Connor Stanton

Connor Stanton is an Assistant Director of Sports Performance for Mullen High School in Denver, Colorado. He is joining the Mustang Sports Performance Department in the Fall of 2024 after spending the previous 3 years as an Embedded Strength and Conditioning Specialist working with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) personnel.

 

In his role with AFSOC, he supported military personnel across multiple career fields. He joined the Human Performance team in 2022 after spending the previous 4 years at the University of Louisiana where he served as the Director of Olympic Sports.

Stanton joined the Louisiana staff in 2017 as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports. In 2018 he was promoted to Director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports. While with the Rajin’ Cajuns, he worked with Women’s Softball, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country, and Cheer programs.

 
Prior to his work at the University of Louisiana, he rejoined Baylor Athletic Performance as an Athletic Performance Assistant where he trained Women’s Equestrian and assisted with the Men’s Women’s Track and Field and Baseball programs.
 
Before returning to Baylor, he served as a Strength and Conditioning Assistant (Graduate Assistant) with Valdosta State University Athletics from 2015 to 2017. With the Blazers Stanton oversaw the Women’s Softball, Women’s Soccer, and Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Teams. While with the Blazers he also assisted with the Football and baseball programs.

 

Before his work at Valdosta State University Stanton served as an Athletic Performance Assistant with Baylor Athletic Performance. He joined the staff as an intern in the summer of 2014. In the winter of 2015, he was promoted to Athletic Performance Assistant. While with the Bears he worked primarily with Football, Women’s Softball, Women’s Soccer, Acrobatics and Tumbling, and Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country programs. Stanton also interned at Luther College throughout the final year of his bachelor’s degree from 2013-2014.
 
Stanton, an Illinois native, graduated from Luther College in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education, double majoring in Exercise Science and Health and Wellness. He completed his master's degree in Public Administration at Valdosta State University in 2017.

 

Stanton holds his SCCC through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and CSCS with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a TPI Level 3 Fitness Professional with the Titleist Performance Institute. Additionally, he is a Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist with Functional Range Systems and an ELDOA Level 1 and 2 Student Practitioner.