Derrick Jenkins is in his second year as UTSA's assistant strength & conditioning coach. Jenkins helps administer lifting for the majority of the Roadrunners athletics teams, orders and maintains equipment, assists in supervision of work study, practicum and intern students and is the coordinator UTSA Strongest Man competition. He is a certified strength & conditioning specialist and strength & conditioning coach.

He came to UTSA from the University of Montana, where he served as an assistant director of athletic performance for two years. Jenkins directed the lifting programs of women’s basketball, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball, assisted with the department's other sports and supervised the graduate assistant coach and intern.

In spring 2004, he was a NSCA grant recipient and worked in the strength & conditioning facility of Brown University and had varying responsibilities with many of the Bears' 37 varsity sports.

Jerod Wilson, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT is the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Department of Recreational Sports at Texas A&M University and is currently the National Strength and Conditioning Association Texas State Director & Midwest Regional Coordinator. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and also a Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise.

Prior to Texas A&M University, Jerod was the Personal Fitness Coordinator for the Department of Wellness and Recreation Services and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Department of Athletics at the University of Northern Iowa. While completing his graduate coursework in Exercise Physiology at the University of Northern Iowa, he was an instructor for the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services. Jerod also served as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Minnesota Vikings in 1999.

Lance is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and a Registered Physical Therapist in the state of Texas. He previously served as Director of Performance Training at Integrated Athletic Development responsible for the training and/or physical rehabilitation needs of over 50 active professional athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, PGA, CBA, and CFL. Lance served three seasons as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Dallas Cowboys.

Lance brings an extensive background in strength and conditioning and sports medicine at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Prior to joining the Dallas Cowboys, Lance held performance trainer positions at the University of Oklahoma and the Casady School (OK), where he worked directly with athletes across many sports, including football, basketball, track, golf, gymnastics, and wrestling, among others.

A 1993 graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, Lance earned three varsity football letters and attained Academic All-Big 8 honors as a receiver. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Oklahoma and a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Oklahoma. A well-recognized authority in his field, Lance has contributed to over 10 professional publications in sport science and presented at over 15 national conferences.

Christopher Keenan has been an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Tulane University since 2006. Prior to Tulane Christopher spent three seasons working in the National Football League as a second assistant strength and conditioning coach. He worked two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2004-2006) and one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006).

With the Tulane Green Wave, Keenan serves as primary strength & conditioning coach for the volleyball, cross-country, and tennis programs while assisting with football, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, golf, and track & field.

Keenan played football for three seasons at Drake University (Division I-AA) before transferring to Iowa State, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. He is currently working towards his NSCA and CSCCa certifications.

Mike Bugar enters his first season as the defensive line coach at Texas State University. Bugar joins the Bobcat coaching staff after serving seven years as the interior defensive line coach at North Texas. During his last six years at North Texas, Bugar produced seven All-Sun Belt Conference selections. Bugar's interior line was a strength of a defense that led the Sun Belt Conference in every major statistical category during three of his last six years.

Bugar joined North Texas in 2000 as the program's strength and conditioning coordinator and became the team's interior defensive line coach in 2001. He has over 31-years experience in coaching the defensive line and strength and conditioning. A three-year letter winner and 1969 graduate of Florida State University, Bugar also spent one year in the professional coaching ranks as defensive line coach for the Arizona Wranglers of the USFL in 1983.

Jeff Madden is in his 11th year as the assistant athletics director for strength and conditioning at The University of Texas. Madden, who oversees strength training and conditioning for men's and women's intercollegiate sports at UT, has worked with more than 100 NFL players (including 24 first-round picks) and 16 Olympians during his 20-year career at Rice, Colorado, North Carolina and Texas.

Madden came to UT from North Carolina, where he served as associate athletics director for student-athlete development. At Carolina, Madden was responsible for 28 intercollegiate varsity sports and more than 750 student-athletes.

A three-year letterwinner and 1983 graduate of Vanderbilt, Madden was a high school All-American in his hometown of Cleveland. After earning a degree in sociology with a minor in psychology and secondary education and a stint in the USFL, he served as both a graduate assistant football and strength & conditioning coach at the University of Cincinnati in 1983. He began his career in strength training and conditioning at Rice in 1984 and moved to Colorado in 1989. As assistant athletics director at CU, he coordinated strength and conditioning programs for all 15 of the Buffaloes' intercollegiate sports. Madden then joined the athletics staff at North Carolina following the 1992 season.