Episode #158: Tim Caron

Tim Caron is the Co-Founder and Head Coach of Allegiate Gym. Caron helped start Allegiate Gym with two of his former football players and co-founders in 2017. Since the opening in Los Angeles, they have seen the gym expand to three total locations. Prior to his work in the private sector, he spent the majority of his career in collegiate strength and conditioning. His last stop was Army West Point where he served as the head football strength coach for the Black Knights for three seasons. While at the United States Military Academy, Caron helped spearhead Army to an explosive victory over Navy in 2016 – their first win in the historic series in 15 years. Prior to Army he spent three years as the associate strength coach at USC working with the Trojans football team in addition to overseeing the swim & dive team. Caron began his full-time coaching career at Springfield College, where he worked with multiple programs including the football, men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse, women’s volleyball and women’s sprint & jump programs. He then joined the Georgia Tech staff as an associate strength coach for football in addition to overseeing the women’s basketball team for three years before joining USC. Caron also bolsters experience as an intern coach first at Velocity Sports Performance and later with Harvard University, Georgia Tech and the University of Mississippi before securing a role at Springfield College.

In addition to his coaching experience, Coach Caron is heavily involved in the S&C field as an author, consultant, mentor, and speaker. He is has written numerous blog posts in addition to being the author of multiple books including Strength Deficit; Leveraging Ratios Between Eccentric and Concentric Strength, How to Become a Strength Coach: Periodize Your Career in Strength and Conditioning, and Training Sports Teams: Principles, Strategies, and Programming for the Strength and Conditioning Professional. Caron is a coaching consultant and mentor to many coaches offering both in-person and online consulting and mentorship programs in a wide range of topics for the Strength TC Collective including muscle mentorship, private mentorship, staff workshop, staff audit, and remote consult. He has spoken at various strength and conditioning conferences and been featured on many podcast in addition to being the host of his own, the Performance Health (pH) Podcast.

Caron is a true strength advocate and enthusiast who has been an avid lifter with dedicated time under the bar. He still continues to train hard while coaching and running his business and gyms.