Jess Craven begins her first season as the assistant strength & conditioning coach at Union College in 2025-26.
In her role, Craven and head strength & conditioning coach Dan Gableman supervise and apply the strength and conditioning programs for more than 600 student-athletes across 26 sports.
A certified strength and conditioning coach through the NSCA, Craven comes to Schenectady from the Impact Center in Halfmoon, where she worked as an assistant strength & conditioning coach while also working as an assistant track & field coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She previously spent two years on the strength & conditioning staff at Colgate University (2021-23) and served as a graduate assistant strength & conditioning coach at Ithaca College in 2020-21, in addition to internships at SUNY Brockport, UAlbany, and Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Fairport.
A native of nearby Waterford, Craven was an All-American thrower with the SUNY Brockport track & field teams, earning All-America honors in the indoor weight throw and holding school records in the hammer throw and discus throw. She graduated from SUNY Brockport in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science.
