Strength and Conditioning Coordinator

Jerry Martin is in his 19th year at the University of Connecticut. He coordinates workout activities for all of UConn’s 24 varsity teams, including the immediate direction of the strength and conditioning program for the Husky football team.

He is a certified Level I coach from the United States Weightlifting Federation and is also certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Martin was a finalist for the NSCA National Strength Coach of the Year in both 1994 and 2001. He has also served as the head strength coach for the USA national field hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Cup.

Martin is a 1978 graduate of Syracuse with a degree in psychology, who later earned a second degree from Syracuse in social work in 1980. He earned his master’s in exercise testing and training from UConn in 1986 and has since done doctoral course work in exercise physiology. He was a four-year member of the Orangemen football team where he played alongside Randy Edsall. Prior to coming back to Connecticut in 1990, Martin spent three years as the strength coach at Yale University.