USC soccer continues to reshape its energy and conditioning employees, including one other skilled coach with deep HBCU and FBS ties.
In keeping with a report from FootballScoop.com, USC has employed Kerry Thompson, most lately the Assistant Athletic Director for Efficiency Enhancement at Alabama State College, to function an assistant energy coach below newly employed director Trumain Carroll. Thompson brings a wealth of expertise from each HBCU and Division I applications, making him a strategic addition to Lincoln Riley’s employees in Los Angeles.
A Licensed Power and Conditioning Specialist, Thompson has held management roles at a number of establishments, together with Grambling State, Clark Atlanta, Allen College, UAB, and Alabama. At Alabama State, he oversaw the efficiency applications for all sports activities and performed a key function in enhancing athletic improvement. Previous to that, he directed efficiency for 10 sports activities at Clark Atlanta and managed energy applications for 13 varsity groups throughout his tenure at Grambling, the place he additionally contributed to facility upgrades.
Thompson was Allen College’s first-ever director of sports activities efficiency, implementing coaching for all 10 athletic applications. His early collegiate expertise consists of work with the College of Alabama, UAB, and Samford College, contributing to UAB’s notable 8–4 comeback season following this system’s reinstatement.
Past collegiate athletics, Thompson has educated athletes throughout highschool, school, {and professional} ranges within the non-public sector since 2013. He holds a grasp’s diploma in kinesiology and is at the moment pursuing a Ph.D. at Liberty College. A Birmingham, Alabama native, Thompson is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and a revered member of the Nationwide Power and Conditioning Affiliation, having served on its South Carolina State Advisory Board.
His transfer from Alabama State, probably the most revered HBCUs within the nation, to the USC Trojans marks one other high-profile step in a profession constructed on excellence in athletic efficiency and improvement.
