#108 - Michelle Pifer

Michelle Pifer is an Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning at Rutgers University where she works with the field hockey and women’s rowing programs. Pifer was promoted from her assistant strength coach role in 2023 and served in a similar capacity at the University of Pennsylvania from 2019-2021 before arriving at Rutgers. Pifer began her career as an intern coach at Bucknell University in 2014. From there she worked as a fitness specialist at Weston Fitness in North Wales, PA and also garnered experience as an intern at UPenn, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania as well as a return visit to Bucknell. Pifer was a wellness supervisor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 2017-2018 before becoming an assistant strength coach for one year at Swarthmore College, arriving in 2018. 

Outside of coaching, Pifer herself is very active in her own right as an athlete. She is a multisport strength athlete having competed in both bodybuilding and powerlifting competitions over the course of her career. 

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