Darin Thomas is now the current Director of Strength and Conditioning at Muhlenberg College and has immediately put his numerous years of D-1 coaching experience into effect for the Mules. He has implemented strength training, nutrition, and conditioning programs for individual athletes and teams, using various strength and conditioning modalities.
Darin graduated from the State University of New York, College at Cortland in 1996 with a master’s degree in physical education.
The same year, he became the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Richmond. From 1997 to 2005 he was the Director of Strength and Conditioning where he designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for the sports teams.
In 2005 Coach Thomas brought his knowledge and experience to South Bend where he worked at Notre Dame. In the Department of Physical Education, he instructed components of wellness, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, weight management, nutrition, and stress management.
In the summer of 2011 Coach Thomas went to the University of Adama Mickiewicz in Poznan, Poland where he taught principles and foundations of strength and conditioning course.
Darin is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist-NSCA and the USA Weightlifting Federation Level 1 Club Coach.
Coaching Career
- Currently the director of Strength and Conditioning at Muhlenberg College.
- Prior to coming to Muhlenberg, worked in Physical Education at the University of Notre Dame.
- Formerly director and owner of Total Athletic Performance Training in Mishawaka, Indiana.
- Former Director of Strength & Conditioning at the University of Richmond for nine years.
- Former Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Richmond.
- Former assistant football/strength coach at Windsor Central School located in New York.
- Former assistant at SUNY Cortland.
Conference Presentations
- Presented at the 2022 Southeast Regional Strength and Conditioning Clinic on Preparing
Your Student-Athletes to Transition from High School to College. - Presented at the 2022 Southeast Regional Strength and Conditioning Clinic on Training
the Neck for All Sports with Minimal Equipment. - Presented at the 2019 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Conference on the
Vision of Muhlenberg College Strength & Conditioning Program. - Presented 2019 to the Department of Physical Education faculty members and coaching
staff, at the University of Adama Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland on Developing a First Year
Strength and Conditioning Program. - Presented at the 2018 NSCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference on Administration
Components of Developing & Enhancing Strength and Conditioning Programs. - Presented at the 2018 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on Training
Sports Specific Agility and Change of Direction. - Presented at The 2017 Mid Atlantic Football Coaches Clinic on Enhancing Your Football
Strength & Conditioning Program. - Presented at the 2016 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on
Developing a Strength and Conditioning Program for Young Athletes. - Presented 2015 at Pennsylvania Department of Corrections State Correctional Institution
at Mahanoy on Teaching Progression of the Olympic lifts. - Presented at the 2014 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on
Developing a Strength and Conditioning Program for Young Athletes. - Presented at the 2013 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on
Developing a First Year Strength and Conditioning Program. - Presented at the 2012 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on Practical
Applications for Power Development. - Presented at the 2011 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on Program
Design for the Multiple Sport Athletes. - Presented 2011 to the Department of Physical Education faculty members, at the
University of Adama Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland on the University Notre Dame
Physical Education Mission & Physical Education Requirements. - Presented 2010 at Pennsylvania Department of Corrections State Correctional Institution
at Mahanoy on Guidelines for Increasing Strength and Power. - Presented at the 2009 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on Movement
Prep Drills to Enhance Sports Performance. - Presented at the 2008 NSCA Pennsylvania State Speed and Strength Clinic on
Developing a Year-Around Strength and Conditioning Program for Football Players. - Presented at the 2007 NSCA Illinois State Speed and Strength Clinic on Practical
Applications for Strength and Power Development. - Presented at the 2006 NSCA Illinois State Speed and Strength Clinic on Multi-directional Movement Training for Sports.
