Jeremy Golden enters his second year as an Assistant Director of Athletic Performance at The University of New Mexico. Golden will work with the UNM women’s basketball and softball teams.
Prior to joining the Lobo Athletic Department, Golden spent the last two years as the Director of Sports Performance at Santa Clara University. While at Santa Clara, Golden worked primarily with women’s basketball, women’s water polo, volleyball, and women’s tennis while assisting with men’s basketball. Additionally, Golden was instrumental in remodeling Santa Clara’s current weight room and designing a new facility as well.
A certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Golden has also made collegiate stops at Providence College (Providence, R.I.), Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.), Colgate University (Hamilton, N.Y.), and the University of Texas, El Paso (El Paso, Texas). In terms of working in the professional ranks, Golden spent time as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA Development League as well as for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.
Golden played collegiate football at the University of Tulsa for two season and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from Tulsa in 1999. Golden then went on to earn a Master’s of Science degree in Physical Education and Sports Administration from The University of New Mexico in 2003.