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Andrea Cota

Andrea Cota began as a human performance specialist for the South Dakota track and field program in 2013-14. She works with functional movement screening, serves as the team nutritionist and works with the weight training program.

Cota boasts an impressive resume as a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She coached NFL Combine prep athletes in linear speed mechanics and strength and conditioning at TEST West Sports Academy in San Diego, Calif. While there, she also developed functional movement exercises to address the athletes' biomechanical imbalances.

Before moving to San Diego, Cota spent a year and a half as a functional movement specialist at ActiveSpine in Sioux Falls, developing and implementing functional movement-based rehabilitation and exercise programs.

Cota earned her bachelor's degree in health promotion at South Dakota State in 2011 with minors in nutrition and sports performance.

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