Bio

Vaughn Van Dame begins his first year as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Garden City Community College. 

Van Dame has over five years of experience in Strength and Conditioning. He's worked with athletes ranging from youth all the way to professional. Spending the last few years at Athletes Performance Enhancement in Arizona, which is an elite performance gym in the area and home to some of the best athletes in the state. Vaughn has also been a Head Football Coach at the JC level and has been a Strength and Conditioning coach for multiple high school programs in Arizona.

Van Dame played football at Phoenix College before transferring to Southwestern where he also ran track, earning all-conference honors and a B.S. in Physical Performance and Sports Studies. After graduation he had a stint of playing professional arena football in multiple leagues including the Indoor Football League as well as beginning his coaching career and training athletes.