Bio

Alan DeGennaro was named the full-time strength and conditioning coach for Carnegie Mellon Athletics in 2011. In 2023, DeGennaro was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Performance.

DeGennaro's passion for improving the Tartan athletics teams through work in the weight room has led the department to extraordinary heights. In 2022-23, 15 teams made NCAA postseason competition after 13 reached the same destination in 2021-22.

The University of Pittsburgh graduate worked in many venues including the National Football League (NFL) and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center prior to arriving at Carnegie Mellon.

DeGennaro returned to Pittsburgh after spending three seasons as the assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Cleveland Browns. Prior to his stint in the NFL, DeGennaro coached speed development programs to high school and amateur athletes in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania area.

DeGennaro earned his bachelor's degree in athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997 and earned his master’s degree in kinesiology in 1999 from the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, he worked with the strength and conditioning staff for the Vols’ football program from 1998-99 while attending graduate school.

The Altoona, Pennsylvania, native joined the University of Pittsburgh staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for two seasons before directing the sports performance program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2001-03. From 2004-05, DeGennaro worked at Velocity Sports Performance, also located in Pittsburgh.