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David Helms is in his fourth year with the Tigers serving as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach after serving the department for three years as a graduate assistant. Helms designs and implements strength and conditioning programs for the baseball team as well as assists with the Football Strength, Speed and Conditioning program. He is also coordinator for the Clemson Strength & Conditioning Power Station.
Helms started his career as a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at The University of South Carolina for a year before moving on to The University of Arkansas. At both schools he worked with football and was in charge of the men's and women's swimming and diving strength and conditioning programs, the men's golf team and the cheerleading squads. Before coming to Clemson, Helms was the Strength and Conditioning coach at Myrtle Beach High School, where he also coached football. Helms played football at Newberry College for three years before transferring to The University of South Carolina where he graduated in 1986. Helms completed his Masters degree from Clemson in Education. He played football and baseball at Conway High School for four years and graduated in 1981. David and his wife Kathy have a son, Hunter (2).