Strength & conditioning

  • Only Division III program with two full-time strength coaches
  • Strength and conditioning major
  • Strength/conditioning coaching internship program

Strength and conditioning internships

Jake Anderson, CSCS
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
Director, Ron Schipper Fitness Center

Jake Anderson is in his sixth year as strength and conditioningcoordinator at Central College.
In 2007 he was named the NCAA Division III strength and conditioning coach of the year by American Football Monthly.

The Atlantic, Iowa, native is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). In addition to creating and supervising strength and conditioning programs for Central athletes, Anderson developed an internship program for students interested in the field. Since 2003, 18 of his former student assistant coaches have received professional certification.

Anderson received a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports medicine at Iowa State University. He earned a master's degree in higher education at the University of Iowa.

Anderson was a graduate assistant at Iowa, helping implement the athletics department's strength and conditioning programs and assisting in speed, agility and conditioning training. He worked closely with Hawkeye football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle.

At Iowa State, Anderson was a student assistant strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports. He implemented workouts for all Olympic sports teams and was the primary assistant for men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, baseball, volleyball and diving, designing year-round strength and conditioning programs for those squads.

Accompanying an intensified commitment level to strength and conditioning among Central student-athletes under Anderson’s leadership is a surge in interest in it as an academic pursuit. The college added strength and conditioning as an emphasis area for exercise science majors in 2008 and enlarged the strength and conditioning staff with a full-time assistant..

Kyle Johnson, CSCS
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator

Kyle Johnson is in his first year in the new position of assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at Central.

Previously Johnson spent two years as assistant sports performance director at Velocity Sports Performance in Franklin, Tenn. He graduated with honors from Central in 2002 and earned a master’s degree in health and human performance from Iowa State University in 2004. Johnson worked as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Iowa State football squad and later was a personal trainer and fitness coach at Delta City Club in Nashville, Tenn.

While at Central, Johnson was a member of the Dutch football squad, receiving academic all-Iowa Conference honors.

A certified strength and conditioning specialist, Johnson is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He’s an Elliott, Iowa native and graduate of Villisca High School.

Johnson served as a USA Weightlifting club coach and remains a competitive weightlifter as well, winning Olympic lifting titles in the 105-kilogram class at the Georgia Games, the Chattanooga Open and the Southeastern Regional meet in 2005 and the Emory Open in 2007. He was 11th in the 2007 American Open.

 

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