Director of Sports Performance Men's Basketball
Bob Medina is a Strength and Conditioning professional with more than 30 years experience in the NBA and college basketball.
Medina got his start with the UNLV Men's Basketball team while the Rebels were one of the dominant programs in college basketball. While Medina was the Strength and Conditioning Coach from 1985 to 1992, UNLV won six conference championships, made three Final Four appearances and won the 1990 NCAA National Championship. Medina graduated from UNLV in 1988 with a bachelors of science in Athletic Training.
From UNLV Medina made the jump to the NBA with the Seattle Supersonics. During five seasons in Seattle, Medina helped the Sonics to three Pacific Division titles, two Western Conference Finals appearances and one trip to the NBA Finals. He was also a part of three NBA All-Star Game coaching staffs.
In 1997, Medina was hired by the Portland Trailblazers as the Strength and Conditioning Coach. While in Portland, Medina developed a comprehensive program as he managed custom in-season and off-season strength and conditioning programs, worked individually with players to achieve goals and worked with the medical staff to prevent injuries. In 16 seasons with Portland, Medina helped the Trailblazers to three Pacific Division titles two West Conference Finals appearances.
Medina was instrumental in designing strength training facilities with the Supersonics and Trailblazers during his tenure with both teams.
Medina returned to the college game in 2013 when he was hired as the Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach at BYU. He has brought many of the same programs he implemented in Portland to Provo, Utah, including creating custom workouts to help players achieve their goals year round and teaching basketball fitness to youth in the community through camps. In two-plus seasons with BYU, Medina has helped the Cougars reach two WCC tournament championship games and receive two bids to the NCAA tournament. Coach Medina spent the next 4 years as the Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance at Santa Clara University. He was in charge of all Sports Performance Coaches at Santa Clara and his primary sport responsibility was Men's Basketball. In 2021, Coach Medina was invited to join the Coaching Staff for the Nigerian Women's National Olympic team. He served as the Director of Sports Performance and Basketball Operations during the teams preparation for the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After the Tokyo Olympics, Coach Medina accepted a position at the University of Washington, where he is currently the Director of Sports Performance for the Men's Basketball team.
Coach Medina would like to all of his mentors and coaches that he has worked for including, Dan Austin for being a great mentor and better friend, Tim Wilson for his guidance and inspiration, Tim Grgurich for his loyalty, trust and belief in him, his parents for their support and guidance and his wife LeeAnn for her motivation, love and being the best coaches wife ever!
