Robert Stiner

Robert Stiner joined the strength in conditioning staff at the University of Cincinnati in 2017 as an assistant director of football sports performance.

Stiner joined the Bearcats after spending the 2016 season at Florida International University.

Prior to his stint with the Panthers, Stiner was the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Central Arkansas from 2014-16.

While at UCA, Stiner oversaw and directed the strength and conditioning program, working with the football, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s soccer and track and field squads. He also established and implemented nutrition protocols for student-athletes and designed training programs for the Conway SWAT Team and UCA Police Department and Central Arkansas Police Academy.

He came to UCA from Mississippi State where he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 2012-14. Stiner had previous stops as an intern at LSU (2011-12), strength and conditioning graduate assistant at Valdosta State (2009-11) along with internships at Baylor (2010) and the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2009).

While in Colorado Springs, he worked with multiple Olympic Sports including: Judo, Men’s and Women’s Freestyle Wrestling, Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling, Modern Pentathlon, Figure Skating, Bobsled, Skeleton, Speed Skating and various disciplines of the Shooting Sports.

Stiner started his coaching career as a volunteer strength and conditioning assistant at Valdosta State and Belhaven in 2008.

He was a four-year starter and team captain at Belhaven College, earning MSC All-Conference honors in 2006 and 2007 as a defensive end. He also earned the Belhaven strength and conditioning athlete of the year award in 2007.

Stiner received his bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss. in 2008 and earned his master’s of education in health and physical education from Valdosta State University in 2011.   

He is a certified strength and conditioning coach through the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association.

An amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Stiner and his wife Briana live in Cincinnati.