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The University of Utah Athletics
Randy Towner Announced As Director Of Sports Performance For Women's Basketball
4/17/2019 9:57 AM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah women's basketball head coach Lynne Roberts has announced the hiring of Randy Towner for the newly created position of Director of Sports Performance for Women's Basketball.
Towner will work directly with the Utah women's basketball program and its staff to continue the upward trend of producing elite athletes. He will begin his first year with the program during the 2019-20 season.
"I'm really happy to welcome Randy to our Utah women's basketball family," Roberts said. "We had some extremely impressive candidates in our search, which speaks to what an exciting time it is to be a part of Utah Athletics. Sports performance has become such a crucial role in any basketball program's trajectory, and we are committed to offering the best program possible to our student-athletes. Randy brings passion, experience and confidence into this new role and we can't wait for him to get started with our team."
Towner is coming to Utah after serving as the assistant director of athletic performance at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He worked with the women's basketball and men's and women's tennis programs at UAB, developing their yearly training programs and corrective exercise strategies for improved movement patterns along with monitoring their recovery and nutrition.
Prior to his year at UAB, he spent two seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach at Utah Valley, working primarily with the men's basketball team from 2016-18. He was integral in designing basketball specific weight room exercises and was on staff to see the Wolverines advance to two straight postseason berths in the College Basketball Invitational.
Towner got his start in the business as a strength and conditioning intern with the Utes, working with men's and women's basketball, softball, swimming and diving and volleyball from 2013-16. He graduated from Utah with a bachelors in exercise and sports science and is wrapping up his Masters in sports conditioning and performance from Southern Utah.
"I am extremely excited to be coming back to my alma mater with the opportunity to work with Coach Roberts and the rest of the staff," Towner said. "I can't wait to get on campus and help with the continued growth of the program."
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA (National Strength & Conditioning Association) and is also a specialist in functional range conditioning movement, performance enhancement and corrective exercise by the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine).
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Towner will work directly with the Utah women's basketball program and its staff to continue the upward trend of producing elite athletes. He will begin his first year with the program during the 2019-20 season.
"I'm really happy to welcome Randy to our Utah women's basketball family," Roberts said. "We had some extremely impressive candidates in our search, which speaks to what an exciting time it is to be a part of Utah Athletics. Sports performance has become such a crucial role in any basketball program's trajectory, and we are committed to offering the best program possible to our student-athletes. Randy brings passion, experience and confidence into this new role and we can't wait for him to get started with our team."
Towner is coming to Utah after serving as the assistant director of athletic performance at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He worked with the women's basketball and men's and women's tennis programs at UAB, developing their yearly training programs and corrective exercise strategies for improved movement patterns along with monitoring their recovery and nutrition.
Prior to his year at UAB, he spent two seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach at Utah Valley, working primarily with the men's basketball team from 2016-18. He was integral in designing basketball specific weight room exercises and was on staff to see the Wolverines advance to two straight postseason berths in the College Basketball Invitational.
Towner got his start in the business as a strength and conditioning intern with the Utes, working with men's and women's basketball, softball, swimming and diving and volleyball from 2013-16. He graduated from Utah with a bachelors in exercise and sports science and is wrapping up his Masters in sports conditioning and performance from Southern Utah.
"I am extremely excited to be coming back to my alma mater with the opportunity to work with Coach Roberts and the rest of the staff," Towner said. "I can't wait to get on campus and help with the continued growth of the program."
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA (National Strength & Conditioning Association) and is also a specialist in functional range conditioning movement, performance enhancement and corrective exercise by the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine).
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