Coach Jeff Madden has 30+ years of experience as a strength and conditioning professional. Coach Madden was a high school All-American and an All-Star Football Player at Vanderbilt University before playing professional football. Coach Madden has had a very successful career while coaching at great institutions: University of North Carolina; Colorado; Cincinnati; Rice University; and now the University of Texas. Coach Madden has held the position of either Assistant or Associate Athletics Director for over 23 years. Coach Madden has been blessed to coach over 30,000 athletes, a few hundred who have gone on to be Olympians, as well as NFL and NBA professional athletes. Coach Madden’s All-Sports Teams have won 14 National Championships.
Coach Madden is a certified Speed-Explosion Expert by the National Association of Speed and Explosion, is Master Certified by the International Sports Sciences Association, and is a CSCCA Board of Directors Member. Jeff and Brenda Madden have two sons, Brandon and Bryan.
Professional Experience
- Executive Director of USA Strength Hall of Fame 2021-Present
- Owner of Maddog Explosive Power Training 2014-Present
- Owner/Operator Mobile Fitness training 1989-Present
- Chief Operating Officer of Velo Energy Management-2014-2020
University Of Texas
- Associates Athletics Director for Human Athletic Performance Head Strength & Conditioning Coach-1998-2014
University of North Carolina
- Associates Athletics Director for Human Athletic Performance Head Strength & Conditioning Coach-1992-1998
University of Colorado
- Assistant Athletics Director for Human Athletic Performance Head Strength Coach-1989-1992
Rice University
- Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach-1984-1989
United States Football League
- Memphis Showboats Offensive Guard 1983-1984
University of Cincinnati
- Offensive and Defensive Line GA/Head Football Strength Coach 1983
Awards and Achievements
- President of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association 2009-2016
- VP Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association-2001-2009
- Collegiate Strength Coach of the Year, Samson Equipment 2005
- BCS National Champions, Texas Longhorns 2005-2006
- Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society, National Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year 2004
- USA Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame Inductee-2003
- Master Strength and Conditioning Coach CSCCa-2001
- Admiral Ulysses Grant Sharp Award-2001
- Master Strength and Conditioning Coach NASE 2001
- National Strength and Conditioning Specialist of the Year 1996
- Stan Jones Award Master Coach of the Year-1995
- AP College Football Champions, Colorado Buffalos-1990-1991
- International Sports Science Association (ISSA) Master Certified-1988
- National Association of Speed and Explosion, Expert Certified-1985
- National Strength and Conditioning Association Member-1984-2012