Rich McLoughlin joined the Georgia Southern strength and conditioning staff in the summer of 2021.
McLoughlin oversees a holistic sports performance plan for the men's basketball and golf programs that enhances athletic performance through individualized strength and conditioning programs along with proper nutrition, rest and recovery.Â
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and holds Level I Coach licenses from USA Weightlifting and from Precision Nutrition.
McLoughlin served as an intern and sports performance coach at Stanford in 2018 before returning to Dayton University, his alma mater, to work with the women's basketball program from 2018-21. The Flyers reached the postseason all three seasons and won the A-10 Tournament title in 2019-20, finishing with a 25-8 record and receiving nine votes in the final Top-25 Coaches Poll. Dayton advanced to the WNIT in 2019 and 2021.
McLoughlin graduated from Dayton in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science and earned his master's degree in education from Dayton in 2020.
