Jim Cotta is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and a Certified Golf Conditioning Expert with TPI (Titleist Performance Institute).  Jim holds a B.S. in Exercise Science from Springfield College. He has 13 years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach working with a variety of athletes at the University of Texas, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Lakers earning three consecutive National Championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002.

Cotta has trained NBA All-Stars Shaquille ONeal, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Horace Grant, Dennis Rodman, Mitch Richmond, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel, and A.C. Green, and worked with NBA coaching great Phil Jackson.  He has also worked with  NFL All-Pro wide receiver Terrell Owens.

In addition Cotta has had articles published in and been featured in interviews with ESPN, NBA.Com, Men’s Health, Health & Fitness, Muscular Development, USA Today, KCAL, ESPN-Radio, Max Muscle, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Fox Sports, and Spike TV.  He has also been a speaker at numerous sports camps across the country, and a speaker at the NSCA’s National Conference on the topic of core conditioning and rehabilitation.

Jim Cotta currently resides in Franklin, TN.

All Training is performed at -((The Gym))- at Sothern Ice. No additional club membership is required. Off-site training is available at an additional cost.

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