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Jacob Linn Brings Coaching Expertise to Logan’s Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning Program

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Jacob Linn, MED, CSCS, PN1 has brought his extensive background in collegiate athletics to Logan University’s Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning (MS-SC) program. He recently joined the program’s faculty teaching the applied lab course that is required for students. This course uses video to evaluate the student skillsets in the program, allowing for feedback. “This course is so great for students in the program because we really get creative in how we teach and assess skills,” Jacob says. “Students are also able to receive personalized feedback and use the video submissions to build their portfolio with best practices …

Eric McMahon Uses Professional Baseball Coaching Experience to Elevate MS-SC Program

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Eric McMahon, MEd, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, RSCC*E is the coaching and sport science program manager for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), where he organizes and collaborates with professionals across sports organizations to support education and career advancement opportunities. Before joining the NSCA in 2020, he spent more than a decade working with professional baseball players as a strength and conditioning coach. After earning his bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Lawrence University in New York and his master’s degree in strength and conditioning from Springfield College in Massachusetts, he began his career in the Minor Leagues as a strength …

Logan MS-SC Graduate Helps Athletes Achieve Their Best Sports Performance

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**As of August 2024, Sam Roome is now serving as Director of Strength and Conditioning at Emory and Henry University. As a high school athlete, Samuel Roome, CSCS set his sights on playing college football. After a significant injury derailed his initial plans, he decided to take a break before joining the football team at Averett University as a defensive lineman. That experience reignited his love for the game, and he got to see what a strength and conditioning coach does for a team. In 2015, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a concentration in personal …

From College Athlete to NFL Strength and Conditioning Coach: Zane Fakes

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A lifelong athlete, Zane Fakes played high school and college football and knows the importance of injury prevention and strength and conditioning in sports. While in high school, he played football in his hometown of Plainfield, Indiana. As an undergraduate student at Ball State University, he majored in exercise science and played as a tight end on the university’s football team. After earning his undergraduate degree, Zane returned to Ball State for his master’s degree in sports administration. During that time he also worked as a graduate assistant in strength and conditioning with the university’s football team. In 2018, Zane …

Wildest Dreams: Logan Adjunct Professor Joins Taylor Swift: Eras Tour

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Occasionally an opportunity of a lifetime presents itself. For Curtis Wildes, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS, DO(EU), that opportunity came in the form of a phone call last March. “I had just received a contract to provide performance medicine services for a residency show in Las Vegas at the Wynn,” said the adjunct professor for both Logan’s Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning and Master of Science in Sports Science & Rehabilitation programs. “I felt like I was in the right place, doing the right thing. Then I received a phone call that changed my life—I was asked to join the …

Logan Alumni Competing with USA Bobsled Team

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When Logan Radik, MS-SC (’23) was growing up in Nebraska, bobsledding was not a sport he thought he would be involved in one day. “I grew up wrestling, so bobsledding was not on the horizon until much later,” he said. Logan came to Maryville University in St. Louis to wrestle and earn his bachelor’s degree in psychology. His senior year was during the pandemic, which caused wrestling to slow down. That is when he saw an ad for a bobsled combine and decided to look into it. “Many bobsled athletes are retired college athletes, and I felt like I could …