Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

Lori began at Queens University in September 2022. Previously she was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Morningside University in Iowa, where she was directly responsible for training men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s lacrosse, cross country, and track and field throwers. She also worked with the 2021 National Champion football team, the 2021 GPAC conference women’s basketball team, men’s basketball, softball, and volleyball. She worked with teams on the field and on the court with conditioning, change of direction, and speed training.

Prior to Morningside, Lori was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN and was directly responsible for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, and assisted with the other 19 sports. The women’s tennis team finished the season with their highest regional ranking to date. Lori also completed an internship at California State University in Sacramento (Sac State), where she worked with football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball.

She has 4 years of experience working in a physical therapy clinic, primarily with athletes, and uses this training when working with injured athletes, and especially to train athletes to reduce the risk of injury. She sees injury prevention as one of the most important aspects of being a sports performance coach.

Lori has a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in applied exercise science with a strength and conditioning concentration from Concordia University Chicago. She is a CSCS through the NSCA and CPT through NASM.

She was born and raised in Northern California and lived in Nashville, TN for 12 years. She loves the South and warm weather and spending time with her family.