Bio

Conor Cantwell is in his first year at UW Platteville as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Cantwell joins UW Platteville Athletics with six years of strength and conditioning experience across a variety of sports.

Prior to coming to UW Platteville Cantwell worked with the Cincinnati Reds organization with their single A affiliate the Daytona Tortugas for the 2023 baseball season. Prior to that Cantwell served as a graduate assistant at Carroll University Sport Performance Institute while completing his Masters in Sport Physiology and Performance Coaching at Carroll University. During his graduate assistantship Assistant Human Performance Coach for both the Men’s and Women’s soccer teams for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons. Cantwell also completed research in this position on accentuated eccentric loading and won the Masters research podium award at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Conference in 2022.

Originally from Ireland, Cantwell completed his undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Limerick. During his undergraduate degree he worked with professional rugby club Munster Rugby in a variety of roles across their development pathway and also completed a season as Athletic Performance Intern with the club’s senior professional team. During this time, he also served as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Garryowen rugby club who compete in the top tier of amateur rugby in Ireland. In 2019 Cantwell also completed an internship at East Tennessee State University with their baseball team and with their on-site Olympic training site for bobsled and canoe/kayak athletes.

Cantwell is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is also a level 1 USA Weightlifting Coach through the United States Weightlifting Association.