Domenic Reno - Head Strength Coach - Football Support Staff

Domenic Reno

Title:
Head Strength Coach
Email:
reno@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-4924

Domenic Reno, who spent three seasons as the director of football strength and conditioning at Purdue, begins his second season leading the UofL Football Strength and Conditioning program.

Besides the three seasons leading the Purdue strength and conditioning efforts, Reno spent three other seasons serving as the senior associate director of football strength and conditioning upon his hiring on Jan. 3, 2017. He has been a member of Brohm’s staff since 2014.

Reno was named the 2017 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. The award considers all assistant coaches working across the country in collegiate athletics.

Reno has helped 20 NFL Draft picks prepare for the next level: Brycen Hopkins (2020 - Los Angeles Rams), Markus Bailey (2020 - Cincinnati Bengals), Rondale Moore (2021 - Arizona Cardinals), Derrick Barnes (2021 - Detroit Lions), George Karlaftis (2022 - Kansas City Chiefs), David Bell (2022 - Cleveland Browns) and Zander Horvath (2022 - Los Angeles Chargers), Aidan O’Connell (2023 - Las Vegas), Payne Durham (2023 - Tampa Bay), Charlie Jones (2023 - Cincinnati), Cory Trice (2023 -Pittsburgh), Jalen Graham (2023 - San Francisco), Isaac Guerendo (2024 - San Francisco), Jarvis Brownlee (2024 - Tennessee), Jamari Thrash (2024 - Cleveland), Jawhar Jordan (2024 - Houston)
Karlaftis is a two-time Super Bowl Champions in 2023 and 2024, while Hopkins won another in 2022. Ja’Whaun Bentley also won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots.

Reno joined the Boilermakers after three seasons (2014-16) at Western Kentucky as the associate director for football strength and conditioning and the head strength and conditioning coach for track and field. He was instrumental in guiding the Hilltoppers football program to a pair of Conference USA championships (2015 and 2016). Western Kentucky also won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl and 2016 Boca Raton Bowl. The Hilltoppers went 31-10 with Reno on staff. Tight end Tyler Higbee went on to be drafted by the Los Angeles Rams and won a title in 2022.

Western Kentucky won the 2016 men’s indoor and outdoor Conference USA championships, 2015 men’s indoor conference title and 2015 women’s outdoor conference title. The Hilltoppers boasted eight All-Americans at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, including Emmanuel Dasor, who qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the 200-meter dash, four All-Americans at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships, eight at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships and four at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Prior to Western Kentucky, Reno spent three seasons (2011-13) with the New York Giants in the National Football League as assistant strength and conditioning coach. The Giants won Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. He worked and trained eight Pro Bowlers while with the Giants, including Victor Cruz, Zack Deossie, Eli Manning, Jason Pierre-Paul, Antrel Rolle, Chris Snee, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora.
Reno worked for six years (2004-10) at Wagner College, where he established the first-ever strength and conditioning program, developing year-round individualized programs for all 22 varsity teams. During his time at Wagner, he also worked for a trio of Minor League Baseball teams.

Serving as the head strength and conditioning coach, he spent time with affiliates of the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees.

Reno got his start on the collegiate level as a strength and conditioning coach at Boston College (2003-04).
Reno graduated from Worcester State in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in health education and earned his MBA from Wagner in 2015. He is CSCS, RSCC*D, ISSA, FMS, USAW, PES, USATF and NASE certified.

Reno and his wife, Samantha, have two daughters, Valentina and Milana.