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Ingram announces staff - 1/21/2026

A Pennsylvania native, Schwager earned his bachelor's from Lock Haven in 2009 and added his master's from California (Pa.) in 2012. Schwager has had a number of impressive stops during his career including internships with Princeton, University of South Florida and Michigan State (football + Olympic sports). Schwager has been the director of strength and conditioning at Newberry, Northwestern State, Charleston Southern University and Gray Collegiate Academy, was an assistant football strength coach at Kansas State and was a contractor for Reef Corp Systems in which he designed performance programs for para jumpers in the United States Air Force.

Schwager holds both National Strength and Conditioning (NCSA) and National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) certifications, as well CPR and AED.