Mark Philippi is in his second season as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Bears in 2026.
Philippi brings over 30 years of coaching experience in private and collegiate strength coaching to Chicago. Since 2007, Philippi owned and directed performance training at Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas, a comprehensive sports performance facility with clientele ranging from world-championship and Olympic Gold Medal competitors to developing athletes.
Prior to opening Philippi Sports Institute, Phillippi spent 15 years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for UNLV Athletics, overseeing sports performance programs for over 400 athletes each year, while also aiding in the development of UNLV's kinesiology department.
Phillippi also had a career in professional powerlifting. He won America's Strongest Man in 1997, was a seven-time World's Strongest Man qualifier and won the 1996 World Drug-Free Powerlifting Championships.
A native of Menomonee Falls, Wis., Philippi and his wife, Tracey, have five children – Marc, Mckayla, Zachary, Jacque and Wynn.
