Simpkins Stadium Center
The Simpkins Stadium Center, a 21-000 square-foot, multi-purpose facility, is home for the San Jose State University football team and services all of the school's intercollegiate athletic teams.
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The $3.0-million project was complete in 1994 without the expenditure of state funds. On-going community support and in-kind donations are funding the building adjacent to Spartan Stadium. An initial cash donation of $1.0-million from San Jose State alums Alan and Phyllis Simpkins kicked off construction in August 1992.
All 16 San Jose State University intercollegiate athletic teams have access to and use of the 3,000 square-foot weight room, showers, locker rooms, equipment room, training/therapy room, hydrotherapy room and team meeting rooms.
There is a catering kitchen and multi-purpose room which serves as a reception/function area. The room seats up to 125 people and is available for university and community events.
Housed in the Simpkins Stadium Center is the 3,000 square-foot weight room with over $100,000 of state-of-the-art equipment. The weight room features Body Master equipment with power racks, platforms, benches, rubber-coated dumbbells, rubber-coated iron plates, bumper plates and over 25 pieces of machine equipment.
Strength and conditioning head coach Kim Sword directs a staff that seeks to develop power, speed, flexibility and strength for increased athletic performance and decrease of injury for all student-athletes. All staff members are certified by USA Weightlifting and the National Strength and Conditioning Association and are CPR certified.