Over the past decade one of the biggest changes in collegiate athletics has been the new attitude toward strength and conditioning. And in the cases of ETSU’s successes on the field, those championships could not have happened without the hard work and dedication of each student-athlete in the weight room.

Under the direction of head strength coach Lee Morrow, who is currently in his 30th season at ETSU, the Buccaneers have earned eight Gatorade/National Strength Coaches Association All-American Team honors. And with its recent collaboration with the Center of Excellence for Sports Science and Coach Education (CESSCE), ETSU’s strength and conditioning program has focused its efforts on helping each student-athlete reach his/her greatest athletic potential, in the areas of strength, speed, agility and injury prevention.

Located inside Memorial Center, the ETSU’s strength and conditioning complex features one of the finest weight rooms in the area. Overall, the Buccaneers have access to a 7,200-foot facility that features state-of-the-art equipment, including customized full power racks, Hammer-Strength machines, including bench press, incline press, military press, rowing machines, speed mats, pull-up and other impressive array of sports performance tools.

Morrow is assisted by Assistant Strength Coach Jason Fields, while graduate students from the Center of Excellence for Sports Science and Coach Education (CESSCE) are partnered with specific teams to help enhance those teams success. These graduate and doctoral students include:

Adam Colorita (Volleyball) -- Masters

Ashley Kavanaugh (Volleyball) -- Doctoral

Brad Anderson (Baseball) -- Masters

Caleb Bazyler (Men's tennis) -- Masters

Chris Bailey (Baseball) -- Doctoral

Chris MacDonald (Women's soccer) -- Doctoral

Christian Carter (Women's soccer) -- Doctoral

David Land (Women's tennis) -- Masters

Geoff Fryer (Volleyball) -- Masters

George Beckham (Women's tennis) -- Masters

Guy Hornsby (Baseball) – Doctoral

Howard Gray (Men’s soccer) – Doctoral

James Hoffmann (Men's golf/Men's tennis) -- Doctoral

Joel Cowan (Women's soccer) -- Masters

Mark Chiang (Baseball) -- Doctoral

Mike Israetel (Volleyball) -- Doctoral

Ryan Alexander (Women's soccer/Men's golf) -- Doctoral

Satoshi Mizuguchi (Men's soccer) -- Doctoral

Scott Dishner (Men's soccer) -- Masters

Zhan Xin Sha (Men's tennis) -- Doctoral

For more on the CESSCE, click here to access their official web page.