Also called: S&C Intern, Graduate Assistant Strength Coach
Coaches athletes in a college weight room while earning a master's degree.
They set up equipment, coach lifts, and help run workouts for multiple teams, often starting at 5 a.m. Pay is a stipend plus free graduate tuition. It's the standard first rung of the strength coaching ladder.
Estimate; stipends plus tuition waivers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in exercise science; enrolled in a master's program.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Exercise Science, Kinesiology.
Growing about average. Entry-level.
Low risk for 10 years. Coaching athletes in the weight room is hands-on; the GA role is the standard door into college strength jobs.
Classes: Weight training PE, Anatomy and physiology, Health and nutrition.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2022.
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