Dr. Josh Wildeman has served as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for USI Athletics since 2016. He currently oversees the strength and conditioning for the baseball, softball, women’s basketball, and volleyball programs and has worked with each team in some capacity during his tenure. Highlights from his strength and conditioning career include training the 2023-2024 Women’s Basketball Ohio Valley Conference Champions and the USI Softball team which captured the 2018 Division II National Championship. He was also responsible for training the USI Men’s Basketball, which was the 2019 NCAA II Tournament semifinalist; and USI Volleyball, which captured the 2021 GLVC Tournament title.
Dr. Wildeman also serves as a full-time Teaching Associate Professor in the Kinesiology and Sport Department at USI. In 2024, he was the recipient of the Ohio Valley Conference Outstanding Faculty-Commitment to Student Success award. In 2022, he was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Pott College of Science, Education, & Engineering.
Prior to coming to USI, Wildeman was an Advanced Physical Education Teacher and the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Castle High School for eight years. During his tenure at Castle, the strength and conditioning program was awarded the NSCA Strength of America Award from 2012-2014. Wildeman was a finalist for the NSCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award in 2014.
A National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC), Wildeman also is certified by USA Weightlifting as a Level 1 Sports Performance Coach.
Wildeman, who has been published in the NSCA Strength and Conditioning Journal and the NSCA Coach, received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana University in 2007 and a Master of Arts in Physical Education (Coaching Specialization) from Ball State University in 2010. Josh recently completed his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Indiana during the summer of 2024. He resides in Evansville with his wife Mary and their three children (Jules, Archie, & Gus).
