West Virginia University Athletics

Aaron McLaurin is the associate director of strength and conditioning for the Mountaineer Football program. He came to WVU in February 2024 as assistant strength and conditioning coach and was promoted to in July.

McLaurin came to WVU after serving as the head sports performance coach at Apex Athletic Performance in Columbia, South Carolina. He coached and developed athletes on strength, performance, speed and agility. McLaurin was involved with the combine prep program at Apex, helping NFL prospects improve on combine events.

Prior to that, he was the head performance coach of the XFL’s Arlington Renegades and Houston Roughnecks for the 2023 season.

McLaurin was an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the New York Jets for eight seasons and with the Minnesota Vikings for two, and also spent time as a seasonal strength and conditioning coach at South Carolina, an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Colgate, the strength and conditioning graduate assistant/intern at Michigan State, health and physical education teacher and assistant football coach at Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia.

McLaurin is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, a strength and conditioning coach certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association and a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance Coach.

A native of Buffalo, New York, McLaurin earned his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Hampton and his master’s degree in kinesiology from Michigan State. McLaurin, and his wife, Justine, have a son, Alexander.