Shelton Gaffney - Football Coach

Shelton Gaffney

Title:
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Email:
shelton.gaffney@temple.edu
Phone:
215-204-6419

Shelton Gaffney, who spent three years with the University of Tennessee football team, begins his second season at Temple University as the assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Gaffney joined the Owls after two years as a strength and conditioning coach at Johnny Long’s Training Academy in Knoxville, TN. He oversaw the development of football athletes as well as trained high school athletes and current professional athletes in various sports.

Prior to working at Johnny Long’s Training Academy, Gaffney was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee from 2008-10. He worked with various sports, including football, track and field, basketball, baseball, and swimming and diving.

Gaffney started in the strength and conditioning profession in 2007 while at his alma mater, Western Carolina. While at Western, he served as an apprentice in the weight room and then went on to serve as an intern at Tennessee in the summer of 2007. That fall the Vols became the SEC East champions.

Gaffney was a four-year letter winner at Western Carolina University where he played linebacker for the Catamounts. He was a key contributor on defense as well as on special teams. Gaffney earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management and exercise science in 2007.

He completed a master's degree in kinesiology and sport psychology from Tennessee in 2010. He is certified through USA Weightlifting and USA Track & Field.