Kevin Schadt is entering his sixth season as UTEP’s director of strength and conditioning under head coach Dana Dimel. Schadt is in his 17th season in the strength and conditioning profession overall.
Schadt spent the previous six seasons (2012-17) at Kansas State as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Schadt spent all six seasons with Dimel while he was the offensive coordinator at K-State. Ten Wildcats were drafted to the National Football League during Schadt’s six seasons in Manhattan. Nine Wildcats were named All-American (first or second team) during Schadt’s time with the program.
Schadt spent three years (2009-11) with the Army West Point football program as an assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Schadt graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in applied nutrition and strength and conditioning in 2007. He was hired as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Delaware in June, 2007.
Schadt earned his Master’s Degree in health, human performance, and recreation from Pittsburgh State in 2017. He had a publication, a Review of Elite Form Technology, in the Oct. 1, 2017 Kansas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD) Journal.
Schadt is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction (RSCC*D), both with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He’s also a Level One Sports Performance Coach with USA Weightlifting.