Mason Baggett joined the Maryland athletics department as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Terrapin football program in 2016.
He came to Maryland after serving just over a year as the associate strength and conditioning coach with the University of Illinois’ football program.
Baggett served as the head strength and conditioning coach at MARSOC (United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command) for the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., from 2011-15. He was directly responsible for the physical readiness of the Marines and Sailors of that unit. He directed the physical training programs specific to the mission sets of deploying Marine Special Operations Teams.
From 2008-11, Baggett was an assistant strength coach at East Carolina University, assisting with the training of the 2008 and 2009 Conference USA championship football program. During that time he also served as the strength coach for baseball, which won the 2009 Conference USA championship. Responsibilities also entailed working with women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis programs and assisting with the basketball programs.
Baggett spent time with the United States Olympic Committee in 2007 as an intern working with women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling, men’s greco Roman wrestling, and various other sports.
Baggett played football under Coach Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech from 2002-06, and earned his master’s degree while serving as a graduate assistant strength coach at his alma mater in 2008.
Baggett Is married to the former Katie Virtue of St. Charles, Ill., and they have four children.
