Paul Valukas

Biography

Paul Valukas joined the Wisconsin Olympic strength & conditioning staff in 2021 as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning coach. He currently oversees the Badgers' women's hockey programs. Valukas was elevated to the position of Assistant Director of Olympic Strength & Conditioning in the Fall of 2022. In this new role, Valukas will serve as the Olympic strength & conditioning department’s liaison with campus academic programs/student educational organizations and will additionally serve as the S&C department's lead for performance technologies at the Kohl Center. Valukas joins the Badgers after most recently serving as the head strength & conditioning coach for the Ontario Reign, the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings (2019-2021). Working with the LA Kings strength & conditioning staff, Valukas created and implemented the Reign's off-ice strength & conditioning programming, return-to-play protocols and rehabilitation programs for injured players. He previously also worked with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (July 2018 & July 2019) to aid in the execution of the team's physiology testing group to execute the strength testing battery and serve as a volunteer assistant strength coach. Valukas worked as the Director of College and Professional Athlete Development at the ETHOS Colorado Athlete Center (2018-19) where he created and oversaw daily operation of the athlete development program and constructed an educational series on nutriti