Jason Dierking - Swimming & Diving Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Jason Dierking

Title:
Assoc. Dir. Olympic Sports Performance
Email:
jasond@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-3775

Jason Dierking is in his tenth year as an Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Performance at the University of Louisville. In this role, he works directly with men’s and women’s swimming/diving, men’s soccer, field hockey, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s golf, and cross country.

Dierking comes to Louisville from Indiana University, where he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for four years. He also was a graduate assistant strength coach at IU from 1998-2001. During the summer of 2000, Dierking worked as the strength and conditioning intern at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY, where he helped train athletes that were preparing for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He has also competed in the Iron Man triathalon.

Dierking earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in adult physical fitness from Eastern Kentucky University, where he also played baseball for the Colonels. He is a member of and certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and United States Weightlifting.