Dwight Galt is in his 23rd year at Maryland, including 16th year as the school's director of strength and conditioning. His responsibilities include managing the department's three weight-training facilities, and coordinating strength and conditioning programs for the Terps' 27 varsity sports, with special emphasis on football.
In addition to earning his bachelor's degree in business management in 1981 and his master's degree in exercise physiology in 1989 from Maryland, Galt is Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC) certified with the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches' Association and is currently one of just 69 coaches to earn this distinction. Galt began his career at Maryland in 1984 as an intern strength coach. He assisted with the training of the 1984 and 1985 ACC Champion football teams.
In 1989, he became a full-time assistant strength coach, and for the next three years worked with all of Maryland's intercollegiate sports programs. In 1992, Galt became the assistant strength coach for football and he is now in his 17th year of providing complete athletic development training to Terp football team members.
Galt, 52, and his wife Jan are natives of Silver Spring, Md., and have four children: Angie, Teri, Dwight IV (Deege) and Tommy.
Deege and Tommy were members of the football team for five years, ending their playing careers in 2009. Tommy is graduate assistant on the football staff at Towson, while Deege is a strength and conditioning GA at South Carolina.
