Army West Point Athletics
Women's Lacrosse
- Title:
- Director of Strength and Conditioning
- Email:
- scott.swanson@westpoint.edu
- Phone:
- 5138
An important cog in the physical development of Army’s varsity athletes, Scott Swanson is in his 24th year at Army West Point. He serves as an Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Strength and Conditioning.
A 1992 graduate of Wake Forest University, Swanson spent the 1995 and 1996 football campaigns as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Army before departing to serve in the same capacity at Stanford University. He returned one year later in 1998 to take over the Black Knights’ head job.
Since his return to the Academy, Army has captured countless league championships and sent numerous teams to postseason competition, while Black Knight athletes have secured a host of All-America certificates since 1998.
Swanson oversees the unique task of training cadet-athletes at West Point. He directs the training of 1,000 athletes, operates three weight rooms and manages five off-site facilities throughout the country during summer assignments.
The Parkersburg, W.Va., native was instrumental in the development of Army’s vast strength development center housed in the Kimsey Athletic Center, which opened in April 2003. The Kimsey Athletic Center houses coaches’ offices, spacious locker rooms, equipment rooms, an athletic training area, meeting space and an athletic hall of fame area. But perhaps the crown jewel of the building is its 20,000-square-foot strength development center that is under Swanson’s direction.
This area features state-of-the-art equipment to accentuate the overall development of a host of Army athletes, but most notably serves football.
His main duty is overseeing the total strength and conditioning program for Army’s 28 intercollegiate sports programs and directly oversees men’s basketball and lacrosse.
Swanson is a Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and was named a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2005. He is also a CGFI, CrossFit Level 1 instructor and member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Swanson resides at West Point with his son, Thor.
