White has served as an assistant athletic performance coach at San Jose State University, a graduate assistant at Indiana State University and coaching assistant at New Mexico State University. He began his career as the head strength coach at FJ Reitz High School in Ev...

Adam Yetter is an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Boise State University where in his current role, he provides day-to-day healthcare for the men’s basketball program. Prior to joining the Broncos, Yetter spent two years at Fresno State University as an intern and a graduate assistant. While at Fresno State, he worked primarily with the women’s lacrosse program and assisted with football training ca...

Antonio Squillante is a PhD student at the University of Southern California in the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy. Working in the Clinical Exercise Research Center at USC his extended research focuses on weightlifting and eccentric training. In addition, Squillante is a faculty member at Setanta College teaching courses in the Master of Science program in Performance Coaching....

Chris McQuilkin is the Director of Training and Education for Power Athlete, a worldwide strength and conditioning organization focused on empowering performance. Chris has led over 100 clinics across 16 countries spanning 6 continents introducing the Power Athlete Methodology to athletes, sports medicine professionals, performance and sport coaches. He has coached and implemented programs for tac...

David Manning is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Loyola University Men’s Lacrosse team as well as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist at Training House gym in Baltimore, MD. In addition to his coaching roles, Manning is the founder and owner of Pure Performance Lab. Originally looking to pursue a career in the medical field, Manning shifted gears and kept involved in his othe...

Arianna Luther is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Miami where she leads training for the Hurricanes women’s soccer, swimming and diving, and rowing programs. Luther had previous stops as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada and a graduate assistant coach at TCU. She has also completed internships with Temple University, the University of Central Florida,...

Tony Bixler is the Director of Strength, Conditioning, and Sports Performance at Newberry College. Bixler directly leads the sports performance training for the Wolves Football, Softball, Women’s Soccer, Baseball (Pitchers), and Wrestling teams after being promoted to department director in summer of 2020. Additionally, he oversees 22 teams with a staff of three assistant strength coaches.  Prior...

Ben Hoffman is the Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports at the University of Maryland. At Maryland he oversees all aspects of strength and conditioning for men’s soccer and women’s tennis. In addition, Hoffman oversees and manages all athlete monitoring and sport technology operations, platforms, needs and research as well as coordinating the sport science internship...

Michael Robinson is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at California Baptist University where he oversees training for the women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, women’s water polo, men’s and women’s swim, and wrestling programs. Originally starting as a part-time coach he was promoted into full-time role in 2018. Prior to CBU, Robinson was the director of strength and conditioning and...

Chris Cervantes is an Assistant Director for Athletic Performance at the University of Tulsa where he works with the football team, leads the training for the Golden Hurricanes volleyball and women’s tennis programs as well as runs more of the programs sports science areas after being promoted from his internship role in 2019. Prior to his arrival at Tulsa, he spent time as an intern strength coac...

James Perez is the Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance at Stanford University. Prior to being elevated to his current role, he had previous stops as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Fresno State University, as the Director of Athletic Performance at Sacred heart Schools in Atherton, CA, a Physical Therapy Aid at PT Northwest, as well as professional internships at bo...

Phil Johnson is the owner and operator of Got Strength gym in Iowa City, IA as well the strength & conditioning coach for the Got Strength Weightlifting team, a USAW affiliated club team that works in partnership with the Iowa City Parks & Recreation department to offer the sport of Olympic Weightlifting to the local community. In addition, Phil is also an adjunct professor at the Universi...

Chris Tolzman is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the United States Naval Academy working directly with the sprint football, women’s soccer and the track & field programs. In addition to his work with his varsity teams, Tolzman is also a Professor of Physical Disciplines at The Academy where he is an instructor for various Physical Education courses including Boxing, Martial A...

Prince Williams is the Head Football Athletic Trainer at Cal Poly. Williams owns a variety of professional career experience that expands across various levels of athletics. Prior to his current position, Prince spent six years at Cal State Monterey, six years as the Head Athletic Trainer at Harnell College (CA) and experience covering football, rugby and gymnastics on the Sports Medicine staff at...

John Patrick is a Collegiate and High School Strength & Conditioning Coach. Patrick is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach from the CSCCa. He’s held multiple positions throughout his career in the collegiate, high school and private sector of strength and conditioning. As a director he’s had stops at UNC-Charlotte, Kennesaw State, Central Connecticut, Youngstown State and Jacksonville Uni...

Philip Reuer is the High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) Coordinator for Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. In his current position, Reuer, oversees HITT training for Marines at Camp Courtney. He has previously spent time as an Assistant Coach at American University, Graduate Assistant Coach at South Dakota State in addition to coaching internships at the U...

Trevor Williams is the Associate Athletics Director for Strength & Conditioning at Sam Houston State University, where he oversees over 450 student-athletes who compete across 17 varsity sports. At SHSU, Williams directly oversees the training for the Bearkats Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Volleyball and Golf programs. Williams arrived at his current position after two stints as an Assistant Str...

Craig Miszewski is a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Mental Performance Coach based in Sacramento, CA. A Strength Coach at Mini’s House of Pain in Sacramento, CA, Miszewski is also the creator of Aim Strong; a sports performance business providing strength and conditioning programming, mental skills training and positive coaching. Aim Strong’s purpose is to provide the opportunity to give at...

Alex Carnall is an instructor in the School of Health Studies at the University of Memphis where he teaches several courses in the field of exercise science, in addition to supervising undergraduate interns and contributing to the efforts of the Human Performance Center. Prior to shifting his career focus to sports science and biomechanics, Carnall was the Assistant Director of strength & cond...

Matt Cox is a Performance Coach at UC San Diego where he oversees the training for all the aquatic sports including the Men's and Women's Rowing, Swimming & Diving and Water Polo teams. Prior to his current position, Cox served as a Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Hawaii. He has also spent time as an Intern Coach at Fresno State University, M...