Mary Kate Feit
Mary Kate Feit
Associate Professor of Strength and Conditioning / Graduate Program Director for Strength and Conditioning
- Doctor of Philosophy, Springfield College, Springfield, Mass, 2020
- Master of Education, Springfield College, Springfield, Mass., 2009
- Bachelor of Arts, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 2005
Mary Kate Feit spent more than 15 years working in the field of sports performance both in the collegiate setting as well as the private sector. During this time, she discovered her passion for educating, supervising, and mentoring future strength and conditioning professionals. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she serves as the Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning assisting in the supervision and mentoring of the graduate assistant strength and conditioning coaches as well as strength and conditioning interns.
Research Interests
- Strength and Conditioning Internship Education
- Effective Coaching Behaviors
- Reflective Practice in Strength and Conditioning Coaching
- Load Monitoring
Courses Taught
- Strength and Conditioning
- Technology Use in Strength and Conditioning
- Management of Health and Fitness Programs
- Capstone Experience in Strength and Conditioning
- Internship in Sport Science
- Strength and Conditioning Fieldwork
Certifications and Memberships
- Chair of the National Strength and Conditioning Association Women's Committee
- National Strength and Conditioning Association Massachusetts State Director
Selected Works
Presentations
- Feit, M.K. (2025, May). Growing the Field: Maximizing the Potential of Your Interns. Presented at the CSCCa National Conference, Indianapolis, IA.
- Feit, M.K. (June, 2024). Growing Your Staff: How to Education, Evaluate, and Develop Your Coaches/Trainers. Presented at the Perform Better Conference, Chicago, IL.
- Feit, M.K. (2024, July). Women’s Solution Session: Roundtable for the NSCA Women’s Committee. Facilitated at the NSCA National Conference, Baltimore, MD.
- Feit, M.K. (August, 2023). Progressions, Regressions, and Manipulations: How to Maximize your Client’s Ability to Perform Exercises with Proper Techniques. Presented at the Perform Better Conference, Providence, RI.
- Feit, M.K. & Cote, V. (2023, May). From Start to Finish: Educating, Organizing, and Supporting your Team in the World of Sports Science. Presented at the UMass Sports Performance Symposium, Amherst, MA.
- Feit, M. K. & Thompson, B. (2023, January). Expanding the Field: Supervising and Mentoring Tomorrow’s Strength Coaches. Presented at the NSCA Coaches Conference, Charlotte,NC.
- Feit, M. K. (2022, May). Post Session Review: The use of a Reflective Practice in Strength and Conditioning. Presented at the New England Regional NSCA Conference.
- Feit, M. K., & Carere, A. (2022, May). Bring Everyone to the Table: How Load Monitoring Can Increase Communication Between Multiple Departments within Academics and Athletics. Presented at the New England Regional NSCA Conference.
- Feit, M. K. (2021, May). Creating, Mastering, and Evaluating Coaching Behaviors: Maximizing Strength and Conditioning Coach Effectiveness. Presented at the CSCCa Virtual National Conference.
Publications
- Heumann, K., & Feit, M.K. (2025). Women’s mentorship within the national strength and conditioning association. Strength and Conditioning Journal.
- Kuhlman, N., Jagim, A. R., Jones, M.T., Feit, M.K, Fields, J.B. (2025). A Comparison of match external loads across women’s collegiate field sports. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 39(2), 234-241.
- Fields, JB, Jones, MT, Feit, MK, Jagim, AR (2023). Athlete external loads across a collegiate men’s lacrosse season. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
- Fields, J.B., Jagim, A.R,, Kuhlman, N., Feit, M.K., Jones, M.T. (2023). Comparison of match external loads across a men’s and women’s lacrosse season. Journal of Functional Morphology And Kinesiology, 8 (119).
- Fields, J.B., Jones, M.T., Feit, M.K., Jagin, A.R. (2023). Athlete external loads across a collegiate men’s lacrosse season. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 37(8), 455-461.
- Kuhlman, N., Jones, M.T., Jagim, A.R., Feit, M.K., Aziz, R., Crabill, T., Fields, J.B. (2023). Relationship between external loads, sRPE-load, and self-reported soreness across a men’s collegiate soccer season, Biology of Sport.
- Aziz, R., Jones, M.T., Jagim, A. R., Feit, M.K., Kuhlman, N., Crabill, T., & Fields, J. (2023). In-season match demands of men’s collegiate soccer: A comparison by half, position, match outcome, match location, and competition phase. Journal of International Journal of Strength and Conditioning.
- Fields, J., Merriagan, J., Feit, M.K., Jones, M.T. (2021). Practice versus game external load measures in starters and non-starters of men’s collegiate soccer team. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 1(1), 1-8.
- Gearity, B. T., Szedlak, C., Mills, J., Feit, M. K., Callary, B., Feit, A., Bergan, M. (2020). Enriching selves in strength and conditioning society: A multilevel proposal to enhance strength and conditioning psychosocial practice as part of the council on accreditation of strength and conditioning education. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 40(2), 92-103.
