David Land joined the Wofford basketball program staff as the Athletic Performance Coach on April 20, 2018.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility with one of the most respected and successful coaches in all of college basketball,” said Land, upon his hire. “Coach Young already has Wofford competing year in and year out for Southern Conference championships, and I hope to give this program the edge it needs to makes some noise on the national stage. It feels great to be back in the Carolinas and I’m ready to hit the ground running with these guys!”
In addition to designing and implementing all the strength & conditioning for the team, Land will work directly with the basketball staff to assist with organizing and scheduling practices and travel to optimize the Terriers’ competitive advantage. Land will also work closely with the athletic training staff to monitor both year-around and in-season travel nutrition to assist the players with their body composition goals. Land will also assist the women’s basketball program.
“I am thrilled to bring David onto our staff as an Athletic Performance Coach with an emphasis on Strength & Conditioning,” said head coach Mike Young. “This is an area of our program that I felt needed to be overhauled and David has already made a difference by his presence here. He will also work with our women’s team and I know Coach Garrity is really excited to have a person excited, invested, and passionate about basketball, just as I am.”
Land comes to Wofford from Utah State where he spent the last season as the Director of Olympic Sport Strength and Conditioning. He helped the Aggies make their deepest Mountain West Conference Tournament run in program history. Land oversaw the entire sports performance department for non-football sports, where he was tasked with staff, budgeting, and scheduling for all of the Olympic Sports at Utah State.
He spent the previous four years in a similar role at Murray State. He primarily worked with basketball, though he also worked with several other teams and helped women’s tennis (2014, 2015), women’s golf (2015, 2017) and men’s basketball (2015) to Ohio Valley Conference Championships. Land was a large part in the development of point guard Cameron Payne, who was selected as a lottery pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. During Land’s tenure at Murray State it also saw the Racers being nationally ranked in the Top 25, and in 2014-15 season they rattled off a NCAA leading 25 consecutive wins.
Land has also had stops at UNC Wilmington, East Tennessee State, Milligan College and NC State.
Land, a Raleigh, N.C. native, graduated from Appalachian State in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a minor in nutrition. He went on to earn a master’s degree in sports performance at East Tennessee State in 2013.
Land is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).
Land resides in Spartanburg with his wife Julie. The couple got married on August 18, 2018.
