Mr. Jeffrey Hansen

Mr. Jeff Hansen is an instructor in the Department of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy. He is also the course director for Olympic weightlifting and emergency water safety.

The Wallkill, New York, native graduated from State University of New York (SUNY)-Cobleskill in 2010, where he studied exercise, health, and physical education while playing varsity lacrosse. He graduated from SUNY-Cortland in 2013, where he studied physical education and participated in the varsity football and club lacrosse programs. After his undergraduate studies, Mr. Hansen returned to Wallkill to coach high school varsity football from 2013-15 and varsity boys’ lacrosse from 2015-17. 

During this time, he also worked as a personal trainer, swim instructor, and strength coach. In 2014, he played football at the semi-professional level for the New York Bears. In 2018, Mr. Hansen coached the varsity boys’ lacrosse team and the strength and conditioning program at James I. O’Neill High School. The lacrosse team won the 2018 Section 9 Boys’ Lacrosse Championship. 

He graduated from SUNY-Cortland in 2018 with a master’s degree in physical education and coaching pedagogy. Mr. Hansen serves as an Instructor for the USMA Department of Physical Education.