Coach Lanier on Vinnie: "Vinnie came highly recommended by people I really trust. His reputation is built on his love and passion for young people and seeing them improve. What makes a great strength coach is the ability to connect with athletes on a personal level while exercising the demands of a coach. That is the balance that Vinnie brings. Those things are always important in a program but especially right now. Vinnie is exactly what we needed."Â
Vinnie Calautti joined the Georgia State Athletics Strength and Conditioning staff in October 2020 as an Assistant Strength Coach.
Before coming aboard the GSU coaching staff, Calautti spent three seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the East Carolina Pirates where he worked primarily with men's basketball, women's lacrosse, men and women's swimming and diving and a stint with football and women's basketball. In his last season working with the men's swimming and diving program he helped the team capture the American Conference Championship.
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Previously Calautti held the same position at Boston University working four seasons directly with men’s basketball and men’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s tennis. With the assistance of Calautti’s training methods, BU captured the 2014 Patriot League regular-season men’s basketball and men’s soccer championships.
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Prior to BU, Calautti served as a strength coach at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning where he implemented sports performance programs for high school and collegiate athletes.
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During the summer of 2013 he was a strength coach at the USA Women’s Developmental Camp where he directed teams through a customized two-day strength program and conducted a seminar of the importance of strength training, injury prevention, and nutrition.
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As an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts, Calautti served as an intern with the men’s basketball team and the implementation of the strength training and injury reduction programs.
Calautti is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the NSCA and holds certification as a Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach (SCCC). He is married to his wife Jamie Michele.
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