Kevin Watson, MSc, ASCC, CSCS, RSCC*E

Experience

• S&C Coach at Glasgow School of Sport for 19 years - responsible for the overall development of S&C services to  5 sports and management of a team of up to 15 employed and voluntary coaches
• Head of Centre for Sport Education at the Glasgow School of Sport - responsible for all aspects of curriculum development and management of a team of tutors, assessors and verifiers
• Provided support services to over 400 Glasgow School of Sport athletes who have represented Scotland on over 1200 occasions
• Supported 45 Glasgow School of Sport atheltes who went on to compete at the Commonwealth Games (3 silver medals and 3 bronze)
• Supported 2 Glasgow School of Sport athletes who went on to compete at the Olympics (1 silver medal and 3 representations)
• Associate Tutor for The University of Edinburgh on the MSc in Strength and Conditioning
• Consultant S&C Coach to several NGB's, univerisities and professional sports over the last 20 years
• National Trainer for Sport Scotland delivering SCQF tutor, assessors and verifier courses
• Training Manager for Harberry First Aid Training - manage a team of tutors, assessors and verfiers
• Business coach - help companies apply high performance sports principles to other contexts e.g., business and education
• Sport educator/tutor to several NGB's, univeristies and professional sports teams over the last 20 years
• Sports massage therapist to several individual athletes and sports organsisations over the past 5 years
• Accredited tutor with 1st4sport to deliver S&C and fitness industry qualifications
• Accredited tutor with British Weight Lifting to deliver Level 1 and 2 Weight Lifting coaching courses
• Accredited first aid at work tutor
• Sports first aid tutor
• Previously a Lecturer in Sport and Fitness at Glasgow Clyde College

Qualifications & Awards

• Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC) with the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) 
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Emeritus (RSCC*E) with the NSCA
• Level 2 qualified Olympic Weight Lifting Coach
• Winner of the USKCA's Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award for Youth Sport in 2013
• Level 3 Award in Education and Training (QCF)
• Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage
• ISAK Level 1 accredited Anthropometrist
• Professional Development Award in Sport Educator Tutoring (SCQF)
• Certifcate in Conducting Internal Quality Assurance of the Assessment Process (SCQF)
• Certificate in Assesisng Candidates Using a Variety of Methods (SCQF)
• Sports First Aid certified
• Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work
• 1st class BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercises Science
• PGDip in Strength and Conditioning
• MSc in Sports Coaching (specialising in S&C)
• SCQF Level 9 PDA in Teaching in Scotland's Colleges.

Latest Publications

• Dello Iacono, A., Watson, K., Marinkovic, M., Halperin, I. (2023). Perception of bar velocity loss in resistance exercises: accuracy across loads and velocity loss thresholds in the bench press.  Int J Sports Physiol Perform, 18(5):488-494.
• Dello Iacono, A., Hillan, J., Watson, K. (2023). Personalizing resistance training mitigates neuromuscular and perceived fatigue: the Autoregulation Cluster Training method. Int J Sports Physiol Perform, 8(5):503-511.
• Watson, K., Halperin, I. Aguilera-Castells, Joan. and Dello lacono, A. (2020). A comparison between predetermined and self-selected approaches in resistance training: effects on power performance and psychological outcomes among elite youth athletes. Peer J, 8:e10361.

Personal Sporting Success

• 1996 U16 British Junior Champion in single sculls
• 1997 U18 British Junior Champion in single sculls
• 1998 U18 British Junior Champion in single sculls
• 1999 National Schools Champion in championship single sculls (only Scot to ever win this title to date) 
• 1999 Commonwealth Rowing Championships (senior) silver medalist in quadruple sculls event
• 2000 British U23 Championships silver medialist in single sculls
• 2002 British Senior Rowing Championships bronze medialist in single sculls
• Multiple Scottish Championship titles in rowing
• Represented both Scotland and Great Britain in rowing
• 2015 Scottish Senior Indoor Rowing Champion over 500m
• 2015 Scottish Indoor Rowing Champion over 500m in 30-39 masters category
• 2016 British Master's Weight Lifting Championships 4th place
• Currently resistance train 6 times per week for fitness.