Jon Mangel enters his second season as the strength and conditioning coach at Mercer University in 2013. Mangel will work primarily with the football and women’s basketball programs.

 

Prior to Mercer, Mangel worked at Southern Conference member Wofford College for two years. He started at Wofford as a strength and conditioning intern, but was eventually promoted to a full-time assistant.

 

While at Wofford, Mangel was the primary contact for the baseball, men’s soccer, women’s golf, men’s tennis and cross country programs, while also assisting with men’s and women’s basketball teams, volleyball team and the 2010 SoCon Champion football program.

 

Before arriving at Wofford, Mangel worked as both an intern and assistant coach at the Athletic Evolution Nike SPARQ Training Center in Woburn, Mass., from 2008-2010.

 

A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and USA-W Sports Performance Coach, Mangel graduated from Florida State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s of science in exercise science.