Mike Curtis

Mike Curtis is in his 17th year as head strength and conditioning coach for men’s basketball at Virginia. In October 2025, he was also named Director for Health, Performance, Optimization, and Innovation.  In this role he will provide strategic direction in collaboration with leadership from Sports Medicine, Olympic Strength and Conditioning, Basketball Strength and Conditioning, Sports Nutrition, and Sports Psychology while fostering partnerships with central grounds and industry leaders to drive innovation and research in human performance.

Before accepting the position at UVa, Curtis was the director of strength and conditioning for the Michigan athletics department. At Michigan, Curtis supervised and managed the training efforts of more than 20 athletic teams, five assistant coaches and two training facilities. He was primarily responsible for the implementation of performance training programs for men’s and women’s basketball.

Curtis, a former basketball player at Virginia, was the head strength and conditioning coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association for six years (2002-08) before assuming his responsibilities at Michigan. He also served as the basketball strength and conditioning coach at South Carolina for one year (2001-02) and was the director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Dayton for one year (2000-01).

Curtis, who is from Richmond, Va., has three degrees from the University of Virginia. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine in 1998, a master’s degree in exercise physiology in 2000, and a Ph.D in Kinesiology in 2023. Curtis lettered four times as a member of the Cavaliers’ men’s basketball team and was a team co-captain for the 1997-98 season.

Curtis and his wife, Rachel, and sons, Roman and Maxwell, reside in Charlottesville.