Developing the Complete Basketball Player
Vinnie Calautti was named the sports performance coach for men’s basketball in April of 2022. He spent the previous two seasons as the strength and conditioning coach working with Rob Lanier’s men’s basketball team at Georgia State. In those two seasons, the Panthers won the 2022 Sun Belt Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also made the Sun Belt Tournament final in 2021. Before joining the GSU staff, Calautti spent three seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for East Carolina working primarily with men's basketball, women's lacrosse, men and women's swimming and diving plus a stint with football and women's basketball. In his last season working with the men's swimming and diving program, he helped the team capture the American Athletic Conference Championship. Previously Calautti held the same position at Boston University, working four seasons directly with men’s basketball and men’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s tennis. With the assistance of Calautti’s training methods, BU captured the 2014 Patriot League regular-season men’s basketball and men’s soccer championships. Prior to BU, Calautti served as a strength coach at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning where he implemented sports performance programs for high school and collegiate athletes. During the summer of 2013 he was a strength coach at the USA Women’s Developmental Camp where he directed teams through a customized two-day strength program and conducted a seminar of the importance of strength training, injury prevention, and nutrition. As an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts, Calautti served as an intern with the men’s basketball team and the implementation of the strength training and injury reduction programs. Calautti is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the NSCA and holds certification as a Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach (SCCC). He is married to his wife Jamie, and they have one daughter named Alessandra Capri.
