Ben Steenrod

Biography

Ben Steenrod joined Temple Athletics in August 2021 as the Associate Director of Sports Performance. In his current role, Steenrod oversees all training aspects of the Women's Lacrosse and Women's Soccer programs. He also spends time assisting with Temple's Football program. In May 2025, he achieved the certification of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach through the CSCCa. Before arriving at Temple, Steenrod spent time at Saint Joseph's University, Villanova University and Virginia Tech. Steenrod started at Saint Joseph's University in 2011 as a part time assistant during the first year of the Hawks Strength department. In 2014 he was promoted to Head Strength Coach where he oversaw all aspects of training primarily for the Hawks Women's Basketball, Baseball, Women's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Softball and Nationally Ranked Field Hockey program. During varying points of his time on Hawk Hill, Steenrod also assisted with or was responsible for the training of the Men's Basketball and Men's Lacrosse teams. In his time at SJU, Steenrod helped to develop numerous high level MLB draft picks, future NBA players and helped multiple Hawks sports teams capture Atlantic 10 championships. As well as working as a strength coach, Steenrod served as color commentator for the Hawks Women's Basketball and Baseball teams both on the radio and ESPN+ broadcasts. Steenrod began his coaching career as an intern at Virginia Tech working with the Hokies Olympic Sports and Football team before se