Olympic Sports Presentation
Greg Werner became the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at James Madison University in 1995 after working as an assistant in the program the previous three years. In addition to coaching at JMU, Werner has been the faculty instructor for the department of Kinesiology's Concepts of Strength & Conditioning course for the past twelve years. In the past twenty years at JMU, Werner has helped grow the strength program from one assistant coach with two weightrooms to the current program which has himself as Head and a Director of Football Strength, four assistant coaches, and several interns, with five weightrooms, and three multi-purpose cardio/fitness rooms, totaling over 20,000 square feet.
Before JMU, Werner was an assistant and taught classes for one year at the University of The Pacific. Werner received his MS in Exercise Science from James Madison, and his BS in Human Performance from Austin Peay State University. Outside of the collegiate ranks Coach Werner has worked with several NFL, Major League Baseball, Pro Basketball, Major League Soccer, and Olympic athletes. In 1999 Werner was selected the NSCA, Colonial Athletic Association Professional of the Year. Coach Werner has served as the Strength & Conditioning specialist for the US Olympic Field Hockey team, has been the NSCA's Virginia State Director, and an active speaker at the NSCA Sport Specific Training Conference, CSCS Symposium and several other coaches clinics and camps. In 2005 Coach Werner received the NSCA's highest distinction of Coach Practitioner. In 2006 Werner received the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association's highest distinction of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach. In 2011 Werner was voted on to the CSCCa's Board of Directors.
In addition to his coaching and teaching, Werner has published over 25 strength and conditioning articles in various coaching journals and magazines, and is the webmaster for the JMU Strength & Conditioning website. Werner is Strength & Conditioning Coach Certified through the CSCCa, is a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, an ACSM Certified Health/Fitness Instructor, as well as an ISMA Certified Sports Nutrition Consultant. On top of his dedicated leadership at James Madison University, Coach Werner owns and operates AthElite Strength & Conditioning Academy where he and his staff coach athletes ranging from 7th graders to Pro athletes.
