Joey Bergles - Football Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Joey Bergles

Title:
Associate Strength & Conditioning Coach

Joey Bergles is in his first season on the Texas Tech football staff where he serves as an associate strength and conditioning coach, overseeing the speed development, mobility and plyometric programming for the Red Raiders.

This is Bergles’ second stint working with both head coach Matt Wells and head strength and conditioning coach Dave Scholz as he previously worked as the top assistant strength and conditioning coach at Utah State from 2015-18.

Similar to his role now at Tech, Bergles oversaw the speed development and plyometric training at Utah State as the Aggies became the first football program in the country to utilize FRC and Kinstretch mobility components. He was also responsible for all aspects to the quarterback physical development program, an area he will also instruct with the Red Raiders.

Utah State developed into one of the country’s top programs during Bergles’ tenure as the Aggies closed the 2018 campaign with an 11-2 record and a No. 21 ranking in the final Associated Press poll.

Prior to his hiring at Utah State, Bergles was a graduate assistant at Lindenwood University from 2013-15, assisting with the strength and conditioning training with the football team, while running individual programs for the sports of baseball, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and men’s ice hockey.

Bergles was also a strength and conditioning intern at Webber International from 2012-13 and then his alma mater at Viterbo University from 2011-12.

Bergles earned his bachelor’s degree in sports science from Viterbo in 2012 and added a master’s in human performance from Lindenwood in 2015. He is certified or has attended relevant courses in FRCms, FRA, Kinstretch, FR Lower Limb, Metabolic Analytics, DNS A, Mtabolic Analytics and Poliquin.