THE MEDENWALD FILE

Personal Information

Full Name: Garrett Steven Medenwald
Born: Jan. 13, 1990, in Madison, Wis.
Hometown: Green Bay, Wis.
High School: Preble High School
College: Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2013
Wife: Brittny

Coaching Experience

2012-14:
Texas, graduate manager
2014-15:
Texas, strength and conditioning intern
2015-Present:
Tennessee, strength and conditioning coach

Garrett Medenwald (pronounced: MAY-dihn-wald) is in his third year as the Tennessee basketball program's strength and conditioning coach.

The Green Bay, Wisconsin, native, arrived in Knoxville with three years of experience working alongside head coach Rick Barnes, as Medenwald served the Texas basketball program as both a graduate manager and a graduate strength and conditioning intern from 2012-15.

Medenwald worked with both the men's and women's basketball programs at Texas, focusing in on-court development and sports performance.

"Garrett's methods and approach to elite performance training are on another level," Barnes said. "He's a rising star in his profession, and our students are going to enjoy not just how he trains them, but also the personal relationship he develops with each of them."

During his tenure with the Longhorns, the 27-year-old Medenwald honed his philosophy as an elite performance coach while working closely with nationally known industry innovator Todd Wright--assistant coach/head of strength and conditioning with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers--and learning the philosophies of Shaun McPherson.

Medenwald simultaneously spent two years as the Director of Athletic 3D Performance Training Systems at the "Train 4 the Game" facility in Austin, Texas, where he programmed for numerous NFL and NBA athletes.

Medenwald has trained several world-class athletes, including Los Angeles Clippers guard J.J. Redick and Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy.

"G is a very direct and consistent coach," said Vols forward Admiral Schofield, who worked closely with Medenwald to dramatically reshape his frame as a freshman. "I love getting a new challenge from him every day. His energy and passion is what motivates me when it's time to 'get jacked.'"

In the summer and fall of 2016, Medenwald played an instrumental in the design and planning of a $98,000 renovation to the expanded, 4,350 square-foot basketball performance training area in Pratt Pavilion. Additions included a full-court-length stretch of synthetic turf, a custom rubber floor, a 40-foot, steel-reinforced throwing wall, six Keiser Functional Trainers, four TRUEStretch Cages, three custom, 10-foot Power Lift pulley units (ideal for taller student-athletes), seven sets of 90-pound PowerBlocks and a zoned, high-powered stereo system.

Medenwald graduated from Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2013, earning a bachelor's degree in Health, Human Performance and Recreation while minoring in Athletic Coaching Education. He then received his master's degree in Kinesiology from Texas in 2016.

He married the former Brittny Henderson of Burlington, Wisconsin, in May 2016.