IGCT Episode #66: Kevin Schultz- Many Hats

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Kevin Schultz enters his fourth season as the director of sports performance for the UW-La Crosse intercollegiate athletic department and as an assistant football coach in 2014.  Prior to coming to UW-L, Schultz served as the director of strength and conditioning at Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) from 2008-11.

He joined Carnegie Mellon as the first full-time strength and conditioning coach.  Schultz was in charge of all 17 varsity sports strength and conditioning sessions for the Tartans.  He also served as an assistant coach with the football team in the fall primarily working with the inside linebackers and with the men's and women's track & field teams working with the throwers during the winter and spring season.

Schultz received his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science teaching with concentrations in strength and conditioning and coaching competitive athletics from UW-L in 2006 and his master's degree in exercise and sport science human performance with an emphasis in strength and conditioning also from UW-L in 2008.  In the spring of 2010, Schultz received a Post-Masters Certificate in Rehabilitation Sciences with an emphasis in corrective exercises from California University of Pennsylvania.  The following year in 2011, Schultz received a Associates Certificate from the Community College of Allegheny County in massage therapy.  In 2012 Schultz received a Post-Masters Certificate in Rehabilitation Sciences with and emphasis in sport psychology from California University of Pennsylvania.

Playing fullback at UW-L, Schultz was a member of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship teams in 2002, 2003 and 2004.  He was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at UW-L from 2007-08 and was a member of the strength and conditioning student staff in 2005-06.  Schultz was also an assistant women's track & field coach for the Eagles.

He holds the distinction as a registered Strength & Conditioning Coach® and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength Coaches Association, a Level 1 Certified Weightlifting Club Coach and Sports Performance Coach by USA Weightlifting, a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), a Certified Strength & Conditioning coach by the United States Cross Country and Track & Field (USTFCCCA), a Registered® USATF Level 1 Coach by USA Track & Field, a Certified Technical Coach by the USTFCCCA, a Certified Sports Nutritionist by the International Society of Sports Nutrition, a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist by NASM, a BioSignature® Level 1 Practitioner by the Poliquin Group, a Certified Kinesio® Taping Practitioner by Kinesio® Taping Association, is trained as an Upper Body Active Release Therapy Practitioner, is Certified as a Myofascial Decompression Practitioner,  and is licensed by the state of Wisconsin as a massage therapist.

In This Episode We Discuss:

His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.

What makes Wisconsin La Crosse a unique Strength and Conditioning environment.

How he funds and secures resources.

The hardest lesson he has learned as a Strength Coach.

Where he sees the profession going.

His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.