Cam Davidson has been named the director of strength and conditioning at Colorado College, Associate Athletics Director for Sport Performance and Well-Being Rich Bennett announced today.
 
Davidson comes to CC from Penn State University, where he was the assistant director of performance enhancement since 2016. He has worked with the PSU hockey team for the past eight seasons.

"We are extremely excited to welcome Cam to our Sport Performance team," Bennett said. "His experience, attitude, and talent really stood out amongst a deep and accomplished candidate pool. I believe Cam is the right person to lead our 17 programs during these exciting times."

Along with hockey, Davidson worked with PSU's women's volleyball and track & field programs. He trained 11 Big Ten Championship teams, including the 2016-17 and 2019-20 men's ice hockey teams. Davidson also trained four NCAA Championship women's volleyball teams and 2018 Indoor National Champion David Lucas.

Davidson helped train multiple All-Americans in each of his sports and student-athletes who competed at the next level in their respective sport, including 27 professional hockey players in the last eight years. Numerous Olympians, including shot putters Darrell Hill and Joe Kovacs, and two-time indoor world champion and Olympian Ryan Whiting, have benefitted from his expertise. In 2012, twenty-five percent of the shot put field at the USA Olympic Trials were trained by Davidson.

"I would like to thank Rich Bennett, Lesley Irvine (CC Vice President and Director of Athletics), and the rest of the committee for this incredible opportunity to be a part of Colorado College athletics," Davidson said. "I am excited to be joining the tremendous staff at CC and contributing to the championship culture to help prepare these athletes for success."
 
Prior to joining Penn State, Davidson was the director of strength and conditioning at the College of Charleston from 2007-09. At Charleston, he designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for all 19 intercollegiate teams.

Davidson began his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Wyoming, where he wrestled from 2001-02. Davidson went on to earn his master's degree from Marshall University in 2006, while working with many of its athletic teams. In 2006-07, he served as an assistant basketball strength coach at Clemson.

A masters-level weightlifter, Davidson has been competing since 2010. He is SCCC certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, CSCS certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, has his Level 1 weightlifting certification through USA weightlifting, and has taken advanced certifications through Columbus Weightlifting and Totten Training Systems.

Davidson and his wife Kaleena, a former assistant women's volleyball coach and student-athlete at Penn State, have two daughters, Ansley & Adalyn.