Steve Gephardt enters his first season at Maryland as the men’s basketball Director of Strength and Resilience and his sixth overall as a member of head coach Buzz Williams’ staff.
Known for his innovative player development strategies, Gephardt is responsible for the day-to-day fitness and performance of the men’s basketball team. In his role, Gephardt develops in-season and off-season programs designed to enhance speed development, power production, mobility, flexibility and injury prevention.
Gephardt first joined Williams at Texas A&M prior to the 2020-21 season after spending 13 years at TCU where he was the associate head strength and conditioning coach. He had direct oversight of the strength and conditioning programs for the men’s basketball and men’s golf programs and assisted with development of the football program.
Before his stint at TCU, Gephardt served as a graduate assistant at UAB, overseeing the strength program for volleyball and women’s tennis while assisting with all Blazer sports teams.
Certified by both the National Strength Coaches Association and the College Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, Gephardt earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Arizona State in 2006.
Gephardt and his wife, Meghan, have two children, Kaiden and Evyn.
