Shannon Turley

Serving as the Kissick Family Director of Sports Performance, the 2018 season is Shannon Turley's 12th with the Cardinal.

In 2013, his position became the first endowed sports performance directorship in collegiate athletics with the generous gift of John Kissick and his family.

On top of his day-to-day duties with the football team, Turley oversees the sports performance program implementation for each of Stanford's 36 varsity teams.

Turley has created a comprehensive player development program designed to achieve three primary goals: injury prevention, athletic performance enhancement, and mental discipline development.

Turley was recognized as the 2013 College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as selected by a vote of its members.

Following the 2011 season, FootballScoop.com named Turley as its Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year as determined by a panel of coaches and previous recipients. In addition, Turley has earned significant credit from the Stanford coaching staff for his role in turning around a team that won a single game the year before his arrival, to an elite program which has achieved its greatest success with four straight BCS bowl appearances (2010-13) and consecutive Pac-12 Conference championships (2012-13).

Integral parts of Turley’s program include sports nutrition education, lifestyle management, and sports psychology programming, all of which ensure the optimal physical and mental preparation of Stanford’s athletes. Turley is responsible for planning meals for the program’s training table, travel, and game day to guarantee optimal nutrition and hydration. He also collaborates with the sports medicine staff to develop an individualized, sport and position specific, active integration rehabilitation plan to ensure the successful return to competition of all injured players.

Turley brought 15 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Stanford program. Prior to arriving on The Farm, Turley spent the 2006 campaign with the University of San Diego as director of athletic performance for the Torero’s 16 varsity programs.

Turley was a graduate assistant at Missouri from 2001-02 and assistant director from 2003-05. He also spent the 2001 season coaching the Class-AA Wichita Wranglers, an affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals.

Turley earned his bachelor’s degree in the science of human nutrition, foods and exercise from Virginia Tech in 2000, while also earning a minor in chemistry. During his stint with the Hokies, Turley served as president of the Exercise Science Student Organization and began his career in strength and conditioning as a volunteer student assistant following a brief track and field career. He continued his education at Missouri where he earned a master’s degree in education and counseling psychology with a concentration in sports psychology.

Turley is a certified member of the NSCA, and previously held certificates from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, and the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Turley is one of the nation’s most sought after innovators and regularly presents concepts of his training system to diverse audiences at venues around the world.

A native of Bluefield, West Virginia, Turley resides in Campbell with his wife, Brittany, their daughter, son, and two dogs.