Jim Kiritsy is in his third year as the Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Kiritsy comes to Navy from Kennesaw State, where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sport Performance and was the Director of Football Strength and Conditioning. He was responsible for developing a comprehensive player development program designed to achieve three primary goals: injury prevention, athletic performance enhancement and mental discipline development.
Prior to Kennesaw State, Kiritsy served three seasons as Associate Director for Strength and Conditioning at The Citadel (2011-13) where his responsibilities included coordinating all aspects of the Bulldogs’ men’s basketball and wrestling training programs.
He also was the top assistant in the development of football and oversaw the maintenance and upkeep of the facility, including equipment purchases, while managing and developing graduate assistants, interns and student managers.
While at The Citadel, Kiritsy trained three All-American wrestlers in Odie Delaney (2013), Ugi Khishignyam (2013) and Turtogokh Lusandori (2014), and two football All-Americans in Mike Sellers (2012) and Darien Robinson (2013).
Kiritsy joined The Citadel after spending two seasons at Vermont as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach. While with the Catamounts, he worked directly with the men’s basketball, men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s soccer.
A 2009 graduate of Norwich University, Kiritsy received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in physical education with a concentration in coaching, and served as a part-time student assistant strength & conditioning coach. He was a four-year (2005-08) letter winner in football, serving as co-captain as a senior, and played baseball for three seasons (2006-08). He served as a member of the Corps Honor Committee in 2008-09.
Kiritsy holds certifications in CPR and AED (automated external defibrillator) from the American Red Cross and is Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.
A native of Northbridge, Mass., Kiritsy attended Northbridge High School. He and his wife, Bryana, have two children, Adeline and Jack.
