UConn women’s basketball team names Andrea Hudy new director of sports performance
The UConn women’s basketball team is bringing home Andrea Hudy as the program’s new director of sports performance.
Hudy, who spent the last two seasons at Texas, earned her master’s degree in sport biomechanics from UConn in 1999. She previously worked with the Huskies women’s basketball team from 1995-2004, in addition to stints with the men’s basketball and men’s soccer programs. Hudy was part of eight national title-winning Huskies teams, including five women’s basketball ones.
“We’re beyond excited to bring in someone like Andrea Hudy,” Geno Auriemma said in a statement. “She’s been here before and knows what the expectation level is. She had a lot of success here, and at Kansas, and at Texas. To get one of the premier strength and conditioning coaches in men’s or women’s basketball was a great opportunity for us. We’ve had great success here with our strength and conditioning. I think Hudy being here, especially with such a young team this year, gives us an opportunity to add to what we’ve been doing here all this time.”
“Returning to the University of Connecticut is a full circle moment,” Hudy added. “Having started my career here over 26 years ago created a solid foundation for me in sports performance, and to be a part of UConn again is a great opportunity. It will be a great experience to see such a familiar place with new perspectives. I am grateful to Coach Auriemma and his staff, David Benedict, and the University of Connecticut for this opportunity to continue cultivating the championship culture that has become a rich tradition. It is an honor and a privilege.”
Hudy is a nationally acclaimed sports performance coach and was named National College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2013. In 2017, the NSCA awarded her with the Impact Award, given to “an individual whose career has greatly contributed to the advancement of the national or international strength and conditioning or fitness industries.”
Her previous stops include spending the last two seasons at Texas, where she was head basketball strength and conditioning coach, a role where she oversaw both the men’s and women’s basketball programs and was the primary sports performance coach for the men’s team. She also spent 15 years at Kansas as the strength and conditioning coach for the men’s squad.
Hudy played volleyball at Maryland, where she graduated in 1994. She also earned a MBA from Kansas in 2019.
Amanda Kimball, the previous women’s basketball team’s director of sports performance, is now the athletic department’s director of holistic and reintegration sports performance, according to the UConn athletics website.
Alexa Philippou can be reached at aphilippou@courant.com
