Dave Lawson - Football Coach - University of Tennessee Athletics

Dave Lawson

Title:
Director of Strength and Conditioning

THE LAWSON FILE
PERSONAL INFORMATION

Education: West Virginia Tech 1992
Family: Wife Shannon; Children: BrittLeigh, Emma, Maggie and J.D.

» 2013-present: Tennessee, director of strength and conditioning
» 2010-12: Cincinnati, asst. AD, director of sports performance and football strength and conditioning
» 2007-09: Central Michigan, director of strength and conditioning
» 2001-06: Eastern Michigan, head strength and conditioning coach
» 1995-01: West Virginia, asst. strength and conditioning coach
» 1994-95: West Virginia, GA, strength and conditioning
» 1992-93: West Virginia Tech, assistant

Has been a part of 11 teams that played in bowl games, including the Vols 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl Championship, and four that won conference championships
Spent three years at Cincinnati as the Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Performance and Director of Football strength and conditioning at the University of Cincinnati
Bearcats won two football conference championships while he served as director.
Spent three years at Central Michigan University (2007-09) where he oversaw and directed the strength and conditioning efforts for all 16 CMU varsity athletic programs
Served as director while CMU captured eight athletic conference championships
Certified strength and conditioning coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified speed and explosion specialist by the National Association of Speed and Explosion
Coached 24 Strength and Conditioning All-Americans, eight football All-Americans and more than 80 football players either drafted or signed as free agents by the NFL
In 2009, recognized as a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach, the highest honor presented in the field, by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA)
Spent six years working at Eastern Michigan University as the head strength and conditioning coach from 2001-07
Eagles teams captured 24 total athletic championships during his tenure
Worked at West Virginia for seven seasons from 1994-01
Started as a graduate assistant in 1994 before being named assistant strength and conditioning coordinator in May 1995.
Began career as an undergraduate at West Virginia Tech, as student assistant on both the strength and conditioning staff and football coaching staff
Named head strength and conditioning coach at his alma mater and served as an assistant on the football staff, coaching defensive linemen and special teams in 1992 and 1993
Earned a bachelor of arts degree in physical education from West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1992 and a master of science degree in physical education from West Virginia University in 1995
Charter member of the Power Systems Advisory Board
Lawson and his wife Shannon have four children, BrittLeigh (14), Emma (12), Maggie (9) and J.D. (6)