Strength and Conditioning
David Kitchen
- Title:
- Assistant Director, Olympic Sports
David Kitchen serves as the assistant director of strength & conditioning for Olympic Sports at Georgia, a position he assumed in July of 2019. Kitchen comes to Statesboro after serving as the head strength & conditioning coach at Susquehanna University. Prior to SU, Kitchen worked for 18 months as the assistant director of football strength & conditioning at UNLV.
While at UNLV, he implemented, demonstrated and coached training methodologies, including triphasic training, velocity-based training, and conjugate training for members of the UNLV football team. Kitchen also developed and managed accredited undergraduate and graduate level internships for both strength & conditioning and nutrition. He also worked closely with the sports medicine staff to redesign and implement a performance-driven return-to-play protocol for injured athletes.
Prior to UNLV, Kitchen spent 19 months at Bloomsburg University with the strength & conditioning department. He started out as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach after a year on the job. In his first year, Kitchen oversaw the expansion of the strength & conditioning program from one to seven sports. Then, as the head coach, he undertook all 20 Bloomsburg athletic teams.
Kitchen also served as a strength & conditioning intern at Robert Morris University (May-August 2015) and as the football strength & conditioning coordinator at Holy Redeemer High School.
The Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, native played two years of football at Susquehanna in 2010 and 2011 and graduated from the school with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in global management in 2014. He earned his Master's from California (PA) in 2018 with a degree in exercise science & health promotion (sport psychology).
Kitchen is a CSCS by the National Strength & Conditioning Association, a National Academy of Speed and Explosion Certified Speed Specialist Level II and is a CPR/AED Certified Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association.
While at UNLV, he implemented, demonstrated and coached training methodologies, including triphasic training, velocity-based training, and conjugate training for members of the UNLV football team. Kitchen also developed and managed accredited undergraduate and graduate level internships for both strength & conditioning and nutrition. He also worked closely with the sports medicine staff to redesign and implement a performance-driven return-to-play protocol for injured athletes.
Prior to UNLV, Kitchen spent 19 months at Bloomsburg University with the strength & conditioning department. He started out as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach after a year on the job. In his first year, Kitchen oversaw the expansion of the strength & conditioning program from one to seven sports. Then, as the head coach, he undertook all 20 Bloomsburg athletic teams.
Kitchen also served as a strength & conditioning intern at Robert Morris University (May-August 2015) and as the football strength & conditioning coordinator at Holy Redeemer High School.
The Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, native played two years of football at Susquehanna in 2010 and 2011 and graduated from the school with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in global management in 2014. He earned his Master's from California (PA) in 2018 with a degree in exercise science & health promotion (sport psychology).
Kitchen is a CSCS by the National Strength & Conditioning Association, a National Academy of Speed and Explosion Certified Speed Specialist Level II and is a CPR/AED Certified Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association.
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