Aaron Wellman begins his second year at San Diego State as the football team[apos]s strength and conditioning coach.
Wellman has 15 years of experience at the Division I collegiate level. His most recent stint came working alongside head coach Brady Hoke at Ball State from 2004-08, as the director of football strength and conditioning.
A former safety at Division III Manchester College in Indiana, Wellman began his career as a graduate assistant at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, where he earned his master[apos]s degree in 1998. He then worked for three years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Hoosiers and was primarily involved with the football, baseball and softball teams, as well as developing individual nutrition programs for student-athletes.
Wellman left Indiana for a three-season stop at Michigan State from 2001-03, working with all aspects of the strength and conditioning program for the football team, plus assisting with men[apos]s and women[apos]s basketball and ice hockey.
He is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. Wellman and his wife, Shellie, have a son, Grant, and a daughter, Grace.