After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Michigan State University, Jim headed to Ann Arbor to get a Masters Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. While in school, Jim worked as an intern in the Strength & Conditioning Program in U-M's Athletic Department. During that time, he also served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach at Holt High School and worked as a personal trainer at the Michigan Athletic Club in East Lansing.

After graduate school, Jim ran an Athletic Republic training center for a year before he was hired as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. While at UDM, Jim was a part of numerous league championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in a variety of sports. In addition to coaching responsibilities at the university, he also served as an adjunct faculty member teaching courses in Sports Medicine. After seven years at the university, Jim joined forces with the Total Sports Complex to open the Total Performance Training Center in August 2002.

Jim is the Regional Coordinator for the National Strength & Conditioning Association where he organizes clinics for trainers and coaches and provides support for members of the organization. He has been a featured speaker at clinics and conferences all over the country and has authored articles in numerous publications. Jim is the author of two books - Speed & Agility Revolution and Weight Loss In Reality - and was recently contracted by the Michigan High School Athletic Association to develop a strength & conditioning curriculum for their Coaches Advancement Program. During his career, Jim has trained thousands of athletes including professional football, basketball and hockey players, Olympic competitors, hundreds of college athletes and too many youth athletes to count. He is proud to be able to bring the training techniques of college and professional athletes to younger athletes looking to reach their potential.

Coach Taylor has been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Loyola College in Maryland since the 2003-2004 athletic seasons. Rob is a graduate of Lock Haven University, where he was a three year starter for the baseball team. He has worked with professional organizations such as the Anaheim Angels, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Mutiny, and San Antonio Silver Stars. Rob Taylor is also the founder and owner of SMARTER Team Training. STT has been developed to focus on athlete and team development, performance, and education.

Coach Taylor has also been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at UNC Greensboro. He left to pursue a graduate degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Delaware, while working as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Rob has also worked with athletic department at Cincinnati, Princeton, and Villanova. At each of these institutions he has helped numerous athletes reach their dream of becoming professional athletes. Rob’s athletes have gone on to be drafted by the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS, MLL, and NLL. Rob was a strength and conditioning consultant for athletes on the Women’s Lacrosse World Cup Champion’s Team Australia in 2005, and has been appointed the Head Strength Coach for Team Australia’s Women’s Lacrosse 2009 World Cup team.

Taylor is certified through numerous national and international organizations. He is a Strength and Conditioning Certified Coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Rob is recertified with distinction for both the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer certifications through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Taylor is also a finalist for the 2009 NSCA College Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year award. He is also recognized by the National Strength Professionals Association as a Certified Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer. Taylor is also the Maryland/DC State Director for the National Association of Speed and Explosion and is a Certified Speed and Explosion Specialist. Rob has also earned the Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist credentials through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Currently, Rob is preparing for the Certified Sports Nutritionist certification from the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

In 2008, Coach Taylor was asked to present various components of the program he has developed at the NSCA Sport-Specific Conference and National Conference in Anaheim, CA and Las Vegas, NV, the National Soccer Coaches Association of American convention in Baltimore, MD, the NSCA Mid-Atlantic Regional conference in Philadelphia, PA, Team Australia Women’s Lacrosse Camps in Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia, the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association’s national conference in Nashville, TN, the NC State University Basketball Specific Strength and Conditioning Symposium in Raleigh, NC, the National Coaching Educators’ Conference in Park City, Utah, the PA Strength & Conditioning Clinic at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, plus the National Association of Speed and Explosion national conference in Marietta, Ohio, as well as many other locations throughout the year. At Loyola College, Rob hosts the annual Strength and Conditioning/Athletic Development Conference in July, and can be seen presenting at Polar Electro, Inc sponsored events.

Rick Court is in his second year as the Director of Football of Strength and Conditioning for the University of Toledo. He has spent six years on the strength and conditioning staff at Bowling Green (July 2003 - Jan 2009). In September of 2008 he was promoted from assistant director of strength and conditioning to head strength and conditioning coach for the Falcons.

Court is a 2002 graduate of Michigan State, where he played baseball for the Spartans and received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. He also earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky in 2003. Court is Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa).

Court was an intern in the strength and conditioning program at Michigan State in 2001 and 2002, working with the football, basketball, hockey teams. While at MSU, Court also worked with a variety of Olympic Sports. He also did an internship in strength training with the Detroit Tigers.

Ronnie McKeefery is in his eighth season at USF. A former all-conference defensive back at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan., he earned bachelor's degrees in biology and physical education in 1997, while also being named a two-time Academic All-American. In addition, he earned his master's degree in adult education from the University of South Florida in 2004.

After one year as coach at Ottawa, he made the switch to strength and conditioning, working first as an intern with the Kansas City Royals. He then worked as a part-time assistant for two years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before becoming the head strength coach for the Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe.

McKeefery joined the USF program prior to the 2000 football season. He is certified by both the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA).

CA pioneer in the field, Mike Gittleson spent thirty seasons as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Michigan’s football program. He was appointed the athletic department's first strength and conditioning coach in 1978. Gittleson was recognized by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society as the 2003 National Collegiate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Gittleson maintained the overall training and conditioning of the football program in one of the finest facilities in the country. He developed a unique and scientific approach to Michigan's conditioning program, tailoring each program to the individual player in order to provide the maximum physical output and the prevention of injuries.

A native of Manchester, N.H., Gittleson earned degrees from the University of New Hampshire (1975) and Plymouth State College (1977). He graduated summa cum laude with a 3.9 grade point average and was named the outstanding physical education student in his class at Plymouth State. Gittleson also lettered in three sports, football, wrestling and track and won the state weightlifting championship.

A Vietnam veteran, he later came to Michigan and completed a master's degree in exercise science (1980) and earned the prestigious Paul Hunsicker Award as an outstanding graduate student at the University.

An adjunct lecturer in Sports Management and Communication for the Division of Kinesiology, Gittleson was honored with the distinction of becoming an "Honorary 'M' Man" in 1997.

Alan Stein is the owner of Stronger Team and the Head Strength & Conditioning coach for the nationally renowned, Nike Elite Montrose Christian Mustangs boy’s basketball program. Alan brings a wealth of valuable experience to his training arsenal after years of extensive work with elite high school, college, and NBA players.

His passion, enthusiasm, and innovative training techniques make him one of the nation’s leading experts on productive training for basketball players. Alan is a performance consultant for Nike basketball as well as a member of the SPARQ Trainer Network. He is the head conditioning coach for the annual McDonald’s All American game, the Jordan All American Classic, and the Nike Summer Skills Academies. Alan has filmed over a dozen DVD’s on improving performance as well as authored the self published “Complete Guide To Basketball Conditioning.” He is a sought after lecturer at basketball camps and clinics across the world and has been featured in Winning Hoops, Time Out, Dime, SI.com, SLAMonline.com, American Basketball Quarterly, Stack, Men’s Health and FIBA Assist Magazine.

Before joining the Total Performance staff, Gordie directed the Hockey Treadmill at the Grand Rapids Athletic Republic site for over two years where he trained numerous college and professional hockey players. A graduate of Ferris State University, Gordie is the assistant Men's Hockey Coach at Oakland University where he has helped them win multiple National Championships. Through years of training, Gordie has developed a reputation for being one of the best skating instructors in Michigan. His teaching and coaching cues help hockey players quickly improve technical deficiencies in their skating to help them become the best skaters they can be. In addition to teaching skating mechanics on the hockey treadmill, Gordie also coordinates hockey Team Training as well as shooting and stick handling lessons.

Nick Wilson is in his third year as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with Detroit. A native of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wilson came to UDM from the Detroit Tigers, where he worked with the Tigers' minor league affiliates in both Lakeland, FL (High A), and Toledo, OH (AAA) as a strength and conditioning coach. He also worked in the Minnesota Twins and Cincinnati Reds organizations. Prior to his baseball experience, he served as a strength and conditioning intern in 2001 at UDM.

Coach Taylor has been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Loyola College in Maryland since the 2003-2004 athletic seasons. Rob is a graduate of Lock Haven University, where he was a three year starter for the baseball team. He has worked with professional organizations such as the Anaheim Angels, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Mutiny, and San Antonio Silver Stars. Rob Taylor is also the founder and owner of SMARTER Team Training. STT has been developed to focus on athlete and team development, performance, and education.

Coach Taylor has also been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at UNC Greensboro. He left to pursue a graduate degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Delaware, while working as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Rob has also worked with athletic department at Cincinnati, Princeton, and Villanova. At each of these institutions he has helped numerous athletes reach their dream of becoming professional athletes. Rob’s athletes have gone on to be drafted by the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS, MLL, and NLL. Rob was a strength and conditioning consultant for athletes on the Women’s Lacrosse World Cup Champion’s Team Australia in 2005, and has been appointed the Head Strength Coach for Team Australia’s Women’s Lacrosse 2009 World Cup team.

Taylor is certified through numerous national and international organizations. He is a Strength and Conditioning Certified Coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Rob is recertified with distinction for both the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer certifications through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Taylor is also a finalist for the 2009 NSCA College Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year award. He is also recognized by the National Strength Professionals Association as a Certified Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer. Taylor is also the Maryland/DC State Director for the National Association of Speed and Explosion and is a Certified Speed and Explosion Specialist. Rob has also earned the Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist credentials through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Currently, Rob is preparing for the Certified Sports Nutritionist certification from the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

In 2008, Coach Taylor was asked to present various components of the program he has developed at the NSCA Sport-Specific Conference and National Conference in Anaheim, CA and Las Vegas, NV, the National Soccer Coaches Association of American convention in Baltimore, MD, the NSCA Mid-Atlantic Regional conference in Philadelphia, PA, Team Australia Women’s Lacrosse Camps in Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia, the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association’s national conference in Nashville, TN, the NC State University Basketball Specific Strength and Conditioning Symposium in Raleigh, NC, the National Coaching Educators’ Conference in Park City, Utah, the PA Strength & Conditioning Clinic at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, plus the National Association of Speed and Explosion national conference in Marietta, Ohio, as well as many other locations throughout the year. At Loyola College, Rob hosts the annual Strength and Conditioning/Athletic Development Conference in July, and can be seen presenting at Polar Electro, Inc sponsored events.

Positions Held: North Carolina State: Athletic Improvement Coach (1986- 90); Athletic Improvement Coordinator (1990-94); Director of Athletic Improvement (1994-99); Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations (1999- 2000); Syracuse: Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (2000-07); Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance (2007-present). Hicks has worked with football programs that have appeared in a combined 10 bowl games.

Assistant athletics director for athletic performance William Hicks Jr. is responsible for the strength and conditioning program for Syracuse’s 21 intercollegiate athletics teams. He is the primary strength and conditioning coach for the Orange football program. Hicks and his staff develop programs to increase conditioning, strength, speed and agility for all sports teams.

He joined the Syracuse staff as strength and conditioning coach in 2000 after working at his alma mater, North Carolina State, for 16 years. He was an assistant on the athletic improvement staff from 1986-90 before being promoted to coordinator of the program in 1994. He was named assistant athletic director for football operations in 1999. Hicks was selected the Atlantic Coast Conference Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 1999. He was one of 11 finalists for the national honor.

He earned his degree in recreation resources administration from North Carolina State in 1987. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and is a professional member of the American Football Coaches Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Michelle is a Registered Dietitian specializing in Sports Nutrition for competitive athletes and active Individuals. She is one of 250 dietitians in the United States holding the Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics credential. She consults with individual athletes and athletic teams locally and nationwide on issues related to enhancing performance and health status through nutrition intervention. Michelle serves as consultant to athletic departments of several colleges and universities nation-wide in addition to a number of professional teams and athletes. She has served as a speaker, lecturer, and writer for several professional organizations, universities, and sports groups.

Co-founding RK Team Nutrition, a nutrition education program, with Susan Kundrat MS, RD, CSSD has been a recent career highlight as educating students and sports/healthcare professionals is a true passion of Michelle’s.

Previously, Michelle served as the Director of Sports Nutrition for the University of Florida Athletic Association from 1999-2005. In this role, Michelle directed nutrition education, counseling, and food service for the Gators’ 18 varsity teams. She actively collaborated with coaches and the sports medicine team to provide high level nutritional care to each athlete. She directed the Gator Training Table, body composition analysis, dietary supplement evaluation, the eating disorder team, and Sports Psychology services. She also served as a lecturer and preceptor for the University of Florida Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and other campus departments.

Michelle holds Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from the Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise department at Virginia Tech where she was team captain and 5-time conference champion of the Hokies’ Track & Field team. She completed her Dietetics internship training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

CA pioneer in the field, Mike Gittleson spent thirty seasons as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Michigan’s football program. He was appointed the athletic department's first strength and conditioning coach in 1978. Gittleson was recognized by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society as the 2003 National Collegiate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Gittleson maintained the overall training and conditioning of the football program in one of the finest facilities in the country. He developed a unique and scientific approach to Michigan's conditioning program, tailoring each program to the individual player in order to provide the maximum physical output and the prevention of injuries.

A native of Manchester, N.H., Gittleson earned degrees from the University of New Hampshire (1975) and Plymouth State College (1977). He graduated summa cum laude with a 3.9 grade point average and was named the outstanding physical education student in his class at Plymouth State. Gittleson also lettered in three sports, football, wrestling and track and won the state weightlifting championship.

A Vietnam veteran, he later came to Michigan and completed a master's degree in exercise science (1980) and earned the prestigious Paul Hunsicker Award as an outstanding graduate student at the University.

An adjunct lecturer in Sports Management and Communication for the Division of Kinesiology, Gittleson was honored with the distinction of becoming an "Honorary 'M' Man" in 1997.

Allan has 25 years of experience at the high school, collegiate, and professional level as a strength and conditioning professional. He coached collegiately at West Virginia and Ohio State University where he helped lead the Buckeyes to the 2002 National Football Championship. He also coached in 17 post-season football and basketball bowl games including Sweet- 16 NCAA tournaments and three National Football Championship games.

Johnson was the first strength and conditioning coach in the history of the Baltimore Orioles and one of the 1st five in all of MLB. Allan is a 2003 inductee into the Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame and was named 2002 National Strength Coach of the Year. He has been recognized six times as the Big East Conference Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Throughout his career Allan has trained NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA All-Americans, and nationally ranked tennis players.

Allan speaks at national, regional, and local conferences and clinics regarding strength, speed, and conditioning topics as well as motivation, leadership, and team building. Coach Johnson was an extra in the movie, “Dave”, with Sigorney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Allan serves as a consultant for: Nike Football Clinics, Gilman Gear, High Performance Nutrition, Training & Conditioning Magazine (Editorial Board), Maxx Football, and Alpha Dog Sports. Allan is certified through the NSCA, CSCCa, and NASE.

Brad Pantall is entering his fourth season as the basketball speed, strength and conditioning coach at Penn State University. Pantall is in charge of the physical development of all Nittany Lion and Lady Lion basketball players. His primary focus centers on designing, implementing and overseeing a functional and individual training regimen with emphasis on all aspects of speed, agility, power, strength, conditioning, flexibility and performance nutrition in the men’s and women’s basketball studentathletes.

From 1996 - 1998 Pantall worked as an assistant football strength and conditioning coach. In 1998, Pantall was hired as assistant strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports, in which he spent time with each of the departments 29 teams. He has also worked with the strength and conditioning programs of the NFL’s Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals. Pantall is a training consultant for various organizations and has spoken nationally at different sport performance camps and clinics. Throughout his professional career, Pantall has trained and worked with/for:

• (15) Conference Championships
• (6) National Championships
• (1) NIT Basketball Championship
• (200+) All-Big Ten selections
• (100+) All-Americans
• (20) NFL first-round draft picks
• (2) Heisman Trophy winners
• (1) Hermann Trophy winner

A 1996 graduate of Penn State with a degree in Health Education and Exercise Sports Science, Pantall was a member of the Nittany Lion football team. He earned a master’s degree from Penn State in Counseling and Education, with an emphasis in chemical dependency and sport nutrition in 1999. Pantall is certified by USA weightlifting and the National Association of Speed and Explosion, for which he serves as the state director. He is also a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.

Alan Stein is the owner of Stronger Team and the Head Strength & Conditioning coach for the nationally renowned, Nike Elite Montrose Christian Mustangs boy’s basketball program. Alan brings a wealth of valuable experience to his training arsenal after years of extensive work with elite high school, college, and NBA players.

His passion, enthusiasm, and innovative training techniques make him one of the nation’s leading experts on productive training for basketball players. Alan is a performance consultant for Nike basketball as well as a member of the SPARQ Trainer Network. He is the head conditioning coach for the annual McDonald’s All American game, the Jordan All American Classic, and the Nike Summer Skills Academies. Alan has filmed over a dozen DVD’s on improving performance as well as authored the self published “Complete Guide To Basketball Conditioning.” He is a sought after lecturer at basketball camps and clinics across the world and has been featured in Winning Hoops, Time Out, Dime, SI.com, SLAMonline.com, American Basketball Quarterly, Stack, Men’s Health and FIBA Assist Magazine.

Coach Gallucci graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science and a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology/Biomechanics in 2000. As an undergraduate at Penn State, he was a member of the football team including the 1994 team that went 12-0 and won the Rose Bowl. While completing his Master’s degree, Coach Gallucci worked as a graduate assistant strength coach for the Penn State Football team and as the head strength coach for the university’s club boxing program.

Upon graduation, Coach Gallucci was hired at Princeton as an assistant strength coach and was named head strength coach in 2002. At Princeton, he has had work published in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics and has co-authored a book titled, Training the Female Athlete: Reach for Victory. During his tenure, Princeton has won more league titles than any school in the conference and has become the first non-scholarship school to finish in the top 25 of the Sear’s Director’s Cup. Currently overseeing a staff that trains 25 varsity sports, he has coached athletes that have gone on to compete in the NFL, MLB, NHL, MLL, as well as the Olympics in various sports. He has had the privilege of speaking at many conferences including the NSCA Sports Specific Conference in Nashville, TN and the Hammer Strength Clinic in Montclair, NJ.

Jason Dierking is in his fifth year as Assistant Director of Sports Performance at the University of Louisville. In this role he works directly with men’s and women’s swimming/diving, men’s soccer, field hockey, men’s golf, and cross country.

Prior to Louisville, Dierking served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Indiana University from 2001-2005. He also was a graduate assistant strength coach at IU from 1998-2001. During the summer of 2000, Dierking worked as the strength and conditioning intern at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY, where he helped train athletes that were preparing for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Dierking earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in adult physical fitness from Eastern Kentucky University, where he also played baseball for the Colonels.

Jason is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a USAW Level 1 Coach, and a Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certified Specialist.

After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Michigan State University, Jim headed to Ann Arbor to get a Masters Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. While in school, Jim worked as an intern in the Strength & Conditioning Program in U-M's Athletic Department. During that time, he also served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach at Holt High School and worked as a personal trainer at the Michigan Athletic Club in East Lansing.

After graduate school, Jim ran an Athletic Republic training center for a year before he was hired as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. While at UDM, Jim was a part of numerous league championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in a variety of sports. In addition to coaching responsibilities at the university, he also served as an adjunct faculty member teaching courses in Sports Medicine. After seven years at the university, Jim joined forces with the Total Sports Complex to open the Total Performance Training Center in August 2002.

Jim is the Regional Coordinator for the National Strength & Conditioning Association where he organizes clinics for trainers and coaches and provides support for members of the organization. He has been a featured speaker at clinics and conferences all over the country and has authored articles in numerous publications. Jim is the author of two books - Speed & Agility Revolution and Weight Loss In Reality - and was recently contracted by the Michigan High School Athletic Association to develop a strength & conditioning curriculum for their Coaches Advancement Program. During his career, Jim has trained thousands of athletes including professional football, basketball and hockey players, Olympic competitors, hundreds of college athletes and too many youth athletes to count. He is proud to be able to bring the training techniques of college and professional athletes to younger athletes looking to reach their potential.

Greg Zecca started his professional career in athletics nearly 20 years ago as a coach at Huntington High School in New York. He is currently the Athletic Director at The Calverton School in Huntingtown, Maryland. Mr. Zecca has a BA in psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University where he played both football and lacrosse. He also earned a MA in Sports Management from Adelphi University. In his 20 year professional career in athletics he has been both a coach and an administrator at the high school and college levels. In addition to his professional responsibilities at The Calverton School he also serves as a league president for the C.A.L.L. and M.I.S.A.L. From 2003-2006, Greg served as the Head Coach and General Manager for Team Italy as they prepared for their first competition at the World Lacrosse Championships.

Ronnie McKeefery is in his eighth season at USF. A former all-conference defensive back at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan., he earned bachelor's degrees in biology and physical education in 1997, while also being named a two-time Academic All-American. In addition, he earned his master's degree in adult education from the University of South Florida in 2004.

After one year as coach at Ottawa, he made the switch to strength and conditioning, working first as an intern with the Kansas City Royals. He then worked as a part-time assistant for two years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before becoming the head strength coach for the Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe.

McKeefery joined the USF program prior to the 2000 football season. He is certified by both the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA).

Tom Palumbo has been a strength and conditioning coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes since 2001. Palumbo came to Ohio State from the Pittsburgh Pirates organization where he served as a Minor League conditioning coach for the 2001 season. His team, the Williamsport Crosscutters won the NY/Penn League championship. From 1999-2001 Palumbo was the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Georgia. While earning his master's degree in Physical Education and Sport Studies, Palumbo was a graduate assistant for the P.E. department and a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at UGA. Just some of Coach Palumbo’s athletes’ accomplishments:

• 2009-2010 OSU Hall of Fame Inductees:Allison Hannah, Emma Laakenson
• 2008-2009 Golf: All Big Ten - In-Hong Lim, Vicky Villanueva; Big Ten Freshman of the Year - Vicky Villanueva; Lacrosse: American Lacrosse Conference Rookie of the Year – Alayna Markwordt, All Conference Team – Kelly Haggerty, Kendall Gysin, Alayna Markwordt; Softball: All Big Ten – DeeDee Hillman, Kim Reeder, Whitney Cooper, Sam Marder, Alicia Herron, All District – Kim Reeder, Tory Haddad, All American – Kim Reeder, Sam Marder
• 2007-2008 Softball: All American, Sam Marder, Brittany Vanderink; Lacrosse: All Conference and All Region, Kristen Slahor and Brittany Zerhusen, American Lacrosse Conference Rookie of the Year – Maghan Beadrault
• 2006-2007 Softball: Big Ten Season Champions, Big Ten Tournament Champions, seven players named All Conference, six players named to the All Tournament Team and Tournament MVP; Women’s Ice Hockey All WCHA: Tessa Bonhomme, Amber Bowman, Erin Keys, Lisa Chesson; Baseball: Big Ten Tournament Champions, four players drafted, Ping! Freshman All-American Corey Korvanda
• 2005-2006 Softball: All Big Ten and All Region - Brittany Vanderink; Golf: All Big Ten - Dana Je; Baseball: All American - Ronnie Bourquin
• 2004-2005 Big Ten Championship: Women’s Golf; All American and Big Ten Player of the Year: Kristen White; All Big Ten: Kristen White (Golf), Lindsey Knowlton (Golf); All Big Ten Team (Baseball): Dan Delucia, Mike Rabin
• 2003-2004 Big Ten Championships: Men’s and Women’s Golf; Big Ten Player of theYear: Steve Caravatti (Baseball); Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Jacob Howell (Baseball); All Big Ten: Josh Newman (Baseball); Olympic athlete: Gulsah Gunec (Swimming); All Big Ten, All American: Kristen White, Allison Hannah(Golf); OSU Athlete of the Year: Allison Hanna (Golf)
• 2000-2001 NY-Penn League Champions; Pinkney Division Champions (Baseball); National Championship and SEC Championship: Women’s Swimming and Diving; SEC Championship: Men’s Golf; (Swimming) Four World Records; Seven American Records; Four US Olympic Athletes: Five International Athletes; Three Gold Medalists; One Silver Medalist; 2000 and 2001 Honda NCAA Female Athlete of the Year and NCAA Top VIII Award: Kristy Kowal, Kim Black; Baseball: 1st round draft pick – Jeff Keppinger