Director of Olympic Sports Performance
Teena Murray is Director of Olympic Sports Performance at the University of Louisville, Strength & Conditioning Coach for the U.S. Women's National Hockey Team, and owner of Athlete Construction, LLC. An educator, researcher, and practitioner, Murray has 13 years of experience in the field of strength and conditioning.
Teena received her MS in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1996 after receiving an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, as well as a degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She was a collegiate basketball player who also grew up playing ice hockey and softball in Canada.
Teena's strength and conditioning career began officially in 1997 when she accepted the position of Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at Cornell University. There, she helped establish the University's strength and conditioning program with Director Tom Howley, servicing the Big Red's 36 varsity teams.
In 2000, Teena left Cornell for an Assistant Strength and Conditioning position at the University of Connecticut, working primarily with men's and women's hockey, women's soccer, field hockey, football, and lacrosse. In four years at UCONN, she won eight Big East titles and advanced to the National Championship Game with women's soccer. During this time, Teena also worked as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League for two years and was a consultant for the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks for another two years.
In 2004, Teena moved into her current position at the University of Louisville. As Director of Olympic Sports Performance, Coach Murray oversees the Cardinals' 22 Olympic sport programs and works directly with women's basketball, soccer, and softball. Since 2006 Teena has also worked with USA Hockey as a Strength and Conditioning Coach/Consultant for the women's National Team program. During her tenure, the team has won two out of three World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
On the research front, Teena has published numerous articles centering on performance profiling for elite athletes. She has been certified by the NSCA since 1995 and by the United States Weightlifting Federation since 1998. She also holds the FMS certification and last year obtained the SCCC Certification from the CSCCa.
