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MSU FOOTBALL CLINIC

We would like to invite you and your fellow coaches to the 2nd Annual MSU Strength & Conditioning Clinic for Football. The clinic is designed to give all football coaches, a solid foundation in the basic fundamentals of strength training,speed mechanics and agility training.


WHEN:
Saturday, January 31, 2009.
*Registration & Check-in @ 745-830am


WHERE:
Clara Bell Smith Academic Center
(adjacent to the Duffy Daugherty Building)


COST:$75.00 Pre-registered via mail
*Full payment by check made payable to
"Michigan State University"


CLINIC SPEAKERS

Ken Mannie moves into his fifteenth year overseeing Michigan State's strength and conditioning program. As a Master strength & conditioning coach with the CSCCa, Mannie has played an integral part in helping the Spartans to eight postseason bowl games. Mannie has written over 100 articles and two book chapters on the various aspects of strength/conditioning, athletics and the anabolic drug abuse issue. He also writes a monthly column for Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director, the nation’s premier coaching publication, and is a frequent contributor to the Championship Performance newsletter. Prior to his arrival at Michigan State, Mannie spent nine years in a similar capacity at Toledo and served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State earning his master’s degree in Exercise Science. Mannie also taught and coached on the high school level for 10 years after graduating from Akron, where he was a three-year starter at offensive guard.


A pioneer in the field, Mike Gittleson is a consultant for Rogers Athletic after spending the previous 30 years as the strength & conditioning coach for the University of Michigan. He was appointed the athletic department's first strength & conditioning coach in 1978 and oversaw the day-to-day strength & conditioning program for the student-athletes. He was recognized by the Professional Football Strength & Conditioning Coaches Society as the 2003 National Collegiate Football Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year. A native of Manchester, N.H., Gittleson earned degrees from New Hampshire (1975) and Plymouth State College (1977). He graduated summa cum laude with a 3.9 gpa and was named the outstanding physical education student in his class at Plymouth State. Gittleson also lettered in 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. As an adjunct lecturer in Sports Management, Gittleson was honored with the distinction of becoming an "Honorary 'M' Man" in 1997.


Randy Gillon enters his third season with Michigan State working with the sprinters and hurdlers and going into his second offseason as the football team’s speed coach. Gillon's coaching resume includes stints at Illinois State and at the University of Illinois. Gillon arrived at MSU after directing Prime Function Strength and Rehabilitation Training Systems in Toronto since 2003, where he designed and oversaw strength training, weight management, rehabilitation, and general fitness programs for both competitive and non-competitive athletes of various sports. Gillon also served as a consultant to First Line Kinesiologist Inc., providing therapeutic exercises to post-injury individuals. Gillon is a member of and certified through the NSCA, USATF, the Ontario Kinesiologist Association (OKA) and Ontario Track and Field Association (OTFA). Gillon earned his BS and MS in Kinesiology from Illinois. A three-year letterwinner for the track & field program, Gillon currently graduated eighth on Illinois' alltime record chart with a time of 14.15 in the 110m high hurdles.


Aaron Hillmann is in his eighth year with the Falcons. Hillmann oversees strength & conditioning for the Falcons' 18-sport athletic program.Prior to coming to Bowling Green, Hillmann had been the assistant coordinator of strength & conditioning at Notre Dame from 1998 to 2001. Hillmann went to Notre Dame after serving as the football strength & conditioning coach at Connecticut from 1996-1998. He also has served as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Cincinnati (1995-96) and Ball State (1992-96). Hillmann also has spent time as a strength & conditioning specialist for the Pittsburgh Steelers (summer, 1994), assisting in the supervision of their preseason strength & conditioning program. A native of St. Louis, Hillmann earned his bachelor of science degree in secondary education while playing football for the Missouri Tigers.


Carlo Alvarez returns for his 7th season as the strength & conditioning coordinator at Cincinnati St. Xavier High School . He is recognized as a leader in athletic performance training, developing and implementing unique and breakthrough concepts in high performance training. He began his coaching career at his alma-mater, the University of Cincinnati in 1994. From 1996-1998 he served as the strength & conditioning
coach at St. Xavier, then he moved on to the college ranks and served as an assistant strength coach at the University of Notre Dame. He left Notre Dame in 2000 to become Assistant Strength & Conditioning coordinator for the Cleveland Indians where he was responsible for developing player training plans and coordinating Latin American athletic development programs and internships. In 2002, he became the Head Strength & Conditioning Coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds. During his time with the Reds, he developed one of the most comprehensive and recognized athletic development programs in Major League Baseball and Latin America. In addition to his current post at “St. X”, Carlo owns Ethos Athletics, which specializes in state of the art strength & conditioning programs.


Jim Kielbaso joined forces with the Total Sports Complex to open the Total Performance Training Center in August 2002 after seven yearsas the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and adjunct faculty member at the University of Detroit Mercy. After receiving his BS from MichiganState University, Jim immediately went to the University of Michigan working as a strength & conditioning intern all while earning his Masters Degree in Kinesiology . 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 being hired by UDM. Currently, Jim is the Regional Coordinator for the NSCA and 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 MHSAA to develop a strength & conditioning curriculum for their Coaches Advancement Program. During his career, Jim has trained thousands of athletes including professional and college football, basketball and hockey players, Olympic competitors, and too many youth athletes to count.


In addition to the featured speakers, the Spartan Strength & Conditioning Staff consisting of Tommy Hoke, Molli Munz, Mike Vorkapich and Tim Wakeham will be on-hand to facilitate the clinic.