Roundtable Discussion: Basketball
Mike Cotterman began his full-time career at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was named the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach in 2000. Mike was in charge of training programs for all 16 sports while directly working with Football, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Womens Soccer, and Men's & Women's Track and Field. In 2002, Mike was awarded Coach of the Year from his student athletes and went on to become a National Finalist for the Giant Steps Award, Coach of the Year, through the National Consortium for Academics and Sport. After five years at Drake, Mike headed west to Wyoming to become an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Cowboys and Cowgirls. In Mike’s 15 years at Wyoming he has been elevated to Director of Sports Performance -Olympic Sports where he oversees the training of all 14 Olympic sports while working directly with Women’s Basketball and Volleyball. Mike received his Bachelors of Science in Sport Science from Ohio University and his Masters of Education from Bowling Green State University, where he started his career as a Graduate Assistant in the Strength & Conditioning Department under Mike Ward. He has been SCCC certified through the CSCCa since 2005 and the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction since 1996.
