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162 SUPPORT STAFF BIOGRAPHIES Strength & Conditioning <strong>Staff</strong> Director of Strength and Conditioning Mike Barwis Mike Barwis is in his first season as the Director of Strength and Conditioning with the Michigan football program. He oversees a staff that includes five full-time assistants, one part-time assistant and multiple interns. Barwis worked at West Virginia University for 14 years and coordinated every facet of the department’s athletic sports conditioning program during that time. He spent five years as the strength and conditioning coach for the Mountaineers’ football and men’s basketball programs (2003-07). Barwis also worked with Olympic athletes in 18 different sports during his tenure and was the school’s director of strength and conditioning for varsity sports prior to his appointment with the football and basketball teams. Barwis has coached 22 National Strength and Conditioning (NSCA) All-Americans since 1999, and was one of 10 coaches to receive the 2002 Bronze Award from the NSCA certification <strong>com</strong>mission. He has trained professional, Olympic, national and international <strong>com</strong>petitors and medalists in wrestling, track and field, soccer, football, basketball, baseball, motor cross, cycling and rifle during his career. In addition, Barwis has been published in numerous journals, magazines and newspapers. A Philadelphia, Pa., native, Barwis earned his undergraduate degree in exercise physiology from West Virginia University in 1996 and his master’s degree in athletic coaching with an emphasis in strength and conditioning in 1998. He also <strong>com</strong>pleted course work in the area of anatomy and physiology at Temple University, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA. Barwis and his wife, Autumn, have one son, Ray. Autumn was the associate strength and conditioning coach for West Virginia’s entire athletic department. Dir. of Skill Development / Assoc. Dir. of Strength and Conditioning Chris Allen Chris Allen is in his first year with Michigan football. He is the Director of Skill Development and the Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning. Allen spent the past five seasons as a member of the West Virginia strength and conditioning program (2003-07). He worked with the football, men’s basketball, wrestling, track and crew teams at WVU. Allen spent two years working in Internet technology support in Atlanta, Ga., prior to joining the Mountaineers staff. He was a volunteer strength coach at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Ga. A sprinter on the West Virginia track team from 1997-2000, Allen graduated in 2000 with degrees in accounting and MIS. He also has a master’s degree in athletic coaching education. Allen is a native of Kingston, Jamaica.