Sean Edinger - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Sean Edinger

Title:
Assistant Athletics Director/Athletic Performance (football)
Email:
sdedinge@syr.edu
Phone:
1813

Sean Edinger is in his seventh year as the football program’s Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance. Appointed to the position in January 2016, Edinger is responsible for designing training programs to increase the conditioning, speed, strength and agility of Syracuse’s football student-athletes.

Edinger has trained a host of collegiate standouts who have gone on to play professional football. Since Edinger got to Syracuse, 26 Orange players have signed NFL contracts, including draft picks Zaire Franklin, Chris Slayton, Alton Robinson, Sterling Hofrichter, Andre Cisco and Ifeatu Melifonwu

Prior to joining the Orange, Edinger served as the director of strength and conditioning at Bowling Green for two seasons, overseeing the strength and conditioning programs for BGSU’s 18 sports. Edinger previously held a similar position at Eastern Illinois from June 2012 until 2014 when he accompanied Dino Babers to Bowling Green.

Before his stint at Eastern Illinois, Edinger was the head strength coach at Central Missouri. Edinger was directly responsible for all aspects of the Mules’ strength and conditioning program. He also previously worked as the head strength coach for football and volleyball at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas in 2008.

A graduate assistant at Missouri for two seasons, Edinger worked with the Tiger volleyball and tennis teams. He also assisted with the football strength and conditioning program, helping players prepare for pro days and professional combines.

At Central Missouri, Edinger worked with quarterback Eric Czerniewski, who won the 2010 Harlon Hill Trophy as the top player in Division II football. Edinger’s stint at Eastern Illinois included coaching current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and record-setting receiver Erik Lora. NFL receivers Gehrig Dieter, Roger Lewis, linebacker Gabe Martin and 2015 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year Matt Johnson are just of few of Edinger’s successful Bowling Green protégés.

Edinger is a 2006 graduate of the University of Kansas. He earned his master’s degree from Missouri in 2008. Edinger is SCCC certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) and holds a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Performance certification. A member of the U.S. National Karate Team for five years, Edinger has more than 30 years of experience in the martial arts.