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Biography
This past year Mike Curtis began his tenure as strength and
conditioning coach for the University of Virginia men's basketball
program. Prior to coming to Virginia, Mike served as the director of
strength and conditioning for the Michigan athletics department for one
year before being named head strength and conditioning coach for the
Virginia men’s basketball program in May 2009. At Michigan, Curtis
supervised and managed the training efforts of more than 20 athletic
teams, five assistant coaches and two training facilities. He was
primarily responsible for the implementation of performance training
programs for men’s and women’s basketball.
Curtis, a former
basketball player at Virginia, was the head strength and conditioning
coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association
for six years (2002-08) before assuming his responsibilities at
Michigan. Curtis also served as the basketball strength and
conditioning coach at South Carolina for one year (2001-02) and was the
director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Dayton for
one year (2000-01).
Curtis, who is from Richmond, Va., earned a
bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Virginia in 1998 and a
master’s degree in exercise physiology in 2000. He lettered four times
as a member of the Cavaliers’ men’s basketball team and was a team
co-captain for the 1997-98 season.
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