Zack Allen enters his ninth season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Mountaineer women’s basketball team. In addition to women’s basketball, Allen handles the strength and conditioning responsibilities for the WVU tennis team.
Prior to his arrival in Morgantown in June 2017, Allen served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, for two years.
While with Army, he oversaw the max strength and power programs for men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field and rifle. Allen demonstrated and taught proper techniques, while helping download and analyze data to help student-athletes enhance their performance.
Allen served as a graduate assistant in the strength and conditioning department at Michigan State from 2013 to 2015. With the Spartans, he was responsible for designing and implementing strength programs for women’s soccer and women’s gymnastics.
He holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the American Red Cross in First Aid, CPR/AED. Allen also is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.
Allen is a 2011 graduate of Lock Haven University with a bachelor’s degree in recreation management. He completed his master’s degree in kinesiology with a strength and conditioning specialization from Michigan State in 2015.
He resides in Morgantown with his two sons, Maximus and Atlas, and a daughter, Calliope.
