March 4, 2008 ST. LOUIS - Scott Charland has been named director of strength and conditioning at Saint Louis University. Charland will be responsible for managing strength and conditioning programs for all Billiken sports programs, excluding men's and women's basketball, and will oversee day-to-day operation of the new strength and conditioning area at Chaifetz Arena. Charland comes to Saint Louis after serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State University since 2005. "Scott brings a level of experience, enthusiasm and discipline to our department that will help all our programs compete at a championship level within the Atlantic 10 Conference," senior associate director of athletics Doug McIlhagga said. "He will combine with Erick Schork, our strength and conditioning coordinator for men's and women's basketball, to make our first-class strength and conditioning room at Chaifetz Arena a highly productive element in our competitive success." Charland designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for eight of Ohio State's intercollegiate athletics teams including men's and women's soccer and men's and women's tennis. He assisted with all aspects of strength training for 18 other sports including baseball, field hockey, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's track and field, softball and women's volleyball. Prior to his stint at Ohio State, Charland served three years as head strength and conditioning coach at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala. He initiated the strength and conditioning program in BSC's transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I and was involved in the design of the college's strength and conditioning facility. Charland spent a year as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama, preceded by two years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, he created and implemented strength, conditioning, flexibility and speed-development programs for 11 sports including women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, women's track and field, women's tennis and softball. Charland is a 1996 graduate of Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in leisure services and studies and recreation administration. He graduated from UAB in 2001 with a master's degree in exercise physiology. Charland is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and USA Weightlifting. |
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