Anthony Tran
Assistant Sports Performance Coach
Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Swimming, Women’s Gymnastics, Wrestling
Home Town: Columbus, OH
Currently Resides: Palo Alto, CA
Birthday: March 4
Professional Education:
- The Ohio State University – BS Sport and Leisure Studies
- California Baptist University – MS Kinesiology
Past Experience and Accomplishments
- July 2018 – Present – Assistant Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- May 2017 – July 2018 – Assistant Intern Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- Jan 2017 – May 2017 – Volunteer Intern Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- June 2016 – Dec 2016 – Athletic Performance Intern; UCLA
Biography
After being on The Farm for a year and a half, the 2018 season will mark Tran’s first year as a full-time sports performance coach responsible for Wrestling, Women’s Gymnastics, and Track and Field. Tran came to Stanford in January of 2017 as volunteer intern where he worked with Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s Tennis, and Synchronized Swimming. Tran then served as an an assistant sports performance coach responsible for Women’s Gymnastics and Squash while also assisting Men’s Basketball, Women’s Swimming, Softball, Women’s Tennis and Women’s Golf.
Prior to his time at Stanford, Tran served as a athletic performance intern at UCLA.
Tran graduated with a Master’s of Science degree in Kinesiology from California Baptist University in 2016 and holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Sport and Leisure Studies that he earned in 2013 from The Ohio State University.
Tran is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, Level 1 Sports Performance Coach through USA Weightlifting, and CPR & First Aid certified through the American Red Cross.
Athletics Headlines
- Hurff Joins Field Hockey StaffThe Stanford field hockey program has started to build out its staff under head coach Roz Ellis, as Laura Hurff has joined the team as an assistant coach.
- From the Desk of Bernard Muir53 Olympians in Tokyo have Cardinal ties, more than Stanford has sent to any other Games. There are more Team USA Olympians from Stanford than any other university, and, remarkably, 22 of the 34 Cardinal sports programs that compete in the Olympics have at least one athlete represented in these games.
- Spring Academic Honor RollThree hundred and thirty-five Stanford student-athletes were named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference.
- Lemos Awarded Postgraduate ScholarshipFifth-year senior Jacie Lemos has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements on The Farm.
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics CentralStanford will once again be well represented on the world's biggest stage, with a school-record 53 athletes scheduled to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
