Joseph “Bubba” Reynolds joined the University of Hawai‘i strength and conditioning staff in January 2016 as the primary strength coach on first-year head coach Nick Rolovich’s UH football coaching staff.
Reynolds came to Manoa from the University of Nevada, where he spent three years on the strength staff, most recently serving one year as the associate director of strength and conditioning, assisting strength director Matt Eck in the design, implementation, execution and assessment of the Wolf Pack football team’s training program. He was also the primary coach for the women’s basketball, softball and 2016 Mountain West Champion swim and dive teams.
While completing his master’s degree, he joined Nevada’s Learfield Sports unit, Wolf Pack Sports Properties, as an intern, working with marketing and sponsorships.
Prior to his full-time position at Nevada, Reynolds spent two seasons as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach, also with the Wolf Pack, where he cut his teeth working with the Nevada football team while also developing and executing training programs for the softball, swimming and diving, golf and cheer programs.
Before Reno, Reynolds began coaching at the NCAA Division I level as a strength and conditioning intern at Notre Dame, working directly with diving, cross country and men’s rugby, while also assisting in the implementation of programs for 25 olympic-lifting teams.
Reynolds got his coaching start in strength and conditioning at his alma mater, Humboldt State, as a student assistant strength coach, aiding in the training programs of the football team, as well as softball and men’s and women’s basketball, also preparing youth strength and conditioning summer programs. During his time in Arcata, he completed field experience at HSU’s Human Performance Lab.
He has received certifications for CsCCa-SCCC-Strength and Conditioning Coach, PN- Level 1 Precision Nutrition, FMS- Level 1 Functional Movement Systems and NSCA-CSCS - Strength and Conditioning.
Reynolds was a standout linebacker at Humboldt State, earning second-team all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) honors as a senior team captain, a season in which he set a conference single-game record with 25 tackles against Dixie State. He also played rugby while at HSU. He began his playing career at Orange Coast College.
A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Reynolds earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in recreation from Humboldt State in 2011, going on to receive a master’s in educational leadership from Nevada in 2015.
