Mike Rehfeldt

Mike Rehfeldt returned to the University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics in May 2021 as the Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance.

In his role at UC, Rehfeldt will work directly with the men's basketball program while also overseeing sports performance for all sports, with the exception of football. His responsibilities will include the physical development of UC players to perform optimally while decreasing their likelihood of injury. He will be closely involved in the preparation of each player's readiness for practices and games via nutrition, recovery and education.

Rehfeldt returns to Cincinnati after a year as the director of sports performance for men's basketball at UConn.

He previously served as UC's director of men's basketball sports performance from 2012-20. Rehfeldt brings two decades of experience in strength and conditioning in both football and basketball at the amateur, collegiate and professional levels. 

His efforts have been critical in the physical develop of former Bearcats Sean Kilpatrick, Troy Caupain, Gary Clark and Jacob Evans III, who have gone on to play professionally in the NBA.

Rehfeldt had been assisting the Cincinnati Bengals' strength and conditioning program since August 2011, creating pre- and post-workout nutrition protocols, introducing training techniques to reduce recovery time and planning and instructing training of developmental players.

Prior to assisting with the Bengals, Rehfeldt served as head strength and conditioning coach with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL from 2009-2011. Among his duties in Sacramento, he created and installed an off-season and in-season strength and conditioning program and designed and equipped the team's weight room.

Rehfeldt worked as a strength and conditioning assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2006-09, implementing training and rehabilitation instruction for injured players and instructing group training sessions. While with the Jaguars he also served as the director of athletic development at the S3 Athletic Development Center at Yates in Jacksonville.

A native of Blaine, Minnesota, Rehfeldt earned a degree in physical education from St. Cloud State University in 2005.

Rehfeldt and his wife Elise have a daughter, Olivia.