Mike Tucker enters his second year as the Villanova Football strength & conditioning coach. Tucker arrived at Villanova after spending two years at San Jose State as the assistant athletic performance coach for the Spartan football program. In this role, he assisted in planning, implementing and coaching all aspects of football athletic performance. He was also the head baseball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball athletic performance coach.
Prior to his stint at San Jose State, Tucker served a six month internship at Clemson University where he helped coach baseball, track & field and men’s & women’s soccer in the weight room and field training. He also spent a year at Kutztown University where he was both the head athletic performance coach and defensive line coach. In this role, he designed and implemented a year round strength & conditioning program for the football team.