Jimmy Whitten returns as Strength and Conditioning Coach for football in the summer of 2015, his second year as the Assistant AD for Sports Performance, after 10 years working with VMI’s Olympic Sports teams.
Whitten came from East Carolina University in August 2004, where he was Director of Strength and Conditioning.
While at ECU, Whitten implemented the strength and conditioning programs for Pirate Football and Men’s Basketball for three years. He also headed up the strength programs for the Pirate Baseball, Softball, Men’s Track, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, and Swimming teams.
Prior to his ECU tenure, Whitten was head strength and conditioning coach for UNC-Charlotte from July, 1999, to February, 2001. He was also assistant strength and conditioning coach at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, for two years after serving as a graduate assistant in the program for two years. He was a defensive end standout for the Hokies and was named the team’s Co-MVP as well as most valuable defensive lineman in 1990. He also held the Captain’s Award for Hokie Football in 1990.
Whitten earned a Bachelor of Science in Education at Virginia Tech in 1991 and earned a Masters of Arts in Counselor Education at Virginia Tech in 1996. Whitten is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a USA Weightlifting Certified Club Coach. He is also a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Whitten’s off-the-field interests include martial arts and he is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt.
A native of Danville, Va., Whitten and his wife, Eileen, have two children - daughter Mandolin, and son Luke.
