Today we are joined by Dr. Kevin McGinniss on Episode 22 of The Hawkin Podcast.   Dr. McGinniss is currently an Assistant Professor, Graduate Coordinator, and Director of Sport Management at Southern Connecticut State University.  His previous responsibilities include President & CEO of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), while also holding positions as Director of Athletics for the University of Rhode Island (URI), Mercy College, Quinnipiac University, U.S. Merchant Marine...

Today we are joined by Teofe Ziemnicki on Episode 21 of The Hawkin Podcast.   Teofe is currently the Head of Sports Science at Teambuildr, the leading software for strength and conditioning coaches. He has previously worked as the Director of Sports Science and Analytics / Assistant Strength Coach at Yale University where he was responsible for tracking progression among athletes. Additionally working as the Head Strength Coach for 6 varsity teams at the university, as well as the Sports...

We are joined in Episode 20 of The Hawkin Podcast by Guy Hornsby.   Guy Hornsby is currently the Assistant Professor of Coaching and Performance Science and is also the Head Coach of West Virginia Weightlifting for WVU. He graduated from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) with his Ph.D. in Sports Physiology & Performance. Additional responsibilities include Coaching Science Coordinator at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Human Performance Innovation Center, and West...

Trey Hall is the head football sports performance coach. Hall joined the Black Bears after spending a season as the assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Yale University. While with the Bulldogs, he played a key role in conducting weight room and on-field warm-ups while advancing Yale Athletics to the next level through the utilization of leading sports science technology.  Prior to his stint at Yale, he served as a strength and conditioning assistant at Delaware State...

James McFarland is a Teacher of Health and Physical Education and Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Hillsborough High School, NJ. He was the National High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year 2018, and Hillsborough High Schools Teacher of the Year in 2008. Jim has been responsible for the health and physical education planning and implementation of Hillsborough High School’s Strength and Conditioning Program since he began in 1997. In 1999 he was given the charge of...

Pat Dixon is the Director of Applied Sport Science at Momentous - a company who engineers athlete focused supplements.   Dixon began his career in exercise science at the University of Connecticut while pursuing a Master’s Degree and also working in athletics as a strength and conditioning coach. Previous publications, online and in print, have focused on athlete development with a focus on improving power production and performance. He spent 18 years working with college athletes at UConn,...

DJ Dolan describes himself as an Athlete, Leader, & Teammate.   As an Athlete, DJ was a former collegiate football player (at Merrimack College), and professional boxer for All-American Heavyweight (in California).  As a Teammate and Leader, and shortly after his athletic career, he joined the US Army as both an enlisted and commissioned officer. Post Army, he joined the Massachusetts State Police working primarily on two teams. The first as a detective with the violent fugitive...

Joe Staub joins us in Episode 15 of The Hawkin Podcast! Joe is currently the Executive Director at The Zenta Group. The Zenta Group is a Business & Management consulting group that has a focus on Management and Leadership. Previously, Joe ran Track & Field at the University of Connecticut during his undergraduate program. During this time, Joe also worked as an intern for the strength and conditioning department. Joe continued his education at UConn for this graduate program in...

Beau Bartone joins us in Episode 14 of The Hawkin Podcast! Beau is currently a Performance Coach at Future. Future offers one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go. Learn more about Future at www.future.co.   Beau starting his coaching career as a student-assistant football coach at Southern Connecticut State University before interning with Yale University Football & Lacrosse in the summer of 2017. Shortly after, Beau entered the private sector...

In Episode 13 of The Hawkin Podcast we are joined by Dr. Larry Wilen & Vince Wilczynski from Yale University Center for Engineering Innovation & Design (CEID).   Since 2012, the 8,700 square foot CEID design lab serves as a hub for collaborative design and interdisciplinary activity at Yale University. Its goal is to enable the design, development, and actualization of ideas, from the whiteboard to the real world. It is a "Maker Space" and a one of a kind resource for Yale...

In Episode 12 of The Hawkin Podcast we are joined by Hewitt Tomlin, Co-Founder of TeamBuildr. Founded in 2012, TeamBuildr is a SaaS company that saves strength & conditioning coaches time by automating program building, tracking, and auditing.    Key topics from this episode include: • How the TeamBuildr idea evolved into a business • Picking the right software to build, and how it changed overtime • Determining what features are impactful & important for all users • The evolution...

Thomas Beckett joins The Hawkin Podcast in Episode 11 to discuss his tenure at Yale University which includes 24-years as the Director of Athletics for the Bulldogs, 118 Championships, 73 first-place Ivy League finishes, 43 Olympic Athletes, 337 All-Americans during his time on campus.    Beckett also significantly grew the department financially. In 1994, there was an athletics endowment of roughly $20 million. In 2017, when he retired the endowment was $283 million, an increase of $263...

Boyd Epley, MEd, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, FNSCA, founder of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and one of the most decorated strength coaches of all time, talks to Thomas Newman, Hawkin Dynamics Chief Innovation Officer.   In this episode, Boyd talks about his innovation within Strength & Conditioning over the course of his 35-year coaching career. During this time, Boyd recorded 356 Wins, 5 National Championships, and a host of National Player of the Year Award winners. He...

Brandon Shaffer joins us in Episode 9 of The Hawkin Podcast from the Minnesota Twins where he is a Complex Strength & Conditioning Coach.   Prior to joining the Minnesota Twins, Brandon was a Strength & Conditioning coach at Yale University for nearly 2-years, and previously a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern State University.    Interested in learning more about Hawkin Dynamics? Check us out at HawkinDynamics.com

We are joined in Episode 08 of The Hawkin Podcast by Eric Renaghan. Eric Renaghan is currently the General Manager at Sanford Power in Irvine, California. Prior to leading Sanford Power Eric was the Head of Strength and Conditioning for the St. Louis Blues (NHL) starting in 2016. Prior to his position with the Blues, he held the title of assistant S&C coach for the Vancouver Canucks. Eric has also recently completed his graduate studies in biomechanics from Lindenwood University. His...

TJ Belanger joins us from Yale University for Episode 7 of The Hawkin Podcast. In this episode TJ & Thomas will cover: What it's like being an intern at one of the nation's best intern programs, Yale University Building an internship curriculum from scratch  Care for the athlete, over program perfection How to continually audit your training programs  Using force plates as an analog  ...and much much more Find us at www.HawkinDynamics.com

The newest member of the Hawkin Dynamics Team, James Hanisch joins us in Episode 6 of The Hawkin Podcast. James joins HD from the Philadelphia Eagles where he was the Director of Performance Science for over 6-years. Prior to the Eagles, James spent 2.5-years with the University of Oregon.    James & Thomas talk about: James journey and finding himself in sport performance  The Australian performance model vs. the US model Moving from lab-based to field-based research Building...

Ryan Carroll is currently the Director of Elite Sport & Tactical at Bridge Athletic. Prior to Bridge, Ryan was the Tactical Performance Specialist at Exos for 6-years. In this episode, Ryan discusses his upcoming presentation at the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) Tactical Strength & Conditioning Conference (TSAC) in Norfolk, VA, and how the culture in the military is changing in regards to training the female athlete.

Drew Hammond currently serves as a Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Director within the XVIII Airborne Corps located at Fort Bragg, NC. Prior to working with the Army, Drew served as a strength and conditioning specialist and human performance program director with Air Force Special Warfare out of Tucson, Arizona. He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his masters in physiology and strength and conditioning from...