Matt Schiotz was appointed by Head Coach Cam Cameron to direct the Dolphins’ strength and conditioning program on February 8, 2007.
Schiotz joins the Dolphins after spending the last five seasons (2002-06) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach with the San Diego Chargers. He also served in that capacity with the Washington Redskins in 2001.
Schiotz got his start in the coaching profession when he served as an intern in the strength room of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1994. From 1995-96, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Kansas. He then spent the 1997 season assisting with the Chiefs’ strength program before being named the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Southern California in 1998, a role in which he served the next three years (1998-2000).
A native of Menomonie, Wisconsin, Schiotz earned his degree in exercise science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1994 and his master’s degree in exercise physiology and nutrition from the University of Kansas in 1997. |