David Queck begins his seventh year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Jones.
Queck has been a vital component helping to produce a number of Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference, NJCAA Region 23 and All-America honorees, as well a bevy of conference and regional champions for the school since joining the staff.
Queck competes in the offseason in multiple events, including Summer Strong, where he was the 2022 Jammer Power champ after deadlifting 650 pounds. He set a new deadlift PR of 680 back in December 2021.
The strength and conditioning program was awarded the first-ever $10,000 Life Fitness/Hammer Strength Equipment Grant in the summer of 2022. In his application, Queck said that his primary goal in applying for the grant was to ensure that Jones' student-athletes could train safely and in the best way possible.
The Annandale, Minnesota, native went to college at St. Cloud State from 2005-10 where he played football and ran track. He received his bachelor’s degree in communications from St. Cloud State and his master's in human performance from Southern Miss in 2012.
Queck served as a graduate assistant for the Southern Miss track and field team from 2010-12 while completing his master's.
He was an assistant track and field coach at the University of Memphis from 2012-17.
He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Condition Association. He is certified USA Track and Field (USATF) Level 1. He is also certified in CPR/AED (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator).
He and his wife, Sarah, have three daughters: Adley and twins, Darby and Presley.
