Support Staff Tony Rolinski Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports Ninth Season Penn State '91 Tony Rolinski, a veteran member of the University of Notre Dame strength and conditioning staff since 1998, was named Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports on July 1, 2010. Rolinski is responsible for the development and implementation of the strength and conditioning programming for 25 Irish sports while continuing to have day-to-day oversight for the men’s basketball and hockey teams. The 2011-12 season marks his ninth season working with the Notre Dame hockey team. Rolinski’s position is part of Notre Dame’s Sports Performance Program, an initiative that began at the start of the 2009-10 school year. The Sports Performance Program focuses on the areas of strength and conditioning, athletic training/rehabilitation, sports medicine, sports nutrition, sports psychology and equipment with the goal of assisting all athletic teams to achieve maximum athletic success. Before taking over his new role, Rolinski had served as the associate director the previous four years. He also spent five years as the strength and conditioning coordinator and three years as an assistant strength coach. He will continue to be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Joyce Center weight facilities and the supervision of the Olympic sport’s strength and conditioning staff. He joined the Irish strength and conditioning staff following a one-year stint as the head strength and conditioning coach at Duquesne University during the 1997-98 school year, where he implemented and oversaw programs for 20 varsity sports. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rolinski received his bachelor’s degree in health education with a minor in exercise science from Penn State in 1991. From 1994-96, while earning his master’s degree in exercise physiology at the University of Pittsburgh, he served as an intern on the Panther football staff where he assisted with all aspects of the strength and conditioning program. Following his stint at Pittsburgh, Rolinski was the head strength and conditioning coach at North Hills High School in Pittsburgh (1996-97). Rolinski also has earned certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (SCCC) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCS). Born December 10, 1968, Rolinski and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Alexis and Jaclyn, and two sons, Jake and Jared.
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The Haggar Fitness Center is a 25,000 square-foot strength and conditioning complex where the Irish hockey team is guided by strength and conditioning coach Tony Rolinski. The 25,000-square foot Haggar Fitness Center (a gift of Ed and Patty Haggar, Joe and Isabell Haggar) is perhaps the most eye-catching feature of the Guglielmino Athletics Complex. The fitness complex includes the latest state-of-the-art equipment and is used by all of Notre Dame’s 26 varsity athletic sports. The Notre Dame strength and conditioning program is designed to provide each student athlete with the most productive, effective and efficient means of sports specific physical training. The strength and conditioning staff has a simple philosophy that combines a “no nonsense” approach with an “old school” attitude.
The staff offers a well-balanced, well-rounded program by incorporating a variety of training methods from conjugate training to Olympic style movements. Everything the staff does is geared toward developing speed, power and strength. The staff wants to teach Notre Dame studentathletes work ethic, discipline and pride with relentless attitude to strive for, and win, championships. When entering the Haggar Fitness Center (shared by the Loftus Sports Center and the Guglielmino Athletics Complex), student-athletes are quickly reminded of the “roll up your sleeves and get to work” mentality that the staff inspires.
Sophomore forward Bryan Rust works his legs on the seated leg curl machine during one of the hockey team’s workouts with Tony Rolinski in the Haggar Fitness Center.
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