Carson Kinney

Biography

Carson Kinney started as The College of Wooster's director of strength and conditioning and manager of the College's fitness and strength centers on January 21, 2025. Kinney arrived back in Wooster following a semester at Oberlin College, where he worked closely with the Yeomen's football team, developing and implementing a football-specific strength and conditioning program and assessing student-athletes' capabilities through maximal speed, strength, and agility testing. He implemented nutritional guidance and recovery protocols, fostered student-athlete development, and optimized performance during competition using Perch Fitness and Catapult systems. Prior to Oberlin, Kinney spent three years at Wooster as a full-time assistant track and field coach, developing a successful throws program. He helped alumna Ainsley Wiesner graduate as a two-time All-American while continuously improving the program's hammer and weight throw records, and guided current junior Evie Sanford to set school records in indoor and outdoor shot put, discus, and earn two-time North Coast Athletic Conference champion honors. In his last two years at Wooster, Kinney took on expanded duties as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, leading cross country, track and field, and men's soccer strength and conditioning programming while assisting with football and directing the College's intramural programming. Kinney was a thrower at Baldwin Wallace University and a five-time state qualifier in high s