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Dr. Mike Gentry
Assistant A.D., for Strength & Conditioning
Dr. Mike Gentry begins his 20th season as the
Hokies’ director of strength and conditioning. As
assistant athletics director for athletic performance,
his duties include overseeing the strength and
conditioning training of athletes in all 21 varsity sports
at Virginia Tech. He is directly involved in the training of the football and
women’s basketball teams and manages programs for nutrition.
Gentry was named the second-annual Samson Strength & Conditioning
Coach of the Year in the March 2005 issue of American Football Monthly.
In May 2003, Gentry was honored by the Collegiate Strength and
Conditioning Coaches when he was named a Master Strength and
Conditioning Coach. Gentry is currently one of only 36 coaches in the
country to have received the CSCC’s highest award.
A native of Durham, N.C., Gentry received his bachelor’s degree in
physical education from Western Carolina University in 1979 and received
his master’s from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. He
received his doctorate in curriculum and instruction, with an emphasis in
motor behavior, from Virginia Tech in 1999.
Gentry worked as an assistant strength coach at UNC and as the head
strength coach at East Carolina University prior to coming to Virginia Tech in
1987.
In 1995 and 1996, Gentry was recognized by the National Strength
and Conditioning Association as a finalist for the National Strength and
Conditioning Professional of the Year.
Gentry has a son, Roy Christopher, 16.
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