Keegan Knoll

Biography

Keegan Knoll was named the Director of Sports Performance for Tennessee baseball in November of 2025 after spending the previous eight years working in professional baseball. Knoll brings a wealth of pro ball experience with him to Knoxville, including two and a half seasons as a head strength and conditioning coach in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs (2022-24). In his most recent stop before coming to Tennessee, Knoll spent the 2025 season as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Milwaukee Brewers, where he was heavily involved in the day-to-day implementation of the organization's player performance strategies. Knoll led the design and oversight of individualized rehabilitation programs for injured Brewers' players, collaborating closely with physical therapists to enhance return-to-play efficiency and performance outcomes. He also built and implemented data-driven systems that integrate player performance, health and workload metrics into daily decision-making processes. The majority of Knoll's professional baseball experience came with the Cubs' organization, where he spent seven years on staff, starting off as a minor league strength and conditioning coach for the club's minor league affiliates (2018-20) before being promoted to the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the big-league team in 2020, and ultimately, climbing the ladder to head strength and conditioning coach in 2022. While in Chicago, Knoll worked closely with former Tenn