Strength and Conditioning: Staff
Staff • Nutrition • Exercise Demos 
• Internship • Summer Programs
Cory Walts
Fitness Center Director
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-795-7014
cwalts@haverford.edu
Cory Walts has been Haverford College’s Fitness Center Director and Strength and Conditioning coach since 2007. He has worked in both the collegiate and professional ranks and has a wealth of experience and a strong background in the strength and conditioning field. Walts’ duties include designing and implementing sports specific athletic enhancement programs for the majority of Haverford’s varsity and club sports programs in addition to overseeing the health and fitness programs for the campus community.
Since Walts’ arrival a number of Haverford teams have experienced unprecedented success. Men’s lacrosse won its first conference title in 2010 and has been an NCAA tournament participant each of the last three seasons while field hockey and women’s lacrosse earned their first-ever berths in the Centennial Conference tournament in the 2009-10 school year and both won their first round games. The volleyball program won three consecutive Centennial Conference titles under Walts’ supervision while the baseball team advanced to the Centennial championship series in two of the last three seasons.
In addition to his work with Haverford student-athletes and community members Walts is also involved in a number of endeavors at the College. Walts’ Performance Plus Summer Camps help train high school athletes safely and effectively and also provides them with the tools to enhance their marketability to college coaches. Walts also serves as director of the Joe Schwartz ’83 3K Memorial Run/Walk. Schwartz, a former Haverford track and cross country runner passed away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2008. Since its inception in 2008, the race has raised over $11,000 for ALS research and has had 342 participants from the campus community. Walts also teaches several classes within the fitness and physical education program every quarter.
Walts graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca (N.Y.) College in 2005 with a major in clinical exercise science and a general business minor. Following internships with the Strength and Conditioning Departments at Cornell University and the Buffalo Bills, he earned his master’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland-College Park in 2007.
Walts is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as well as a NSCA Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach. The latter is a distinctive registry which consists of strength coaches who have demonstrated a commitment to the field of strength and conditioning and wish to be identified for career advancement. He is also a USA Weightlifting Certified Sports Performance Coach and an American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Instructor.