Thomas Bacchia was formally announced as UNLV football's Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning on Feb. 19, 2025, under Director Tanner Maher.
Bacchia formerly worked with Maher at Florida during the Dan Mullen era, spending two years as an intern in Gainesville. He comes to Las Vegas after working the last four seasons at the University of Massachusetts as assistant sports performance coach. He worked with all student-athletes in Amherst, including running, analyzing and implementing the program’s sport science technology.
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Previous to moving to UMASS, Bacchia was a graduate assistant performance coach at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, including serving as the head strength coach for the softball, golf and cheer programs.
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The Pennsylvania native graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human performance from the University of Tampa in 2019 before joining the Gators.
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BACCHIA’S FILE
2025-PRÂ Â UNLV -- Associate Director Strength and Conditioning
2021-24   UMASS – Assistant Sports Performance Coach
2020       Southeastern Louisiana – Graduate Assistant Sports Performance Coach
2019-20   Florida – Football Strength and Conditioning Intern
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