Piedmont athletics has announced the hiring of Cole Hansen as its new Head Strength and Conditioning Coordinator.
Hansen joins the Lions after spending the last several months in the private sector, serving as General Manager of MADabolic in Johns Creek, Georgia.
Prior to his time in the private sector, Hansen has earned multiple years of sports performance experience, ranging from the high school to the professional level, with a collegiate stop as well.
After earning his bachelor of science in kinesiology from the University of North Georgia in 2020, Hansen remained with the Nighthawks, serving as a sports performance coach until 2022. While with UNG, he led speed, strength, agility and mobility programs for five Olympic sports.
From there, Hansen spent over a year as a Minor League strength coach in the Miami Marlins organizations where he designed and implemented strength and conditioning and rehab programs for minor and major league players.
From August 2023 to November of 2024, Hansen spent time in the Tallulah Falls school system as Strength & Conditioning Coach where he developed and implemented strength and conditioning programs tailored to athletes’ specific goals and needs and collaborated with athletic trainers and coaches to adjust in-season programming and minimize injury risk.
In addition to earning his bachelor of science in 2020 from UNG, Hansen also has a master’s in exercise science from UNG, earned in 2022.
