Juan Pablo Reggiardo Position: Sports Performance Coach Experience: 1st season Alma Mater: Arizona (1998)

Juan Pablo Reggiardo begins his first year as the Sports Performance Coach of the men's basketball program.

After serving the previous three seasons at LSU as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Reggiardo is returning for his second stint on The Farm as he worked in the same capacity with the Stanford men's basketball program from 2004-08.

During his tenure at LSU (2009-11), Reggiardo was responsible for the basketball team's physical training needs, which included strength, power and speed development as well as flexibility and mobility training. In addition to overseeing each athlete's individual nutritional needs, Reggiardo incorporated many training strategies from the competitive team and individual training drills to balance training, yoga, massage and other relaxation techniques and recovery modalities.

A native of Tucson, Ariz., Reggiardo served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Stanford for the previous four seasons, designing and implementing all aspects of the players' strength and speed development programs throughout the year in addition to overseeing their nutritional needs. Reggiardo also worked with the women's volleyball, men's sailing and women's sailing programs.

Prior to arriving at Stanford, Reggiardo served as Director of Athletics for the Riekes Center for Human Enhancement, a non-profit program for adolescents in Menlo Park.

At the Riekes Center, Reggiardo was responsible for overseeing the development of all programs within the athletic department, as well as directing its Pinnacle and Synergy programs, which serviced collegiate and professional athletes. Reggiardo worked at the Riekes Center since 1999 and served as Director of Athletics from 2002-2004.

Reggiardo graduated from Arizona in 1998 with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology and Psychology. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a Performance Enhancement Specialist and a Corrective Exercise Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and a Titleist Performance Institute Certified Golf Fitness Instructor-Fitness Pro Level 1. Reggiardo is also a United States Weightlifting Federation Certified Club Coach, as well as a United States Track & Field Level 1 Coach.