University of Michigan Off-Season Strength Program
Presentation Summary: Planning the training program
Core Value as a Strength Coach
-What's Your Why?
-Discipline, Effort, Toughness
-Responsibilities of a strength coach
Considerations when setting up the off-season program
-Leadership
-Length of offseason calendar
-Team Needs
-Constants (principles that never change)
-Periodization Considerations
UM Summer Conditioning Template
Biography: Aaron Wellman is in his fourth year at Michigan as the football team's strength and conditioning coach. He came to Ann Arbor after spending two years at San Diego State and five years at Ball State with Brady Hoke.
Wellman has 18 years of experience at the Division I collegiate level, including seven years in the Big Ten Conference. A safety at Division III Manchester College in Indiana, Wellman began his career as a graduate assistant at Indiana University, where he earned his master's degree in 1998. He spent three years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Hoosiers and was primarily involved with the football, baseball and softball teams, as well as developing individual nutrition programs for student-athletes.
At Michigan State, Wellman was involved with all aspects of the strength and conditioning program for the football team, and assisted with men's and women's basketball and ice hockey.
A member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, Wellman is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He and his wife, Shellie, have a son, Grant, and a daughter, Grace.
