Stephen Englehart is the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Olympic Sports at the University of Colorado, joining the athletic department in 2011. He has directed the strength and conditioning program for the Colorado men's basketball team since April 2016.
Prior to his duties with men's basketball, he worked with the Buffaloes' football, women's soccer, women's golf, men's golf and tennis programs. Originally hired as a strength & conditioning coach, he was named to his current role overseeing Olympic Sports in July 2018.
He is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He also holds certifications with USAW, FMS and TPI Level 1&2.
Englehart came to CU from Southern Methodist University, where he worked one year (2010) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Mustangs. That followed one season (2009) as the head football strength coach at Portland State University, his first full-time year in the profession. He got his start in the business as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawai’i, where he spent three years (2006-08). At Hawaii he was in charge of men’s and women’s basketball as well as other sports. He was on the Warrior staff the year the UH earned a Sugar Bowl invitation against Georgia as a “BCS” buster following a 12-0 regular season in 2007.
While at Hawai’i, he earned his Master’s in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science in the spring of 2009. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005.