Rhen Vail is the head strength and conditioning coach for University of Louisville women's basketball in Louisville, Kentucky, a position he has held since before the 2021-22 season. He directs the program's year-round strength and conditioning work, oversees training schedules, and uses Catapult data to monitor athlete workload across the year.
Before arriving at Louisville, Vail spent three seasons from 2018 to 2021 as the head strength and conditioning coach for the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team. He previously worked at Kent State from 2011 to 2018, beginning as a graduate assistant with football, women's soccer, and track and field before moving into an assistant strength and conditioning coach role that also included baseball. In his final two seasons there, he served as head basketball sports performance coach for the men's and women's basketball teams.
