Comprehensive Integration: Building a Unified Approach for Collegiate Strength and Conditioning
This session will explore how strength and conditioning professionals can adopt comprehensive integration to meet the evolving challenges in collegiate athletics. With limited time and increasing pressure for productivity due to the transfer portal and athlete turnover, efficiency has become a priority. By leveraging interdisciplinary collaboration, coaches can ensure that athletes’ health and performance needs are fully supported. This approach, pioneered by the University of Louisville, emphasizes efficiency and innovation, making it applicable across all divisions. Attendees will gain insights into positioning their programs for collaboration, improving resource management, and enhancing their overall impact on athletes. Learn how to create sustainable, productive systems that adapt to the demands of today's collegiate environment.
Jason Dierking is in his seventh year as the Director of Sports Performance at the University of Louisville. In this role he oversees the Performance staff for Olympic Sports and works directly with Men’s and Women’s Swimming. Prior to Louisville, Dierking served as the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Louisville from 2005-2018 and an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Indiana University from 2001-2005. He also was a graduate assistant strength coach at Indiana from 1998-2001. During the summer of 2000, Dierking worked as the strength and conditioning intern at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY, where he helped train athletes that were preparing for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. As the energy systems specialist on the Sports Performance staff, Dierking played a key role in implementing the Polar Team2 heart rate system and Catapult GPS system. He has advanced the use of innovative testing and tracking procedures for metabolic fitness, including VO2max and blood lactate analysis. He has become an industry leader in the area of heart rate training and conditioning and has presented at numerous regional and national clinics and conferences on the topic. Dierking earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in adult physical fitness from Eastern Kentucky University, where he also played baseball for the Colonels. Dierking is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC) with the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and a Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certified Specialist. As a competitive runner and triathlete, Jason has completed races such as the Chicago Marathon and Ironman Louisville. Jason and his wife Abby have two sons, Howard and Raymond.
