NAIA Partners with Rack Performance as Official Weight Room Software

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced it has signed a two-plus year agreement to make Rack Performance the “Official Weight Room Software of the NAIA.” The deal will guarantee the partnership through December 31, 2022.

Rack Performance is a service that gives coaches easy-to-use online tools for creating, customizing and tracking strength and conditioning programs. In the current situation with collegiate sports around the country, the software will provide athletics programs a simple way to keep student-athletes physically engaged and active through the summer months leading-up to fall and winter sports.

This agreement will also give NAIA member institutions the added value of being able to try the service for free through September 1, which covers the heart of the offseason for collegiate sports. The services are being offered for free to help ease the strain of managing and staying engaged with their athletes remotely.

“We are really excited for this partnership with Rack Performance,” said NAIA Director of Special Events and Sport Sponsorships, Austin Bennett. “They are on the cutting edge of weight room training programs and helping schools optimize and create efficiency for their sports programs. The fact that they are providing their services to NAIA school at no cost during these tough times shows what kind of partner and asset they will be to our association.”

“Rack Performance’s online tools allow coaches to track reps, control the tempo of the workouts and displays each student-athlete’s data,” said Matt Sellers, Rack Performance CEO. “This ease-of-use is designed to allow coaches to spend more time teaching and motivating his or her student-athletes.”

"We are honored to partner with the NAIA in supporting their member institutions with a solution that will help their programs stay engaged during these challenging times,” Sellers continued. “We look forward to a strong partnership in supporting coaches and their athletes."

Additionally, the agreement will designate Rack Performance as the “Official Wrestling Program of the NAIA.”

For more information on Rack Performance, click HERE.

For coaches interested in the free trial of the Rack Performance Software, please schedule an appointment on the free app onboarding calendar HERE and contact Matt Sellers at matt@rackperformance.com for questions.

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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is a governing body of small athletics programs that are dedicated to character-driven intercollegiate athletics. NAIA members provide more than 77,000 student-athletes with opportunities to play college sports, earn $800 million in scholarships and compete in 27 national championships. www.naia.org | @NAIA