Sam Erickson

Strength and conditioning professional with a master's degree in Applied Exercise Science and experience across collegiate athletics, high school football, private coaching, and fitness operations. Builds training programs, assesses athlete performance, coordinates with medical and coaching staff, and leads employees and daily operations. Seeking an operations or administrative role in Colorado.

Owner and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Erickson Performance, LLC (2025-06 – Present)

• Founded a strength and conditioning practice in June 2025 and served seven remote clients across three states, working with general-population clients and former athletes.
• Helped market and organize the free Box State Boys Youth Football Camp, led by former collegiate and professional players; annual attendance grew to more than 100 youth participants.
• Provided strength and conditioning consultation to the Adams City High School football program in 2025-2026.

Volunteer Strength and Conditioning Coach at Colorado State University Pueblo (2024-09 – 2025-11)

• Conducted performance assessments for more than 150 student-athletes using Brower Timing Gates, OVR Jump, and velocity-based training tools.
• Used video review to coach technique and identify movement limitations and compensation patterns.
• Coordinated return-to-play training with physical therapists and athletic trainers to support athlete progression.

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Primal Performance (2023-07 – 2024-07)

• Delivered a speed and agility program for a 50-player 5A high school boys lacrosse team; one player earned All-State Second Team recognition.
• Briefed business and school coaches on training progress and adapted sessions to equipment, facility, and scheduling constraints.

Team Captain at Dick's Sporting Goods (2025-05 – Present)

• Direct daily merchandising, inventory, scheduling, customer service, safety, and loss-prevention activity.
• Recruit, train, and coach teammates; adjust staffing and merchandising priorities based on store performance.

Lead Supervisor and Assistant General Manager at Chuze Fitness (2023-05 – 2024-07)

• Coordinated schedules, training, facility operations, payroll, and member service for a 25-person fitness team.
• Led payment resolution and aligned district leadership, site management, and frontline staff on daily priorities.

Delivery Driver at HB Ground Inc (FedEx) (2024-11 – 2025-05)

150-175 stops daily; more than 25 stops/hour against a 20-stop goal.

Kindergarten Homeschool Teacher at Pueblo, CO (2024-08 – 2025-06)

Planned weekly lessons and tracked reading, writing, memory, and motor skills.

Delivery Driver at Pettus Logistics, LLC (Amazon) (2022-09 – 2023-05)

35 stops/hour against a 20-stop expectation; helped other drivers.

Master of Science in Applied Exercise Science – Concordia University Chicago (2021)

Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science – Colorado Mesa University (2020)