Chandler Geller joined the West Virginia University Baseball and Golf programs in August 2024, and serves as the Mountaineers’ Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic sports.
Geller arrives in Morgantown after serving as an Athletic Performance Coach for RAFA Racing Club out of Houston, Texas, working with GT4 Series drivers for the 2024 North American Porsche Sprint Cup Challenge.
Prior to that he was the Head Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach at Georgia Southern where he designed and implemented all strength and conditioning activities and training programs for the Baseball team, as well as the Women’s Soccer teams. Before his time with the Eagles, Geller was the Assistant Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Missouri, working with the Baseball team.
Geller also has years of experience in baseball working at the professional level. He served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Bowie Baysox, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, for the 2022 season, as well as the previous five seasons with the Texas Rangers from 2017-2021. With the Rangers, Geller served as a Strength and Conditioning Coach before spending his final two seasons with the organization as the Sport Performance Sciences Coordinator, where he oversaw the sport science initiatives for the organization.
His first full-time role came at Clemson University from 2015-17 where he served as an Olympic Sports Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, working with the Men's Tennis and Golf teams while being the primary assistant for Baseball. Prior to Clemson, Geller served as a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at his alma mater Ohio University, working with the Football, Golf teams, and cheer teams as well as assisting with volleyball, wrestling, and basketball.
Geller played baseball for four years at Ohio and was awarded the Ultimate Elite Athlete by the strength and conditioning staff. He also spent one year playing at Hill College.
Geller earned his Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies with related area in Business and minor in Coaching Education from Ohio in 2014 and a Master's Degree in Recreation and Sports Sciences Coaching Pedagogy from Ohio in 2015.
