Episode #077: Stu Roche

Stu Roche is the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Marquette University. In addition to his coaching role where he oversees the training the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams as well as the men’s and women’s tennis teams, he is also the internship coordinator. Prior to joining Marquette, he worked as a Research Lab Specialist at the University of Michigan from 2012-2015 in the department of orthopedic research. During that time he authored and coauthored multiple peer reviewed research papers. While Roche was working at Michigan, he also led the performance training for both the men’s and women’s rugby teams after serving as intern with the Michigan strength & conditioning department during a semester scholarship exchange program in the fall of 2011. He also spent time as an intern coach with Eastern Michigan football in 2015 and got his start in the profession serving in a studentship at UK Sport at Loughborough University as a sport and exercise biochemistry worker. 

Rocher is the founder of My Momentum Pro, a non-profit that champions the growth of young professionals in the field of strength and conditioning. My Momentum is an online platform and organization designed for the aspiring performance coach, which provides resources and a community for individuals aiming to enter the sports performance coaching profession. Originally hailing from Stamford, England Roche was a rugby athlete throughout high school and college playing in both the UK and overseas in the United States. Nowadays, he continues to strength train and challenge himself physically and mentally, more recently completing a 1000-mile bike ride the length of the United Kingdom.