Aaron Siekmann named Director of Human Performance

MEQUON, Wis. - Concordia University Wisconsin Director of Athletics Dr. Rob Barnhill announced Aaron Siekmann as the Director of Human Performance.

"I am pleased to announce the hiring of Aaron Siekmann as the Director of Human Performance," said Director of Athletics Dr. Rob Barnhill. "He is a CUW alum that has gone out and built a solid professional foundation that will benefit our current and future student-athletes. Aaron has limitless enthusiasm that is infectious and I hope it resonates with our athletes in the weight room and in conditioning activities. When I looked at replacing our long-time director, coach Clewien, it became apparent that Aaron possessed the qualities and the qualifications that I thought were important to build upon and expand on the foundation in place."

Aaron Siekmann returns to Concordia after being at Black Hills State University since October 2015 He served as the Athletic Performance Director.

Prior to Black Hills State, he worked at the Milwaukee School of Engineering as the strength and Conditioning Coach for the baseball team. While at MSOE, he developed specific strength and agility workouts, made individual workouts and taught the fundamentals and techniques of Olympic lifts. During his time at MSOE, Siekmann served as a coach at Athlete Performance where he worked with athletes from grade school through professionals. He facilitated speed and agility camp and worked individually to develop specific workouts for each athlete.

Siekmann, a native of Detroit, Michigan, attended Concordia University Wisconsin where he earned his degree in Educational Studies with a minor in health and coaching. While there, he was a three-year letter winner at wide receiver and received two Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Player of the Week honors.

The CUW alumni followed his collegiate playing career with the Washington County Untouchables, a semi-pro squad, for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

 In 2019, he received his Masters in Applied Exercise Science Concordia University Chicago and became a certified Sports Nutrition Specialist through the ISSA.  

Aaron is married to Tara and has two children, Taron and Landon.