Griffin Weidler ’23 became a full-time Assistant Coach for Lebanon Valley College’s men’s and women’s track and field teams in December 2025. His responsibilities include ensuring peak performance across different event areas, while working directly with the sprinters and serving as the program’s Recruiting Coordinator. Weidler was previously a Manager and Student Coach for the teams while pursuing his undergraduate degree.
Weidler joined the staff in a full-time capacity with extensive experience in high performance. Most recently, he was a Strength and Conditioning Graduate Assistant, the Head Club Sports Strength and Conditioning Coach, and a Strength and Conditioning Intern at Springfield College while obtaining his master’s degree. As a Graduate Assistant, he was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Springfield’s track and field, football, field hockey, men’s volleyball, and men’s basketball programs.
Weidler also spent time at the NCAA Division I level, working as a Football Strength and Conditioning Intern for the College of the Holy Cross and Michigan State University. He was an Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning Intern for the University of Pittsburgh as well.
In addition to being a Student Manager in 2021-22 and a Student Coach in 2022-23 for Lebanon Valley’s track and field program, Weidler was a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the teams from August 2022 to August 2023. He also served as a Strength and Conditioning Intern at Lancaster Bible during this time. Weidler was a student-athlete in college as well, as he was a member of the football teams at Muhlenberg College and LVC for one year each.
Weidler graduated from Lebanon Valley College in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and a minor in Spanish. He also earned a Master of Education in Strength and Conditioning from Springfield College in May 2025.
Weidler is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association as well. He also holds certifications with ALTIS in Coaching the High Jump, Coaching the Horizontal Jumps, and Coaching the Short Sprints. Additionally, Weidler is certified in Sprint Acceleration Essentials, Elastic Essentials, and Speed ID with Just Fly Sports.
