Welcome Dr. Satoshi Mizuguchi to the Center of Excellence Staff

It is very exciting to be on board as a faculty member with Dr. Stone, Dr. Sands, Dr. Ramsey, and Dr. Sato at East Tennessee State University. As a former student, I have been excited about how fast the program has been expanding. Along with the expansion of the program, many exciting events have happened, including the designation as an Olympic training center. The program is still expanding and showing great potential for more exciting events and great opportunities for sport science. This is the primary reason why I decided to stay at ETSU.



I came to the U.S. in 2003 to study as an undergraduate student at Winona State University. During my undergraduate time, I volunteered to assist and obtain experience in their strength and conditioning program. I also interned in the strength and conditioning program at Western Illinois University for a semester. After I received a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from WSU, I went on to study at Appalachian State University (ASU) for my master’s degree in Exercise Science – Strength and Conditioning concentration. While I was at ASU, I worked in the strength and conditioning program as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach. During this period, I was directly responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Softball, and Volleyball while assisting with Football. Following the completion of the master’s program at ASU, I began my doctoral study at ETSU. My dissertation was titled “Net impulse and net impulse characteristics in vertical jumping” and dealt with force-time curve analyses of vertical jumping in relation to net impulse. During this period, I worked with the Men’s soccer team as a sport scientist and competed in weightlifting.

At ETSU, I am looking to conduct sport science research related to the use of vertical jumping for performance monitoring, strength and explosiveness development, measurement and monitoring of total training volume, and other topics pertinent to current issues in sports science. I will continue to be involved in soccer at ETSU, serving as both the Men’s & Women’s soccer sport science faculty supervisor.