Frank Wintrich hired as BYU football strength and conditioning coach

PROVO, Utah — BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall today announced the hiring of Frank Wintrich as football head strength and conditioning coach. 

“I am excited to welcome Frank to our staff at BYU,” Mendenhall said. “He is an experienced and passionate coach who is extremely dedicated to preparing athletes to be their best and masters of their sport.” 

Wintrich (pronounced win-trick) comes to BYU with 12 years of experience with six different programs since graduating from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2002.   

“I’m thrilled to be part of the staff at BYU working with Coach Mendenhall,” Wintrich said. “This is a great fit both culturally and in the type of strength program I run. I follow a holistic approach to help the players master the game by training the total athlete, focusing not only on physical preparation but also on psychological, technical and tactical aspects.”  

Wintrich spent the past four seasons at the University of North Texas as the director of football performance. Among the highlights of Wintrich's work in Denton was helping the Mean Green advance to their first bowl appearance in 10 years. The North Texas interior line physically overpowered UNLV in a 36-14 win in Heart of Dallas Bowl on Jan. 1, 2014. 

He arrived in Denton from the University of South Florida, where he was the associate director of strength and conditioning three seasons for the Bulls, helping USF advance to three bowl games in 2008-10. 

Prior to South Florida, he spent two seasons in 2006 and 2007 as the director of athletic development at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, directing the strength program that provided all aspects of athletic development for 15 varsity sports. Under his leadership, the program underwent a total makeover, including renovation of the strength training facility, expansion of the athletic development staff and the unification of training protocols for all athletes, while primarily working with football and baseball. During his tenure at The Citadel, the Bulldog football program reached new heights, having its best record in 15 years, its first back-to-back winning conference record in 15 years and its first winning record in 10 years. 

Wintrich served for two seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Utah State University in 2004 and 2005 and one season as a coaching assistant at Arizona State University in 2003. He began his strength and conditioning career as the head strength coach at Hardin-Simmons University in 2002.

Wintrich earned a Bachelor of Science in sports and fitness management from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2002. While at KWC, Wintrich was nominated team captain two consecutive years and was a two-time All-American at linebacker.