Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning, Olympic Sports
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EDUCATION
• M.S. - Exercise Physiology, Eastern Michigan University
• B.S. - Exercise Science, William Paterson University
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
• NSCA Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach (RSCC)
• NSCA Certified Performance and Sport Scientist (CPSS)
• CSCCa Master Strength & Conditioning Coach (MSCC)
• CSCCa Strength & Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC)
• USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance Coach Certified
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
• NSCA Certificate of Appreciation – Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Special Interest Group Executive Council Member, 2012-2015
• NSCA Student Assistantship, 2011
• Donald R. Shepherd Graduate Coaching Fellowship, 2010 & 2011
• William Paterson University Dean of Students Award for Academic Excellence, 2009
• AAPHERD Exercise Science Major of the Year Award, 2009
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE/INTERESTS
• William Paterson University, Football, 2005-2008
• Exercise for personal health, wellness, and enjoyment
• Empowering and motivating others to reach their performance goals
PRESENTATIONS/ARTICLES
• 2020 NFCA National Convention (remote); Growth and Empowerment: Strength & Conditioning Perspective
• 2017 OHSFSCA Annual Clinic; Foundational Strength and Power Training, Off-Season Conditioning: Set-up for Success, and Strength & Conditioning for Softball: Plan the Work, Work the Plan
• 2016 Rockford Public Schools Strength and Conditioning Clinic; Building an Annual Training Plan and Incorporating Various Modalities to Optimize Performance Preparation
• 2015 NFCA National Convention; Effective Collaboration and Integration to Maximize Physical Performance and Sustain Competitive Excellence
• 2014 NSCA Coaches Conference; Drills to improve positioning and correct errors in the weightlifting movements and their assistance exercises
• 2013 Michigan NSCA State Clinic; Utilizing the Olympic Lifts and Olympic Lift Variations Most Effectively for your Sport
• 2012 Georgia NSCA State Clinic; Utilizing the Olympic Lifts and Olympic Lift Variations Most Effectively for your Sport
• Authored "Off-Season Training for Softball, NFCA Top Recruit, June 2016, Volume 11
• Authored “Poised for Power”, Training & Conditioning, September 2015, Vol. XXV, No. 6.
Lew Porchiazzo currently serves as Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports following his promotion from Head Strength and Conditioning Coach in December 2021, having served in that capacity since August 2017. He joined the University of Michigan Olympic Sport Strength and Conditioning Staff as a Graduate Assistant in August 2009 while simultaneously pursuing his MS in Exercise Physiology from Eastern Michigan University. In December 2011, upon completion of his graduate studies, he was promoted to Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports. Porchiazzo is currently responsible for the program design and implementation for Softball, Women's Gymnastics, and Men's Soccer, and formerly for Women's Rowing 2009-2013 and Field Hockey 2009-2015. Additionally, he serves as coordinator of the 25,000 sq. ft. Sports Performance Center Weight Room.
While at Michigan, Porchiazzo has been the Strength and Conditioning Coach for one National Championship Team: Women's Gymnastics (2021) and 25 Big Ten Championships Teams: Field Hockey (2010 & 2011), Softball (2011-2016, 2018, 2019, & 2021), Women's Gymnastics (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014-2020, 2022, & 2023), Men's Soccer (2017), and Women's Rowing (2012). During his tenure, he has worked with three individual national champions, four national most outstanding athlete of the year recipients, multiple Big Ten Athletes of the Year and Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients, over 70 All-Americans, and over 95 All-Big Ten honorees.
Prior to joining the Michigan staff, Porchiazzo completed a summer 2009 internship at Baylor University, where he assisted with football, women's soccer, and women's tennis. He also completed a five-month spring 2009 internship with the United States Olympic Committee at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. While at the OTC, Porchiazzo assisted with a variety of sports, including freestyle wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, women's freestyle wrestling, judo, modern pentathlon, pistol shooting, rifle shooting, shotgun shooting and figure skating.
During his undergraduate work at WPU, he was an offensive lineman on the Pioneer football team. Porchiazzo was voted team captain and twice earned NJAC All-Academic Team honors. He completed his BS in Exercise Science at WPU in 2009.
Additionally, he is active in the profession, presenting at several clinics and conferences, collaborating with other units on campus, and making various podcast and social media guest appearances.
Originally from Colonia, N.J., Porchiazzo currently resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., with his wife, Ashley Korn.
SPORT ASSIGNMENTS: Softball, Women's Gymnastics & Men's Soccer
