Shannon Turley
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Football
msturley@stanford.edu
(650) 724-3785

Shannon Turley is in his first season as the strength and conditioning coach for Stanford Football in 2007. Turley spent the 2006 campaign at the University of San Diego with current Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh as the Director of Athletic Performance, where he lead a comprehensive injury prevention and athletic performance enhancement training program for all of the Toreros' 16-sport programs.
Turley served the University of Missouri (2001-05) for the five previous years, the first two as a graduate assistant while earning his Master’s degree in Education and Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Sports Psychology, then the final three as assistant director of strength and conditioning. During his tenure at Mizzou, he assisted with the player development program for the football team as well as directing the training of the women’s volleyball and wrestling programs. In addition to his coaching duties, Turley directed the annual Mizzou Athletic Performance Development Clinic, and was responsible for supervising the professional development of three graduate assistant coaches and four undergraduate intern coaches. Turley also developed and directed a comprehensive sports nutrition program for 20 varsity teams that included negotiating sponsorships with Kraft Foods and Gatorade, while managing the department’s budget for the purchase of nutritional supplements.

Prior to his stint with the Tigers, Turley served the Kansas City Royals Baseball Club during the 2001 season where he was directly responsible for the strength and conditioning development of the AA affiliate Wichita Wranglers. A Virginia Tech alumnus, Turley earned a Bachelor’s degree in the Science of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise in addition to a minor in Chemistry in 2000. While with the Hokies, Turley served as President of the Exercise Science Student Organization and began his career in strength and conditioning as a student assistant coach following his track and field career.

He is a certified member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association, as well as a certified sports nutritionist with the International Society of Sports Nutrition.