Texas State Athletics

Aaron Burkart is in his third year with Texas State as the head football strength and conditioning coach. He joined the Bobcat staff after serving two seasons as the director of football strength & conditioning at James Madison.
 
Burkart previously worked two years at Illinois as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for football. From 2010-12, he served two stints at Florida and one at West Virginia. He worked with basketball at West Virginia and was responsible for assisting with Florida’s baseball and football teams, while overseeing softball.
 
He held the same position at his alma mater, Bowling Green, from 2009-10 working with football, golf, women’s soccer, hockey and basketball. Burkart started his professional career at Ball State, serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach during the 2006-07 season.
 
Burkart played college football at Bowling Green, where he was a member of the 2003 MAC West Division championship and Motor City Bowl championship team. He also played on the 2004 GMAC Bowl championship squad. Graduating with honors in 2006, he earned his bachelor’s degree in education in 2006.
 
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Burkart’s wife, Chelsea, is the first sports nutritionist for Bobcat Athletics and is a lecturer at Texas State. They have a two children, Tyson and Kelly.