Meet the Coaching Staff

Dr. Joe Caron has been Olympic style weightlifting since 1957 and entered his first competition in 1960. He won his first Missouri Valley (Kansas and Missouri) Championships in 1965 and is a member of the Missouri Valley Weightlifting Hall of Fame. He currently competes at the Masters level and is a member of the National Masters Hall of Fame.

Dr. Caron became a Missouri Valley Weightlifting Referee in 1965, a National Referee in 1972 and an International Weightlifting Federation Category 1 Referee in 1978. He served as a Member of USA Weightlifting Technical Committee from 1997-2005. Dr. Caron began coaching in New England in the early 1970s and continued in Kansas in 1979. He has also directed competitions from the local level through the National Senior Championships. He lived in China from 1999-2007, trained in two sports schools and observed the methods which have made China the world champions.

He continues to train and to coach.