Joe Collins - Strength & Conditioning - Baseball Coaches

Joe Collins

Title:
Strength & Conditioning
Email:
jcllns11@memphis.edu
Phone:
901-678-2994

Joe Collins brings a wealth experience in strength and conditioning to the University of Memphis and in training the school’s student-athletes. He joined the Memphis Athletic Performance staff as Assistant Director for Olympic Sports in August 2015.

Collins’ experience spans not only intercollegiate athletics but also both professional baseball and working with athletes outside a team organization.

He joins the Memphis staff after working the past three years as Director of Sports Performance at a private sector training center which catered to athletes. In his previous position, Collins designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for professional and college bound athletes.

Prior to working in the private sector, Collins was the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of North Florida (2004-10) and Texas-Pan American (2010-12).

During his tenure at North Florida, he was part of the university’s transition from NCAA Division II to Division I.

Collins worked in professional baseball in both the Milwaukee Brewers (2000-01) and Kansas City Royals (2001-03) organizations. He was the strength coach of the Brewers’ AA affiliate, the Huntsville Stars. The Stars would win the Southern League championship during his time with the team. Later, he worked with the Royals’ A affiliate, the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

Collins was the head strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports at the University of Pittsburgh from 1998 to 2000. In addition to designing and implementing training programs for Pitt’s Olympic sport student-athletes, he also assisted with strength and conditioning for Pitt football.

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Collins is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also CPR certified.