Trent Talmadge - Strength Coach - Men's Soccer Support Staff

Trent Talmadge

Title:
Strength Coach
Email:
trent.n.talmadge@dartmouth.edu

Trent Talmadge joined the Dartmouth Strength and Conditioning program in July 2022. He is responsible for Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Baseball, Softball and Lightweight and Women's Rowing.

With nearly 12 years of experience as a strength and performance coach, he has trained over 1,300 combined athletes and clients ranging ages 11-95.

Coach Talmadge previously served as Assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of New Hampshire where he led all aspects of performance training for Men’s Soccer, Women’s Lacrosse, Women’s Swim and Dive, along with being an Assistant Strength Coach with Football. During that time, Men’s Soccer won the American East Conference 2020, Runner-up 2021, along with NCAA tournament appearances with final rankings of #19 (2020) and #9 (2021). Swim and Dive captured the 2021 American East title.

At Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., Coach Talmadge worked with the nationally ranked Swimming and Diving team along with the Softball program, the men's Blue & White Swimming & Diving team and Men’s Soccer. The Women’s Swim/Dive Division II team had a 2019 NE-10 Championship finish (National Rank: 22) and 2020 NE-10 Runner-Up (National Rank: 24). Men’s Soccer won the NE10 Championship 2019 and had their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and tourney match win.

Along with collegiate coaching, he also owns Talmadge Ironside Strength & Conditioning, an online strength and conditioning service which has developed from years working in the private sector of sports performance.

Trent is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach holding a Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Science from Cal. State Fresno ‘13 and a Master’s of Science in Exercise Science and Sport Studies from Merrimack College ‘19.

He currently competes in Strongman competitions, and has been a national qualifier 8 times in the last 8 years for the 105kg Weight Class, along with winning multiple Strongman competitions throughout the United States.