West Virginia Wesleyan College Athletics

Eric Jett is the West Virginia Wesleyan's first full-time Director of Strength and Conditioning. 

Jett will be tasked with designing and implementing the strength and conditioning programs for all 21 athletic teams at West Virginia Wesleyan as well as managing the strength and conditioning center. He was born in Mississippi but raised in Arizona where he graduated from Mesquite High School in Gilbert in 2006. While at Mesquite, he played football and wrestled.

Jett continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his Bachelor’s degree in biology in 2010. While at Penn, he was a member of the football team that won the Ivy League championship in 2009 and was also a walk-on to the wrestling team. He graduated from Indiana State University in 2016 with a Master’s degree in exercise science where he was named the Outstanding Graduate Assistant of the Year.

While with the Sycamores, he worked with the football, golf and track and field teams. He assisted the football team to the FCS playoffs in 2014 and the indoor men’s and women’s track and field programs to championships.