Arizona women’s basketball head coach Becky Burke continues to fill out her staff as players prepare to arrive in Tucson for summer workouts. Move-in date for the players is set for this weekend. When they arrive, there will be a new performance enhancement coach. The program announced the hiring of Emily Meinert on Wednesday morning.
Meinert spent the last two seasons working with the New Mexico
women’s basketball team on strength and conditioning.
“Her experience working directly with women’s basketball student-athletes, combined with her energy, passion and commitment to player development, makes her a tremendous addition to our staff,” Burke was quoted in the program’s press release.“
Meinert was a graduate assistant and assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Louisiana Monroe prior to joining the staff at New Mexico. She worked with women’s basketball, softball, and men’s and women’s golf during her time at ULM. She simultaneously earned her master’s degree in applied exercise science from the institution.
Meinert played basketball for three years at Northern Illinois and two at Parkland College. At NIU, she also worked with the strength and conditioning staff assisting with daily operations and athlete development initiatives.
