Support Services Team
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Kevin Watson - High Performance Coach Strength and Conditioning - With more than 10 years experience in the field of sport science and strength and conditioning Kevin has delivered support services to a range of National Governing Bodies, universities and sports organisations, as both a consultant and paid employee.
Kevin has been employed as a high performance strength and conditioning coach at the Glasgow School of Sport for 7 years and has led the significant development of strength and conditioning within the five sports at the school. Complementing the role as High Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach, Kevin has led the development and delivery of the Sport Education Curriculum at the School of Sport. This curriculum compliments the academic subjects taught through Bellahouston Academy and offers all pupils the opportunity to study further national and vocational qualifications in sport related subjects. Kevin is an Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC) with the UK Strength and Conditioning Association and holds the National Strength of Conditioning Association’s ( USA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist qualification (CSCS). Kevin graduated from the University of Strathclyde back in 2002 with a First Class Honours Degree in Sport and Exercise Science and the University of Edinburgh with a Post Graduate Diploma in Strength and Conditioning. Kevin’s personal sporting background was in the sport of rowing. He competed for both Scotland and Great Britain during his career. He has 4 British titles to his name. He competed in the 1999 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Canada in the senior squad while still a junior and won a Silver medal in the Quadruple Sculls event, the youngest ever member of a Scotland rowing squad to do so. More recently, Kevin has been involved at a recreational level in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting for which he trains 6 days a week at the Palace of Arts Weightlifting and Powerlifting club. |
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John McEwan - Assistant High Performance Coach Strength and Conditioning has been involved in coaching a number of lifters in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting for around 30 years. He has coached a number of lifters who have gone on to become Scottish and British, schools, junior and senior champions. John is currently involved in coaching Olympic weightlifters in Glasgow.
John’s personal sporting achievements have included 12 Scottish Olympic weightlifting titles. He was runner up in the British Championships on three occasions and twice the Celtic Nations Champion. He was also part of the team who won the British Olympic Weightlifting league on two occasions. John represented Scotland at both the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games where he finished 8 th and 4 th respectively. He still holds the Scottish records for the snatch in the 75 and 82.5kg body weight classes which he set in 1990. After finishing his career in senior Olympic Weightlifting, John moved into masters lifting where he has won two British titles and finished 5 th at the World Masters Championships in Greece in 2008. As well as being successful in Olympic Weightlifting, John has represented Scotland at the World Championships for sea fishing in Portugal in 2006. John has successfully transferred his knowledge of Olympic Weightlifting into the strength and conditioning field. He recently achieved the UKSCA’s Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach status, the industry standard for strength and conditioning coaches. His technical knowledge and skills are an asset to the Glasgow School of Sport. |
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Katrina Gibbon - Assistant High Performance Coach Strength and Conditioning (Part-Time) graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science in 2009. She holds the UKCC Level 2 in Strength and Conditioning for Sport and is currently working towards gaining the UKSCA’s Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach status. A former dancer, Katrina attended dance lessons from the age of 3 until she was 21. She represented West Dunbartonshire in the year 2000 at the Millennium Dome. She is also a qualified freestyle dance teacher. Katrina is a regular gym goer and keeps fit 2-3 times per week. Katrina’s other work based roles included working as a Sport Scientist for Oarsome Sport and Fitness and providing strength and conditioning coaching sessions for a National Division rugby team for two seasons. More recently, Katrina has been involved working as a Sport Science Intern for Dunfermline Athletic Football Club, providing support to the six Pro Youth Teams. |
