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Todd Burkey
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Eighth Year
Todd Burkey is in his eighth year as Youngstown
State's Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Burkey, a National Strength and Conditioning Associated
certified strength coach and NATA certified athletic trainer, develops
and coordinates strength and conditioning programs for all 18 sports.
At YSU, he has developed The Penguin Advantage Program to
promote student-athlete development in physical fitness and athletic
ability. This comprehensive program incorporates some of the latest and
basic methods to train YSU’s complement of athletic teams. He has also
worked to remodel and reorganize the Strength and Conditioning facility
to make it one of the finest in the Gateway Football Conference.
Since taking over at YSU, he has produced 23 National
Strength and Conditioning All-Americans -- including 11 football players
(Montrial Thomas, 2001; Bruce Hightower, 2002; Pat Crummey, 2002;
Anthony Barone, 2003; Jon Tekac, 2003; Mike Burns, 2004; Darius
Peterson, 2004; Mike Roberts, 2005; Joe Juby, 2006; Jeff Koval, 2007 and
Jason Perry, 2007).
During the 2006-07 campaign, five student-athletes were
selected as NSCA All-Americans. Perry, Koval, Quin Humphrey, Jarrod
Davis and Lindsey Hill were all NSCA selections. It was the second
straight year that YSU had five All-Americans.
Under Burkey, four of the six overall football Strength and
Conditioning records have been established and numerous new position
records have been eclipsed.
He headed the strength and conditioning program at North
Ridgeville High School before becoming an athletic trainer at the
Cleveland Clinic where he worked before accepting his current position.
He is a NATA Certified and Ohio Licensed Athletic Trainer and a NSCA
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He also worked as an
athletic trainer for Kolczun & Kolczun Sports Medicine.
A native of Greenford, Ohio, Burkey earned his degree from
Youngstown State in Exercise Science in 1994 and earned a Masters in
Sports Science from Ashland University in 2000. He was a student trainer
on the National Championship teams in 1991 and 1993.
Todd and his wife, Justine, have two daughters Kaylin and
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