Abe Munayer is in his third season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Cal. Among his many qualifications, he is both a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (CSCCa), and a Level 1 Sports Performance Coach (USA Weightlifting).
Munayer assists the strength and conditioning staff in the day-to-day duties as well as supervising the team competition points system, applying speed and resistance training technique, injury prevention and functional training protocols.
Munayer is also the head strength & conditioning coach for the Cal men's rowing, women's gymnastics and men's gymnastics programs. He assisted men's rowing to a Pac-12 Championship in 2016 and women's gymnastics to an appearance in the NCAA Championships for the second time in school history (1992), earning second place in the Alabama Regional. Munayer is also currently coaching three Olympic qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
In January of 2015, Munayer published a journal article as a co-author from research data to the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research: “Barbell Deadlift Training Increases the Rate of Torque Development and Vertical Jump Performance in Novices.”
Prior to coming to Cal, Munayer worked with the Cleveland Browns during their 2014 training camp, earning the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship for his efforts while assisting the strength & conditioning staff.
Munayer has also interned at Stanford, assisting with the football and wrestling programs where he assisted the Cardinal to the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl Championship. He also interned at Texas Tech as a graduate teaching and research assistant and strength and conditioning intern. He assisted the Red Raiders football program to the 2013 Holiday Bowl Championship.
Munayer previously worked as a strength and conditioning coach and a personal trainer at Old School Strength in Petaluma, Calif.
Since April 2011, Munayer has actively competed and trained athletes in the American Powerlifting Association.
Munayer earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Sonoma State in 2012 and his master’s degree in exercise & sport science from Texas Tech in 2013, earning a 4.0 GPA.
