Eric McMahon, MEd, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, RSCC*E is the coaching and sport science program manager for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), where he organizes and collaborates with professionals across sports organizations to support education and career advancement opportunities. Before joining the NSCA in 2020, he spent more than a decade working with professional baseball players as a strength and conditioning coach.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Lawrence University in New York and his master’s degree in strength and conditioning from Springfield College in Massachusetts, he began his career in the Minor Leagues as a strength and conditioning coach for the Milwaukee Brewers. He then moved on to the Texas Rangers Organization where he worked his way up to becoming a Major League Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach.
“With athletes, our main focus is always injury prevention and keeping the players playing,” he said. “With this level of competition and a strenuous schedule, it’s important to keep them conditioned in the gym and the field so they can perform to the best of their ability.”
In 2021, Eric joined Logan University as an adjunct faculty member and helped develop the curriculum for a course in the Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning program (MS-SC). In the course, Exercise Testing and Prescription with Anaerobic Emphasis, students learn the protocols for implementing exercise testing as well as how to administer these tests and why they matter.
“This is an incredibly relevant course today for all practitioners,” he said. “My goal for this course is to not only give students the history of exercise testing and prescription, but also to provide direction in this area as the field continues to grow and evolve.”
Since Logan’s MS-SC program is fully online, this course relies heavily on faculty and student discussions and video assessments.
“We work closely with the students on teaching techniques and assessing their understanding and performance via video assessments,” Eric said. “We also rely a lot on context from the field so that students understand how to apply this knowledge in a relevant way.”
Learn more about Logan’s MS-SC program here.