Kentucky head coach Mark Pope has officially hired Randy Towner as his head strength coach on his debut Kentucky coaching staff.
“Randy Towner is one of the elite strength and conditioning coaches in all of basketball,” Pope said via press release. “He spent time in the college ranks before moving on to one of the best staffs in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks. Our guys are blessed to have him here. He has a ton of juice, a wealth of expertise and will embrace what Kentucky basketball is all about.”
“I could not be more excited to join Coach Pope’s staff again,” Towner added. “We had a great experience working together at Utah Valley and I’m excited for the chance to work with him again here at Kentucky. We want to step in and be the best performance staff in the country and help this program win a national championship. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, but we are up for the challenge.”
Towner, a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NCSA), earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from the University of Utah in 2016 and went on to earn a master’s in sport conditioning and performance at Southern Utah in 2021.
He has had strength and conditioning stints at UTSA, Utah, UAB and Utah Valley where he worked under Pope.
For the past two seasons, Towner has worked at the NBA level with the Milwaukee Bucks, working alongside the likes of two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and eight-time All-Star Damian Lillard.
Towner takes over for Brady Welsh, who served as Kentucky’s head strength coach during the final two seasons of the John Calipari era.
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