Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Athletics Director for Sport Performance
- E-Mail Address:
- Year at CMU:
- 5th year at CMU
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- Alma Mater/Year:
- Queens College/2010
- Experience:
- 15th year
In this new position, Welsh will focus on enhancing synergy across all performance units, including Strength & Conditioning, Sports Medicine, Nutrition, Mental Health, and Sports Science. The sport performance position plays a key role in assessing collaboration among these areas, helping to manage and assess the type and quantity of student-athlete injuries, and evaluating performance-related concerns.
Welsh originally joined the Central Michigan Athletic Department as its Director of Strength and Conditioning in June 2019 and was promoted to an Associate AD position where he oversaw the entire Chippewas' strength and conditioning staff and served in that capacity for the football program. He is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and is a USA Weightlifting – Level 1 Sports Performance Coach.
Welsh came to CMU from Delaware State, where he led the institution's strength and conditioning program for three years. While at Delaware State, Welsh worked directly with the football, men's basketball, women's volleyball, track & field, equestrian, and women's golf programs. He was honored in 2017 with the Athletic Director's Choice Award as the employee of the year and was recognized in 2018 by the Division of Student Affairs with the Quiet Champion Award.
Welsh was a part of the strength and conditioning team at Iowa from 2012-16, working directly with the football program under legendary strength coach Chris Doyle. Prior to his time with the Hawkeyes, Welsh worked as a graduate assistant at Springfield (Mass.) College from 2010-12 and at Fordham as an intern in 2010. He began his career in 2008 as the strength and conditioning coordinator at Queens College, his alma mater.
A Bronx, N.Y. native, Welsh earned his bachelor's degree with a major in family nutrition and exercise science from Queens College in 2010. He earned his masters in strength and conditioning from Springfield College in 2012.
He and his wife, Mara, have two sons, Roman and Maddox, and a daughter, Raina.
THE WELSH FILE
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Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Family Nutrition and Exercise Science, Queens College (N.Y.), 2010
Master of Science, Strength and Conditioning, Springfield College (Mass.), 2012
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Coaching Career
Associate Athletic Director for Sport Performance, Central Michigan University, 2025-current
Director of Strength and Conditioning Coach, Central Michigan University, 2019-24
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Delaware State University, 2017-19
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, University of Iowa, 2012-16
Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Springfield College (Mass.), 2010-12
Intern, Fordham University, 2010
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Queens College (N.Y.), 2008
