University of South Dakota Athletics

Craig Nolan joins the South Dakota Olympic Sports Performance staff as an assistant director in the summer of 2025. He works with the Coyote volleyball, swimming and diving, and tennis programs. 

Nolan joined the Coyotes after a year at UMass Lowell where he worked with the River Hawks track and field and men’s lacrosse programs. He also oversaw the development of interns and graduate assistants on staff.

Prior to his time in Massachusetts, he spent a summer as an intern at Boston College where he worked with BC football. He worked directly with injured and return-to-play athletes and led warm-ups for resistance training.

Nolan also spent a few years in different non-collegiate athletics working with high school and collegiate athletes and different clientele base.

Nolan earned his degree in exercise science from the University of Alabama in 2020. He would go on to earn his master’s degree in sport and fitness management from Missouri Western State University in 2023.