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Kevin Konopasek enters his 10th year at Indiana University and in this eighth season working with the women’s basketball program. In this position, Konopasek is responsible for developing programs for women's basketball as well as men's and women's swimming. Previously he served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach where he was responsible for developing programs for men's golf and men's swimming, while also assisting with the training of Indiana's 20 other men's and women's Olympic sports programs. During his time with the Hoosiers, Konopasek has helped Indiana Women’s Basketball to five postseason appearances, including NCAA Tournament at-large bids in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and the 2018 WNIT Championship. He has help guide the efforts of 28 All-Big Ten honorees, 15 total All-American honorable mention honorees. The Hoosiers have won 20 games or more in all seven seasons under his guidance. Through the storied IU swimming program, he has worked with program greats including Olympian and four-time NCAA Champion Lilly King along with seven other Olympians at the 2020 Tokyo Games including Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Annie Lazor and Michael Brinegar who will all competed for Team USA. He has also trained athletes from six other nations during their time at Indiana who competed at the 2020 Olympic games in Marwan El Kamash (Egypt), Vini Lanza (Brazil), Tomer Frankel (Israel), Bailey Andison (Canada). Konopasek’s time with swimming has also seen the men’s and women’s programs combine for seven Big Ten titles as well as 101 first-team All-Big Ten honors. In the summer of 2014, Konopasek completed an internship at EXOS, formerly Athlete's Performance, in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Throughout his internship experience, Konopasek was able to train athletes from the NFL, NBA and U.S. Military Special Forces. He also assisted the Argentinian National Rugby Team train for the World Cup and SOCOM tactical athletes prepare for the Warrior Games. Konopasek received his master's in kinesiology with a focus in applied sport science from Indiana University in May 2015. Prior to Indiana, Konopasek received his Undergraduate Degree in Movement and Sport Science from Purdue University in May 2013. A native of Griffith, Indiana, Konopasek resides in Ellettsville with his wife, Kali and son, Paxton and daughter, Parker.
