After seven years as strength and conditioning coach at Saint Mary’s University (Minn.), 2012 Central College grad Matt Sagar returned as the school’s assistant strength and conditioning coordinator in 2021.
Sagar was a strength and conditioning intern as a Central undergraduate, earning a bachelor’s degree with an exercise science major and a strength and conditioning emphasis. He then served as an intern at the University of Nebraska, working with the Husker football squad. He earned a master’s degree in education leadership with an emphasis in sports management at Winona State University (Minn.), where he served as a graduate assistant coach, working with the baseball, women’s basketball and men’s and women’s rugby programs. At St. Mary’s Sagar developed a strength and conditioning internship curriculum and also managed nutritional programs in addition to daily training sessions.
