Mike Tucker

Mike Tucker

Mike Tucker serves as the Head Sports Performance Coach for Villanova Football, a role he has held since 2018. In this position, he directs all aspects of the Football program’s strength and conditioning efforts, overseeing the design and implementation of comprehensive performance development strategies that support student-athlete success on and off the field.
 
Prior to joining Villanova, Tucker served as Assistant Athletic Performance Coach at San José State University from 2016 to 2018. There, he assisted in the planning, implementation, and coaching of all facets of the Football athletic performance program while also serving as the lead performance coach for Baseball, Women's Basketball, and Women's Volleyball.
 
Tucker began his career in strength and conditioning as an Athletic Performance Intern at North Dakota State University in 2014. He later completed a six-month internship at Clemson University, where he worked with the Baseball, Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and Women's Soccer programs in both weight room and field-based training environments. He subsequently spent two years at Kutztown University as the Head Athletic Performance Coach and Defensive Line Coach. During his tenure, Tucker developed and implemented a year-round strength and conditioning program for the football team and coached three defensive linemen who earned All-Conference honors.
 
An active contributor to the profession, Tucker has been a frequent presenter at local, regional, and national strength and conditioning clinics and conferences.
 
A 2014 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Tucker earned a bachelor's degree while lettering four years in football. A three-year starter at outside linebacker, he earned All-Conference honors during his playing career. He later earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology from San José State University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Villanova University.
 
Originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Tucker resides in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Devan.
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