Josh Medler spent nine seasons as Director of Strength and Conditioning at Wofford. He joined the staff in June of 2013 after completing his six seasons on the University of Memphis strength and conditioning staff.
He works primarily with the football team, while overseeing the strength and conditioning development for all 19 sports at Wofford. The football team has won three Southern Conference titles and made four NCAA FCS Playoff appearances during his tenure.
While at Memphis, he was responsible for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, volleyball team, and the men’s and women’s track sprinters, as well as assisting with football and baseball.
Prior to his return to Memphis in 2007, Medler was the head strength and conditioning coordinator for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Okla. As the first-ever Union system strength coach, Medler was in charge of building a training program for all freshman, junior varsity and varsity athletic teams. Medler first went to Memphis in the summer of 2004 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach, working with football, baseball, softball, and the track sprinters. Medler graduated with his master’s degree in human movement sciences from Memphis in the spring of 2006.
He began his professional career as strength and conditioning coach at Anderson University, a liberal arts NCAA Division III school in Indiana. While at Anderson, Medler was responsible for training the football team and coaching the defensive line.
As a native of Berne, Indiana, Medler was a four-year football letterman at Hanover College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2002.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association and is a certified level one club coach by USA Weightlifting. Medler and his wife, Ashley, reside in Spartanburg with their sons, Nythaniel and Moses.
