Hello all, my name is Jesse Hutchins. I am from a small rural town in southern Maine called Sebago. Growing up in Maine, I was a three season athlete participating in soccer, cross country running, alpine ski racing, and specialized in softball. This spring I graduated from the University of Southern Maine, where I was an Exercise Science major with a coaching minor, and I also completed my final year of collegiate softball as the starting pitcher and first baseman for USM. Sports have always been a significant part of my life as both a fan, and an athlete.
Before transferring to USM after my second year of undergraduate, I attended Emannuel College in Boston as a biology major. Because it was a very small school, there were not strength and conditioning coaches on staff at EC, so I found myself making training programs for many of my teammates. This was when I knew that I had found what I wanted to do for a career.
While at USM, I had the privilege of completing my practicum experience with the strength and conditioning department at the University of New England. During my final year, I had the opportunity to work at a private baseball and softball training facility in Portland called The Edge Academy. Here I gave pitching, hitting, fielding, and throwing lessons to mostly high school-aged athletes from the southern Maine and New Hampshire areas. This job gave me great exposure and experience to the art of coaching that I find transfers seamlessly to strength coaching.
Northeastern University strength and conditioning was a place I knew I wanted to be from very early on in my internship “hunt”. The reputation of athletics in Boston is second to none, and NU is yet another example of that. I feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity of being part of the strength and conditioning department here, as well as the opportunity to learn from those on the staff.