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Strength and Conditioning Coach resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what strength and conditioning coachs actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most strength and conditioning coachs should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Strength and conditioning coach with experience preparing athletes across team and individual sports. Skilled in designing periodised programs, running testing and monitoring load, and working alongside medical and coaching staff to keep athletes available and performing.
Key skills
- Periodised program design
- Speed, power and plyometric coaching
- Athlete testing and movement screening
- Training load monitoring and data analysis
- Return-to-play collaboration with physiotherapists
- Fitness coaching and instruction
- Teaching and instruction
- VALD ForceDecks
- Catapult GPS
- NordBord
- TeamBuildr
- Microsoft Excel
Experience: example bullet points
- Designed and delivered a 16-week pre-season strength and conditioning block for a squad of 30 athletes, lifting average squat and bench press scores across the group.
- Ran weekly speed and plyometric sessions that improved linear acceleration times over 10 and 20 metres for the majority of the playing group.
- Monitored daily GPS and wellness data for a football squad, flagging players with elevated load or low readiness and adjusting sessions before training.
- Conducted pre-season screening and force plate testing using VALD ForceDecks, producing individual reports that guided program changes for each athlete.
- Worked with the physiotherapist and head coach to build return-to-play progressions for injured players, returning them to full training without a re-injury setback.
- Coached a school-based athlete group twice weekly, tracking attendance and testing results to keep the program aligned with the season calendar.
Education
Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, plus Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) Level 1 or 2 accreditation. Some coaches enter through a Diploma of Fitness or Certificate IV in Fitness and build accreditation while working in the field.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- ASCA Level 1
- ASCA Level 2
- ESSA accredited exercise scientist
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR
- Working with Children Check
- National Police Check
- periodisation
- athlete monitoring
- GPS load monitoring
- force plate testing
- return to play
- Australian Institute of Sport
- state institute of sport
- strength and conditioning
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.