Zack Wallace Brings Connected Performance to Collegiate Athletics
October 8, 2026 · Read Time: 3 mins
Zack Wallace knows what it takes to run a weight room with too few people and too little time. At Florida Southern, he ran strength and conditioning for 22 sports and 400+ athletes, largely on his own. Most days ran from 6am to 7pm, between running teams, writing programs, and sitting in meetings.
At North Georgia, where he served as Director of Sports Performance, he found a better way to work. Zack used Teamworks Sports EMR and S&C to support his performance strategy and its delivery across his teams. That meant programming that reached every athlete and a medical record his staff could trust, alongside the GPS, force plate, and velocity-based training data he managed across 13 teams. Zack now brings both experiences to Teamworks as an Account Executive, helping DII and DIII programs adopt the same connected tools his own department relied on.
Built on the floor
Zack played linebacker at Tulsa before he ever coached, and he says that history earns trust fast. "Having been in an athlete's shoes helps you understand what they face," he says.
"Those experiences allow me to connect on a respect level of 'game recognize game.'" His path since has run through Webber International, Florida Southern, CSUN, and ACES Nation, and the thread connecting it all is setting the highest standard of care.
With the right technology, coaches can stay fresh and stay coaching. That's the whole point of why we purchased Teamworks at North Georgia.
Where performance meets medicine
At North Georgia, Zack managed GPS, force plate, and velocity-based training data across 13 teams and sat on the Athlete Well-Being Council. He gave Sports Medicine access to programming and force plate data from day one. Once baselines were set, conversations with athletic trainers got sharper. His asymmetry data gave them objective support for return-to-play and load management talks with coaches.
What slow data costs
Zack has seen what slow data costs. In a previous performance role, a female basketball player's eccentric rate of force development dropped for two to three weeks heading into preseason. Older force plates and spreadsheets meant results reached staff too late, and she suffered a season-ending knee injury. "I'm not saying we could have stopped it," he says. "But faster analysis and clean communication about the risks might have altered the outcome."
Why Division II and III are adopting Teamworks Performance
That lesson explains why Division II and III programs are adding performance technology. Their duty of care matches any other level's, with far fewer people to deliver it. Athletes and staff turn over constantly, and the information that lives in one coach's head or inbox leaves with them.
"These departments need systems that promote seamless transfer from app to app and from year to year," Zack says. The numbers show the shift: in 2025, Teamworks added 37 new DII and DIII partnerships for AMS and Sports EMR, and 50 DII and DIII programs partnered with Teamworks Performance.
The Core Performance Products
Teamworks Sports EMR replaces paper and scattered files with one system for injury tracking, treatment notes, and clearance, so nothing slips and communication stays consistent. Because it connects with S&C and AMS, trainers and strength coaches work from the same picture.
Teamworks S&C is a flexible training system that helps strength staffs and athletic trainers design, deliver, and adapt programs and return to play protocols in real time, without forcing a one-size-fits-all workflow.
Teamworks AMS brings training, wellness, and readiness into one workflow, replacing spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single system. Consistent data is easier to collect, trends surface sooner, and a lean staff can act faster. This is the fix for the delay in that basketball player's case.
Why is Zack Joining Teamworks
Zack used Teamworks as a practitioner before stepping into this new role at Teamworks. He saw how the right system lets a small staff "stay fresh and stay coaching."
He'll work with DII and DIII programs on delivering integrated performance support across strength and conditioning, sports science, athletic training and nutrition. That's the connected setup he built at North Georgia, with programming, performance data, and medical records in one place.
"The value is not only in the products," Zack says. "It's in the people supporting you while you use them."
Talk to Zack about what your department needs.