Aaron K. Idol
Director of Sports Performance, National governing bodies
Colorado Springs, CO · (719) 555 0126 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/aaronkidol
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Nineteen years in strength and conditioning and sport science, seven at national team level
INDUSTRIES
National governing bodies, Olympic sport, collegiate athletics
SPECIALTIES
Quadrennial planning, load monitoring, staff leadership, athlete pathway design
SYSTEMS
Catapult, Smartabase, VALD ForceDecks, Teamworks, Tableau
CREDENTIALS
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, USA Weightlifting level two
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in exercise physiology, University of Alabama
Executive Summary
Performance director for a national governing body, leading strength, sport science and medical coordination for senior and junior national teams. Nineteen years in high performance sport, seven at national team level. Plans in four year cycles, delivers in weekly training blocks and answers to a board for medal outcomes.
Signature Achievements
- Led performance planning across a four year cycle that produced eleven world championship medals, four more than the previous cycle.
- Built a monitoring system across four training sites that cut time lost to soft tissue injury by thirty one percent.
- Hired and led a staff of fourteen including strength coaches, sport scientists, dietitians and a data analyst.
- Won two point six million dollars in high performance funding by presenting three years of monitoring and outcome data.
- Set national testing standards now used to select athletes into the junior and senior pathway.
- Cut athlete availability losses at major competitions to under four percent through travel, heat and recovery protocols.
Professional Experience
Director of Sports Performance
American Wrestling Federation, Colorado Springs, CO 2019 to present
National governing body supporting one hundred sixty athletes across senior, under twenty three and junior teams at four regional training sites.
- Set the performance plan for each Olympic cycle including training phases, competition targets and selection windows.
- Lead a staff of fourteen across strength and conditioning, sport science, nutrition and performance analysis.
- Own a three point four million dollar performance budget covering staffing, testing equipment and camp delivery.
- Run the athlete monitoring system, reviewing load, readiness and force plate data weekly with coaches and medical staff.
- Chair the return to competition group with team physicians and athletic trainers on every long term injury case.
- Report performance outcomes and athlete health measures to the board and to the national funding partner twice a year.
Head of Strength and Conditioning
Rocky Mountain High Performance Institute, Boulder, CO 2014 to 2019
Private training center serving two hundred professional and national team athletes across eight sports.
- Directed strength programming and testing for eight sport groups with a staff of six.
- Built the force plate and velocity based training protocols later adopted by three national programs.
- Managed relationships with agents, team medical staff and referring physicians.
Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning
Gulf Southern University Athletics, Mobile, AL 2008 to 2014
Division One athletic department with sixteen sports and four hundred athletes.
- Led programming for six sports and supervised three assistant coaches and two interns.
- Introduced the department wide testing battery and preseason screening process.
- Coordinated countable athletically related activity hours with the compliance office.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, National Strength and Conditioning Association
Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction
USA Weightlifting level two coach
Safe sport training, United States Center for Safe Sport
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in exercise physiology, University of Alabama, 2012
Master of Science in kinesiology, Auburn University, 2007
Bachelor of Science in exercise science, Louisiana Tech University, 2005
Core Skills
Quadrennial planning · Load monitoring · Staff leadership · Budget ownership · Athlete testing · Return to competition · Data reporting · Camp delivery · Coach education · Selection standards