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Department Chair & Professor
Louisiana Tech University
David J. Szymanski is Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Louisiana Tech University (LaTech). He holds the Eva Cunningham Endowed Professorship in Education. He is the Director of Baseball Performance for LaTech's Baseball team. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction, Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach Emeritus, a Fellow, and former Board of Director member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is an Associate Editor for the NSCA’s Journal of Strength Conditioning Research and the Strength and Conditioning Journal. He has since conducted or contributed to over 80 scientific investigations and reviews examining various aspects of sports performance. His primary research has focused on ways to improve baseball performance. He formerly was Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the LaTech Baseball team for 10 years and the Exercise Physiologist for the Auburn University Baseball team for 5 years.