Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Basketball
Apodaca, Dan
Dan Apodaca
- Title:
- Strength and Conditioning Coach
The 2025-26 campaign will be the third with the Oklahoma State women’s basketball team for Dan Apodaca, who serves the Cowgirl program as their strength and conditioning coach.
“We are excited and fortunate to have Dan as a member of our Cowgirl family. I firmly believe a great strength coach is behind any successful team,” OSU head coach Jacie Hoyt said. “He will be instrumental in helping our program go to heights we want to reach. He has a great combination of basketball-specific experience, but at the same time a youthful enthusiasm to connect with our players on an individual basis to help make them into the best players they can be.”
Prior to his arrival in Stillwater, Apodaca spent the previous two seasons as the director of basketball performance at Rhode Island.
Apodaca arrived at Rhode Island after serving as the assistant director of strength and conditioning at South Alabama. Where he worked primarily with the Jaguar men’s basketball and men’s tennis squads during the 2020-21 campaign.
In 2019-20, Apodaca worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida. During his time with the Gators, he worked with the women’s basketball program and implemented programs for the men’s tennis and golf teams as well.
Among his duties Gainesville were coordinating training sessions, assisting with nutrition education, intervention and planning, weight room equipment maintenance within the basketball practice facility and directing the school’s student interns and volunteers.
Apodaca worked as a sports performance intern in 2018-19 at Arizona and gained experience as an intern at New Mexico State in 2015. Additionally, he worked for more than a year as a strength and conditioning coach at the McDermott Athletic Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
A 2015 graduate of New Mexico State, Apodaca received his degree in kinesiology and began work toward a master’s degree in high performance coaching during his stint at Florida.
Apodaca holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, United States Weightlifting Association and the American Heart Association.
“We are excited and fortunate to have Dan as a member of our Cowgirl family. I firmly believe a great strength coach is behind any successful team,” OSU head coach Jacie Hoyt said. “He will be instrumental in helping our program go to heights we want to reach. He has a great combination of basketball-specific experience, but at the same time a youthful enthusiasm to connect with our players on an individual basis to help make them into the best players they can be.”
Prior to his arrival in Stillwater, Apodaca spent the previous two seasons as the director of basketball performance at Rhode Island.
Apodaca arrived at Rhode Island after serving as the assistant director of strength and conditioning at South Alabama. Where he worked primarily with the Jaguar men’s basketball and men’s tennis squads during the 2020-21 campaign.
In 2019-20, Apodaca worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida. During his time with the Gators, he worked with the women’s basketball program and implemented programs for the men’s tennis and golf teams as well.
Among his duties Gainesville were coordinating training sessions, assisting with nutrition education, intervention and planning, weight room equipment maintenance within the basketball practice facility and directing the school’s student interns and volunteers.
Apodaca worked as a sports performance intern in 2018-19 at Arizona and gained experience as an intern at New Mexico State in 2015. Additionally, he worked for more than a year as a strength and conditioning coach at the McDermott Athletic Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
A 2015 graduate of New Mexico State, Apodaca received his degree in kinesiology and began work toward a master’s degree in high performance coaching during his stint at Florida.
Apodaca holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, United States Weightlifting Association and the American Heart Association.
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