MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State women’s basketball will have a new voice in its strength and conditioning program, as 2015 K-State graduate Lane Trudo has been tabbed as the program’s Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 2021-22 season.
“We are glad to have Lane join our staff,” said head coach Jeff Mittie about the addition of Trudo. “He brings an excellent amount of experience in women’s basketball and has excelled in every area of his young career.”
In his role as the team’s strength and conditioning coach, Trudo is responsible for designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs for the team as a whole and individual student-athletes. He will also work with the K-State Athletic Training staff to facilitate individualized rehabilitation programs for athlete recovery from surgical procedures or injuries.
Prior to coming to Manhattan, Trudo worked for two seasons at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, where he started as the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning and was promoted to Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports for the 2020-21 season.
While with the Bears, Trudo worked with the men’s and women’s basketball programs and the volleyball and beach volleyball squads where he designed and implemented the training for those teams.
In the 2020-21 season, Trudo was responsible for the strength and conditioning programs for 10 sports. As a result of his efforts, the Mercer women’s basketball program won the 2021 Southern Conference title and reached the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
Before joining the Mercer staff, Trudo spent the 2017-18 and 2018-19 athletic seasons at Lamar as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. During his time at Lamar, Trudo worked with the men’s and women’s basketball and baseball teams, which included strength and power development, linear and lateral speed, conditioning, mobility, and pre-game and practice warm-ups.
While working with those teams, he trained one All-American and saw the women’s basketball team win back-to-back Southland Conference regular season titles. He also assisted in the development of a ninth-round draft pick in the 2018 MLB Draft and two draft picks in 2019.
Before spending two years at Lamar, Trudo spent a year and a half at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, as a graduate assistant athletic performance coach. While at William Penn, Trudo helped train four men’s basketball All-Americans and worked with men’s basketball, baseball and men’s soccer.
Trudo earned his Master of Business Leadership from William Penn University in 2018.
Trudo, a 2015 graduate of K-State with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology, worked for two seasons with the Wildcats as a volunteer assistant in strength and conditioning as an undergrad student. He grew from originally working with Olympic sports teams to working with football and Olympic sports.
Trudo is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a Level I Coach with USA Weightlifting and holds certification in CPR and AED use by the American Heart Association.
For the 2021-22 season, the Wildcats will return eight letter winners led by 2022 All-America candidate Ayoka Lee and All-Big 12 candidate Rachel Ranke. K-State will add the services of five newcomers including: Rebekah Dallinger (Sydney, Australia), Brylee Glenn (Kansas City, Missouri), Jaelyn Glenn (Kansas City, Missouri) Malene Lind Pederson (Aabyhoj, Denmark) and Serena Sundell (Maryville, Missouri).