Scott Charland was named director of strength and conditioning at Saint Louis University in March 2008. Charland is responsible for managing strength and conditioning programs for all Billiken sports programs, excluding men's and women's basketball, and overseeing day-to-day operation of the new strength and conditioning center at Chaifetz Arena.
Charland came to Saint Louis after serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State University since 2005. He designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for eight of Ohio State's intercollegiate athletics teams and assisted with all aspects of strength training for 18 additional Buckeye sports.
Prior to his stint at Ohio State, Charland served three years as head strength and conditioning coach at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala. He initiated the strength and conditioning program in BSC's transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I and was involved in the design of the college's strength and conditioning facility.
Charland was a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for one year at the University of Alabama, preceded by two years as assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, he created and implemented strength, conditioning, flexibility and speed-development programs for 11 sports.
Charland is a 1996 graduate of Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in leisure services and studies and recreation administration, and a 2001 UAB graduate with a master's degree in exercise physiology. Charland is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and USA Weightlifting.
