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Greg Allen

Greg Allen

Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning
Greg Allen begins his second season in Blacksburg after spending six years at Old Dominion (2016-21). He served for two seasons with Dwight Galt after being promoted to assistant director of sports performance in 2019. In addition to all aspects of the strength and conditioning program for ODU Football, he also worked with the men's and women's swimming programs, as well as ODU's women's lacrosse and field hockey programs. 
 
Prior to Old Dominion, Allen served as a strength and conditioning intern at Richmond, working with football, men's lacrosse and baseball. The Clarksburg, West Virginia native also interned at Marshall in 2015, assisting with the off-season football training program for the Thundering Herd. 
 
Allen worked as a personal trainer for two years after earning his master's degree in exercise science and health promotion from the California University of Pennsylvania. He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from West Virginia Wesleyan following his four-year playing career as an offensive lineman.