Mark Van Leuven enters his ninth season as an assistant to head coach Laurie Darling Gutheil. Van Leuven, a physical therapist, is a certified strength and conditioning coach with 16 years of experience treating orthopedic and sports related injuries.
His primary responsibility with the team is strength and conditioning. He focuses on fitness, athleticism, strength, and speed development.
Van Leuven also works with multiple high schools, colleges, and high profile athletes throughout New York and attends numerous conferences to remain at the forefront of his profession. He is the owner of Athletic Dynamics in Troy, NY; a strength and conditioning company he formed in June of 2002. He focuses on developing speed, strength and power for athletes.
Van Leuven received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse in 1995. He has been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA since 1999.
Van Leuven was an All-SUNYAC soccer player at SUNY Potsdam and was also the head coach at Sage College in Troy from 1999 through 2001 where he led the team to its first two winning seasons, 2000 and ‘01, in eight years.
