Eastern Michigan Athletics
EMU Names Mike Szerszen Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
3/28/2007 4:33:12 PM | General
Moves up from assistant position
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Mike Szerszen, the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Eastern Michigan University athletics department for the past four years, has been promoted to head strength and conditioning coach, EMU director of athletics Derrick Gragg announced today. Szerszen will take over for Dave Lawson who left to become the head strength and conditioning coach at Central Michigan University.
Szerszen joined the EMU staff in July 2003 after spending the previous year as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the U.S. Military Academy.
The 28-year-old Szerszen (12-28-78) earned his undergraduate degree in sports medicine in 2001 from the University of Charleston.
He was a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at West Virginia University from May 2000 to May 2001 before completing his master’s degree in athletic coaching education in August 2002. While working on his M.A., Szerszen was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at WVU from May 2001 to July 2002.
Szerszen then moved on to Army in July 2002 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach where he supervised and oversaw the operation of a 6,000-square foot weight room.
A native of Wheeling, W.V., Szerszen lettered in baseball at Wheeling Central High School.
