Mr. Speer will oversee the strength and conditioning of all student-athletes during the school day, after-school, and off-season workouts for all Cardinal athletics and activities.
Coach Chuck Speer will be coming to Clinton by way of Brookland, Arkansas where he has spent the last five seasons as Head Football Coach and Assistant Athletic Director. In his experiences in education, Speer has also coached Soccer and Track in addition to teaching Physical Education and Health.
Speer has been around competitive athletics his whole life. He was a standout athlete at Junction City High School, then competed at the collegiate level for both Independence Community College and Baker University in Kansas. It was his final stop at Kansas State University, as a Student Strength Coach, where he realized the importance of training athletes to prepare them for competition.
Coach Speer’s time at K-State immersed him in training with Olympic-style lifting for all sports. He also witnessed the transformation of college athletes, as well as coaches like Bill Snyder who made it a priority. Speer would earn a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Kansas State, and then spent six years in the fitness industry in Kansas City before entering into education.
He will bring 15 years of teaching and coaching experience to the District’s student-athletes. In addition to serving year-round as a Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Speer will teach Strength and Conditioning classes at CHS and serve as an Assistant Football Coach. The goal is for Speer to coordinate with every head coach and sponsor to determine the ways they can utilize and plan strength and conditioning into their year-round programming for athletes.
Strength and conditioning at the high school level helps develop student-athletes and their bodies with many benefits to both the athlete and their teams. A year-round strength and conditioning program for athletes can help prevent injuries, improve long-term athletic development, increase performance, boost confidence and boost the overall health of athletes. All CHS athletes are encouraged to be active in strength and conditioning year-round.
This past year, CHS also committed to helping improve the mental performance of athletes through the Competitive Mindset Program for all activities. Hiring Speer as Strength and Conditioning Coordinator will mesh along side this to put all CHS programs in a more competitive position as the District merges into the Missouri River Valley Conference next year.
Jason Abner, Clinton School District Activities Director, said, “We are more than excited about this opportunity for our students. The commitment of our District to put someone with Speer’s experience in charge of the strength and conditioning of our student-athletes is great. We believe Speer can help all programs take their next steps towards being even more competitive, both physically and mentally”
Mr. Speer said, “I am excited to start working with the athletes in Clinton. I am going to do everything I can to help them perform better in competition and prevent injury.”
Chuck Speer and his wife, Kim, have two sons, Lukas and Logan. Speer, his wife who is a nurse, and son Logan, who will be a Junior at CHS, will be relocating to Clinton this summer.
Please welcome Coach Speer!
Coach Chuck Speer will be coming to Clinton by way of Brookland, Arkansas where he has spent the last five seasons as Head Football Coach and Assistant Athletic Director. In his experiences in education, Speer has also coached Soccer and Track in addition to teaching Physical Education and Health.
Speer has been around competitive athletics his whole life. He was a standout athlete at Junction City High School, then competed at the collegiate level for both Independence Community College and Baker University in Kansas. It was his final stop at Kansas State University, as a Student Strength Coach, where he realized the importance of training athletes to prepare them for competition.
Coach Speer’s time at K-State immersed him in training with Olympic-style lifting for all sports. He also witnessed the transformation of college athletes, as well as coaches like Bill Snyder who made it a priority. Speer would earn a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Kansas State, and then spent six years in the fitness industry in Kansas City before entering into education.
He will bring 15 years of teaching and coaching experience to the District’s student-athletes. In addition to serving year-round as a Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Speer will teach Strength and Conditioning classes at CHS and serve as an Assistant Football Coach. The goal is for Speer to coordinate with every head coach and sponsor to determine the ways they can utilize and plan strength and conditioning into their year-round programming for athletes.
Strength and conditioning at the high school level helps develop student-athletes and their bodies with many benefits to both the athlete and their teams. A year-round strength and conditioning program for athletes can help prevent injuries, improve long-term athletic development, increase performance, boost confidence and boost the overall health of athletes. All CHS athletes are encouraged to be active in strength and conditioning year-round.
This past year, CHS also committed to helping improve the mental performance of athletes through the Competitive Mindset Program for all activities. Hiring Speer as Strength and Conditioning Coordinator will mesh along side this to put all CHS programs in a more competitive position as the District merges into the Missouri River Valley Conference next year.
Jason Abner, Clinton School District Activities Director, said, “We are more than excited about this opportunity for our students. The commitment of our District to put someone with Speer’s experience in charge of the strength and conditioning of our student-athletes is great. We believe Speer can help all programs take their next steps towards being even more competitive, both physically and mentally”
Mr. Speer said, “I am excited to start working with the athletes in Clinton. I am going to do everything I can to help them perform better in competition and prevent injury.”
Chuck Speer and his wife, Kim, have two sons, Lukas and Logan. Speer, his wife who is a nurse, and son Logan, who will be a Junior at CHS, will be relocating to Clinton this summer.
Please welcome Coach Speer!
