Briar Cliff University

Philip Herkenhoff serves as the director of strength and conditioning at Briar Cliff. Herkenhoff joined the Cliff gaining experience at four other institutions, most recently Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He was the assistant strength coach at Concordia, working primarily with women’s basketball, track, softball, tennis and cross country and assisted with the football program. Herkenhoff also gained experience as a volunteer intern at Arizona State where he worked primarily with the football program. He also worked at Northern Arizona University as a graduate assistant and Minnesota State Moorhead as an intern.

Herkenhoff is certified through U.S.A. Weightlifting: Level One-Sports Performance (USAW) and the National Strength & Conditioning Association: Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). His education included an AA (liberal arts) from Ridgewater Community College, a bachelors degree in exercise science from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a masters degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University. Herkenhoff played football for two years at Ridgewater before transferring to Minnesota State Moorhead and playing two seasons for the Dragons.