Joel Reinhardt is in his first season as the director of football performance.
Reinhardt most recently served as the assistant football athletic performance coach and sports science coordinator at San Jose State. Since 2023, Reinhardt worked to develop practice plans, workout regimens and oversaw long-term injury return-to-performance efforts.
Reinhardt held similar roles at UMass, Nicholls State and Stanford. While at Stanford, Reinhardt developed training programs and workout routines that were used by Los Angeles Rams kicker Josh Karty and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Tanner McKee.
He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from St. Olaf College, where he was a captain of the football team. He then secured his master's degree in strength and conditioning from Springfield College while working as a graduate assistant.
A native of Eagan, Minn., Reinhardt is married to Lauren Brown and the couple has a son, Lincoln, and a dog, Boo.
Updated 2/25
