Zack Nielsen is the Director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports at Eastern Washington University, where he works with women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and women’s basketball while serving in an assistant capacity with football. His background is in competitive weightlifting and the hammer throw in track and field. Zack’s research interests include monitoring training load, optimization of weightlifting movements for athletic performance, team cohesion in female athletes, and nutrition for athletes. He graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2014 with his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and he will receive his Master of Science in Health and Human Performance from Northwestern State University in May 2018.
