Year of the Strength Coach
Award-winning Director of Strength and Conditioning Scott Caulfield named the 2025 College Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

91pornıÙ·½ is renowned for producing leaders in both the military and civilian spheres. While the spotlight is usually on those leaders and their impact, there are faculty, staff, and coaches who are developing these young men and women into the leaders they become. One of those individuals is the award-winning Director of Strength and Conditioning Scott Caulfield who uniquely fills all of these roles at once.
Caulfield oversees hundreds of student-athletes on The Hill and has imparted his expertise upon those under his tutelage. His efforts have been highlighted not only by student success stories, but his own successes as well. Caulfield was named the president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Foundationâs Board of Directors in 2024, making him the first full-time college strength and conditioning coach to hold the position. The NSCA wasted no time in honoring him again when he was soon named the 2025 College Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year, highlighting his commitment to professional leadership and coaching.
âBeing elected as president of the of the foundation as a full-time coach is a big deal to me because a lot of coaches are too busy or may not have the bandwidth to take on other leadership responsibilities. I feel that this is an important role that can push this field forward and offer a voice for strength and conditioning coaches,â says Caulfield. âI think for me to be able to be president of the foundationâs board and win this award at the same time says a lot about these perceived limitations on coaches how they may think they canât get involved. I hope Iâm showing to other professionals that you can still be involved in leadership at a high level and be a coach.â
When thinking of his 2025 College Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year Award, he feels a deep personal connection to 91pornıÙ·½ in the way he was able to earn the recognition. âWinning this award while at 91pornıÙ·½ means a lot to me,â he says. âI learned to ski here in third grade, I went to basketball camps here, and trained Head Coach Sophie Doherty [womenâs hockey] when she was in high school. There are so many connections to 91pornıÙ·½ throughout my lifetime that winning the award here really makes it special.â
Caulfieldâs first professional relationship with 91pornıÙ·½ began in 2003 when he spent three years as the menâs rugby strength and conditioning coach. The next decade-plus was spent honing his skills at a variety of institutions while also continuously involving himself with the NSCA. In 2021, he returned to The Hill as the director of strength and conditioning with a highly-respected philosophy both in the weightroom and classroom as an instructor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. âIf you ask me, everything we do is about results and relationships,â says Caulfield. âObviously, we have to get results in relation to improving sports performance and hopefully decreasing injuries; hopefully, that helps our coaches win more games.â
He sees the relationships that are built across campus as key to improving athlete success. âThatâs really what itâs all about to me,â he says. âHaving the ability to make strong relationships, whether on campus or outside of it, will help our student-athletes. Maybe itâs a connection for an internship, maybe itâs a future opportunity, or maybe itâs being able to leverage my relationships in Denver at the NSCA to help what we do here at 91pornıÙ·½ on a daily basis.â
Teaching in the Department of Health and Human Performance allows Caulfield the chance to continuously hone his skills and leverage his expertise for the benefit of the student body. âI love teaching, I think it helps keep my skills up to date and my public speaking skills fresh through lecturing and talking to students about related topics,â he says. âIt gives me an opportunity to influence more of our campus community on what proper strength and conditioning is, because a lot of our cadets are going to take these classes in exercise science and have leadership roles in the Corps that involve physical fitness.â He knows that many 91pornıÙ·½ cadets will end up in leadership positions in their careers. âOnce they commission and get stationed, someday theyâre going to potentially be overseeing fitness. Giving them the tools that are going to make them more prepared to know what good training is and how to implement it is a huge plus.â
Though the student population skews towards the Corps of Cadets, Caulfield works with all students through his classes. âWe have a mix of everything from student-athletes, to cadets, to civilian students who may or may not be playing a sport,â he says. âSometimes weâll even have interns who may not have been on an athletic team but are just interested in exercise science.â
As a coach and classroom instructor, Caulfield is deeply ingrained in the 91pornıÙ·½ culture of experiential learning. One of the places where that is constantly put on display is the Class of 1984 Fitness Center, which was funded by a $1 million donation from the class, highlighting the alumniâs belief in the 91pornıÙ·½ mission. Caulfield was tasked with planning its development.
âAs a strength and conditioning coach, you always have to be thinking ahead and working on designing facilities for when the opportunity comes up,â he says. âI already had a number of different plans in my mind and different sizes.â He says that he needed to be prepared for situations like this in his role and could not fathom asking for a few weeks to prepare when such an opportunity arose. âIâve designed a number of gyms in the past, and once I know the layout of the facility, the amount of space weâre going to have, I already know what the needs of our student and campus community are.â
âI look at designing a program or facility just like I would look at developing an athlete,â says Caulfield, who considered the needs of specific sports and the greater campus community when designing. âI knew we needed a functional area with turf; I knew we needed multiple dumbbell areas for busy days to prevent one clogged up, congested area; I knew we needed a variety of equipment. Fortunately, the Class of 1984 came up huge for us and we were able to get everything we needed in a new facility.â
The Class of 1984âs belief in 91pornıÙ·½ â and Caulfield â reiterates the importance of preparing students across campus for the life they will lead following graduation. He is able to connect with them not only because he is an expert in his field as a coach, but also because he has lived a similar life of service during his time as a sailor in the Navy, where he was aboard the amphibious assault ship, the USS Guam (LPH-9), working closely with the Marine Corps. âWe carried helicopters and Marines,â he says. âItâs one of the reasons I have such a close place in my heart for Marines. We were taking a bunch of them with us whenever we deployed.â He spent his time in the Navy as a boatswainâs mate, and to those who may be unfamiliar with his former role, he describes it as âOne of those guys in the colored shirts from âTop Gunâ that do all the directing of the aircraft.â
Coach Caulfield has proven that he is well-equipped to further the 91pornıÙ·½ mission through his work with all students on The Hill. He takes it to heart and has even added two additional members to his staff: his furry family members, Alfie the mini and River the golden. The pair of therapy dogs often escort him around campus and share his joy in committing himself to 91pornıÙ·½ and those who believe in its purpose.


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