NORFOLK, Va. – A veteran of over 20 years as a strength and conditioning coach on the university level, Tim Socha joins the Old Dominion Athletic Department as Director of Sports Performance – Olympic Sports. He will work with men's basketball, men's and women's soccer along with men's and women's golf.
Socha joins the Monarchs after eight years as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football at the University of Washington. He was responsible for overseeing the design, implementation and organization of the strength and conditioning program for football.
While with the Huskies, the football program won two Pac-12 championships, a North Division championship and appeared in a New Year's Six Bowl for three straight years. In that stretch was the 2016 season when the Huskies made the College Football Playoff and participated in the Peach Bowl. He was named National Strength Coach of the Year by Footballscoop.com in 2016.
Socha came to Washington after eight seasons at Boise State as the Broncos' head strength and conditioning coach. He joined the Boise program prior to the 2006 season, just in time for the Broncos' 13-0 season that was capped with an historic win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. In 2009 he was named Samson Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.
Also, while at Boise State he implemented strength and conditioning programs for football as well as men's and women's basketball.
Before heading to Boise State, Socha spent two years as assistant director of strength and conditioning for football at Louisville. The Cardinals went to bowl games in each of his two seasons there, going 20-4 during his time.
Prior to going to Louisville, Socha worked as a strength coach at Wyoming for three seasons and as a graduate assistant at Auburn from 1999 to 2001.
A four-year letterman offensive lineman at Minnesota (1995-98), Socha earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with a minor in coaching in 1999. He also received a master's degree in exercise physiology from Auburn in 2001. After finishing his college career with the Golden Gophers, Socha began his coaching career as a student assistant in the weight room following his senior season.
Socha and his wife Jessica are the parents of a daughter, Alexa, and a son, A.J.
Tim Socha Named Director of Sports Performance - Olympic Sports
