NSCA's Midwest Region
NSCA has a network of volunteer leaders who direct NSCA’s efforts at the state level. NSCA’s Midwest Regional Coordinator provides oversight and training to local state directors. Members in the Midwest Region can connect to other professionals in this area at local and regional events as well as on Facebook.
States in this Region:
| Arkansas |
| Kansas |
| Louisiana |
| Missouri |
| Oklahoma |
| Texas |
Upcoming Events
The NSCA hosts state, regional, and provincial events throughout the year
Join the Conversation
The Midwest Region has its own facebook page where you can join the conversation and learn what is happening in your area.
Midwest Regional Leadership
Midwest Region
Regional Coordinator: Ryan Keller, MS, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D
Contact: rkeller@rec.tamu.edu
Ryan Keller is the Strength and Conditioning Director for Recreational Sports at Texas A&M University. Keller oversees multiple strength and conditioning facilities on campus, along with a large personal and small-group training program. He teaches courses including advanced strength and conditioning, and exercise assessment and prescription. Keller works with a wide variety of athletes (including cheer and dance teams) and personal training clients.
Arkansas
State Director: Vacant
Contact: spd@nsca.com to learn about becoming a State/Provincial Director.
Kansas
State Director: Gerald Larson, PhD, CSCS
Contact: gerald.larson@avila.edu
Gerald Larson is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Kinesiology at Avila University in Kansas City, MO. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in the areas of exercise and stress physiology, biomechanics and motor control, measurement and evaluation, and evidence-based nutrition and recovery. A lifelong scholar-practitioner, his personal and professional interests are related to functional psychophysical training with an emphasis on tactical strength and conditioning.
Louisiana
State Director: Tim Kettenring, CSCS
Contact: timkettenring@gmail.com
Bio to come soon!
Missouri
State Director: Victor Kizer, MS, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, TSAC-F,*D
Contact: victorkizer@gmail.com
Victor Kizer is an Assistant Professor and the Program Director for the Exercise Science Department at Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. He is currently in the dissertation phase of his Doctorate of Science in Health Sciences from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, UT. He is also a Captain in the Army Reserve (careerist, 20 years in March 2020), previously serving as a Master Fitness Trainer Instructor at Fort Knox. Kizer previously co-owned a private training facility in St. Louis before moving full time into academia.
Oklahoma
State Director: Taylor Dinyer-McNeely, PhD, CSCS
Contact: taylor.dinyer@okstate.edu
Taylor Dinyer-McNeely is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation at Oklahoma State University. She teaches courses in the areas of sport and coaching sciences and strength and conditioning. Her research interests include the examination of fatigue thresholds and the underlying physiological responses as they apply to resistance exercise.
Texas
State Director: Drew Gonzalez, MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
Contact: dg18@tamu.edu
Bio to come soon!
