Alec Olson returned to his alma mater in 2020 as the Assistant Sports Performance Coach and enters his third season. Olson directs all aspects of sports performance for women’s volleyball, track and field and women’s basketball. While those are his main sports, Olson assists the Director of Sports Performance, Cori Metzgar, with all other sports, operations and implementations.
During his time at WOU he added an athlete load program for all teams to track daily wellness and stress to optimize performance. He tracks daily RSI with women’s volleyball before training as a readiness tool and to optimize individual programming. In addition, he is responsible for all aspects of intern education.
Prior to WOU, Olson spent time as a football strength and conditioning intern at the University of Iowa during the summer of 2020 assisting in the implementation and execution of all aspects for football strength and conditioning.
After completing his undergraduate degree at WOU with a bachelor’s in social science and exercise science, Olson went on to complete his master’s degree in biomechanics at Illinois State. While at Illinois State, Olson directed all aspects of strength and conditioning for women’s gymnastics, men’s tennis and women’s golf. He also was the primary assistant to the operations and implementation for football. Olson served as the primary assistant in monitoring and the execution of softball, throwers and jumpers program training sessions. Olson designed and implemented a recovery survey for women’s gymnastics to track sleep, nutrition and stress variables.
Olson is strength and conditioning coach certified through CSCCA and advanced sports performance coach through USAW. During his time at WOU, he played on the football team for three seasons.
