IGCT Episode #60: Scott O'Dell-Playing in the Sand

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Scott O’Dell was named the Strength and Conditioning coach for East Central University in August 2013.

O’Dell’s strength and conditioning experience started while playing football at William Jewell College. From there he went on to earn his bachelor’s in sports science from the University of Central Missouri and also served as an intern with the Kansas State University football team.

O'Dell then accepted a position as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at San Jose State University (SJSU) where he also got his master’s in kinesiology.

The next stop was the University of California, Berkeley (CAL) where he went on to become the associate head strength and conditioning coach of the Memorial Stadium weightroom and coached first round draft picks Nnamdi Asomugha, Kyle Boller, Aaron Rodgers, Marshawn Lynch, Alex Mack, and NFL superstar DeSean Jackson while also making stops at the Insight Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Las Vegas Bowl.

After CAL, O'Dell took the job of strength & conditioning assistant with the Washington Redskins.

From the Redskins, O’Dell took a position with William Jewell College to be the assistant defensive line coach/strength and conditioning coordinator for football for one year before being named the school’s first head strength and conditioning coach for the entire athletic department.

O'Dell is the author of the book The Power Revolution, has been a conference speaker for the National Strength and Conditioning Association in the areas of plyometrics, speed development, sprinting technique, agility, strength development and Olympic weightlifting, is a frequent overseas speaker in the same areas, has also been featured in STACK Magazine for athletes and has been a speaker at the Frank Glazier Football Clinics.

O'Dell is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a United States of America Weightlifting (USAW) Club Coach, a United States of America Track and Field (USATF) Coach, and certified by Functional Movement Solutions (FMS).

In this episode we discuss:

His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.

The biggest challenges he has faced being at smaller schools.

Benefits and program design of sand training.

His book Power Revolution.

His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.