The State of Strength and Conditioning

Scott Caulfield

On this week's episode, we're diving into how strength and conditioning coaches are trained and educated, and we have a perfect guest to tackle this topic. Coach Scott Caulfield is one of the industry's most well-known collegiate strength and conditioning coaches. He spent 11 years at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a coaching education manager and head strength and conditioning coach.

Scott Caulfield earned his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Castleton University in 2000 and his master’s in Sports Coaching from the University of Denver's renowned Graduate School of Professional Psychology in 2017.

Before joining the NSCA, he served as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Dartmouth College from 2008-11. During that time, he also served as the director of sports performance at the River Valley Club, one of the most successful training facilities in New England, and served as the NSCA's Vermont State Director.

After his time at the NSCA, he served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Colorado College, and at the same time taught in the strength and conditioning graduate degree program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He has given hundreds of public presentations both in the US and internationally.

He became Norwich University's first-ever Director of Strength and Conditioning in August 2021. In this role, he directs the development and management of individual and group strength and conditioning programs to over 600 student-athletes participating in Norwich University's athletic programs, and as you'll hear in this episode they have a growing relationship with the ROTC programs.

He holds the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS*D) certification and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction (RSCC*D) designation from the NSCA and USA Weightlifting's Level 2 Advanced Sports Performance Coach certification.