Joseph Umlauf

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About Joseph Umlauf

Experienced high-level wrestling coach, educator, and fitness/ wellness trainer with proven expertise in higher education and secondary education. Current Head Wrestling Coach at Itasca Community College. Skills and responsibilities include athletics, sport management, academic, and athletic advising, intercollegiate athletics, fundraising, recruiting, budgeting & finances, hiring, sport & staff training, sport psychology, nutrition, strength training, and player performance development. I have over 10 years of coaching experience at all levels. Additionally, former high school physical and health education teacher at Greenway High School in Coleraine, MN. Department Head of High School Phy Ed and Health Ed program. Skills and responsibilities include educating, career pathway coordinator, career exploration, curriculum design, scope & sequence, academic enrichment, academic support, and more. I have created from scratch with no prior curriculum guides or funding for equipment over 20 courses in three years from personal training/ kinesiology to college in the school courses. I graduated from North Dakota State University, where I graduated in the spring of 2018 with dual degrees in Physical Education/ Health Education and a minor in Psychology and coaching certification. Currently finishing up my Master’s degree in Sport Management from the University of Florida. My academic focus has been encouraged by my passion for education and making the world a better place by empowering young people not only in physical activity and health but also in developing life skills and moral fortitude for a lifetime. I am also a certified personal trainer in Strength & Conditioning and in nutrition consulting. I have been doing personal consulting in strength training and nutrition for the past five years. Please read my coaching philosophy for more information.