Zack Zillner enters his sixth season as women’s basketball sports performance coach at the University of Texas. Zillner develops, implements and supervises the training regimen for the Texas women’s basketball team in the areas of speed, strength, agility, conditioning and flexibility. Zillner, most recently served as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Kansas. At KU, Zillner was the sports performance coach for the women’s basketball, softball, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams. He also assisted with men’s basketball. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Zillner spent more than a year [2015-16] as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Illinois, where he worked with the women’s basketball, volleyball and men’s and women’s golf teams. Zillner served as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2014-15 school year. He was the head strength and conditioning coach for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. Before joining the staff at Southern Miss, Zillner spent three years [2011-14] as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Kansas. During his first stint in Lawrence, he worked with the soccer, softball, men’s and women’s golf, and track and field teams. He also assisted with men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and baseball. Zillner earned his bachelor’s degree in sport science, with an emphasis in exercise science, from the University of Kansas in 2011.