Batts Named new Strength and Conditioning Coach/ Fitness Center Manager at Bethel

MCKENZIE, Tenn. - Shakisha Batts is the new Strength and Conditioning Coach /Fitness Center Manager at Bethel University.

The Morristown, Tennessee native graduated with her Bachelor's of Exercise Science from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee in May 2020. She completed her first observational internship at LMU. Batts did an internship with the University of Virginia's Strength and Conditioning Program working with football in the Spring of 2021. The following summer she did internship work with the University of Tennessee also working with their Football strength and conditioning program. She then started as a Strength and Conditioning graduate assistant here at Bethel. Batts also spent time interning this past summer back at the University of Tennessee on the Olympics side.

Batts commented, "I love to power lift in my free time. I have competed and placed in SPF and USPC powerlifting competitions. I am really excited to be the head strength and conditioning coach/ fitness center manager at Bethel, working with all sports and assisting with football."