Adam Hermann | Twenty Years of Mistakes: My Journey in Collegiate Sports Performance

Adam Hermann, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance at Northwestern University, will be delivering a webinar on "Twenty Years of Mistakes: My Journey in Collegiate Sports Performance". This will include a Q&A session at the end. 

Adam Hermann joined Northwestern University in October of 2019 as Assistant Athletic Director for Olympic Sports Performance. He and his staff are responsible for the world-class sports performance support of 18 Wildcats varsity programs, as well as management of new, state-of-the-art developmental facilities inside Walter Athletics Center and Trienens Performance Center.

Hermann came to Evanston after six years at Boise State University, where he served as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance, Health & Wellness. Throughout his tenure Hermann worked to maximize athletic potential and decrease the chance of injury. He also led the Broncos retrofit of the Nicholson-Yanke Athletic Center to implement the fueling station, where student-athletes received supplemental meals and snacks as part of their personalized nutritional plans.

Before arriving at Boise State, Hermann spent three years as the Director of Sports Performance at Oral Roberts University. Hermann also spent time at Central Michigan University as the associate director of strength and conditioning after beginning his career as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at North Dakota State.

Hermann completed his undergraduate studies at Northern Michigan University in 2003. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA as well as an Olympic Lifting Club Coach (USAW), and has recently gained the distinction of Master International Strength and Conditioning Practitioner (mISCP) with the IUSCA.