Jerry Partsch enters his fourth season on the University of South Alabama staff during the 2014-15 season and his second with the Jaguar volleyball program. After serving one season as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach (2010-11), Partsch joined the full-time staff at the start of the 2011-12 season. Since moving into a full-time role, Partsch has served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Jaguar softball program, which has captured back-to-back Sun Belt Conference tournament championships (2012 and 2013), along with the track and field, men’s tennis and cheerleading programs. During his graduate assistant stint at USA, Partsch served as the strength and conditioning coach for both the women’s basketball and softball programs and assisted with football and the track and field sprinters. Partsch earned his master’s of science degree in exercise physiology at South Alabama in August 2011.
Prior to coming to USA, Partsch served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach during the summer of 2009 at Appalachian State University, assisting in the training of the football and the men’s and women’s track and field teams. During the fall of 2009, Partsch was a volunteer intern at the University of Alabama and assisted with the training of the men’s and women’s track and field programs, as well as the 2009 Southeastern Conference and 2010 national championship football program.
Upon his graduation from Mississippi State University, Partsch served one season as a graduate assistant with the Bulldogs, assisting with football, baseball and softball, while heading up the strength and conditioning program for the women’s soccer team. Partsch earned his bachelor of science from Mississippi State University in August 2008, with a focus on clinical exercise physiology. While with the Bulldogs, he was a volunteer intern strength and conditioning coach for football, baseball, softball and track and field.
So far in his young career, Partsch has assisted in the training of 35 current NFL players and 14 minor league baseball players, as well as 2012 USA Olympic alternate Lindsey Schwartz (Heptahlon).
Partsch is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA), as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and USAW Sport Performance Coach (USAW).
