University of Connecticut Athletics
Staff Directory
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- Director of Sports Performance / Men's Basketball
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Gavin Roberts joined the Connecticut staff as director of sports performance for men’s basketball in May 2021. He was on the bench for both the 2023 and 2024 national titles.
Roberts came to UConn from Purdue University, where he had been the head strength and conditioning coach for the men’s basketball team for three years. Previously, he was the assistant director of sports performance at Western Michigan. At UConn, he is responsible for all in-season and off-season aspects concerning strength, conditioning, nutrition and wellness training for the men’s basketball student-athletes.
During Roberts’ tenure at Purdue, the men’s basketball team posted a 60-35 record overall, 38-21 in the Big Ten, with two NCAA appearances (the 2019-20 tourney was cancelled).
Roberts, originally from Somerset, N.J., and a two-sport star at Franklin High School in football and basketball, grew up watching UConn sports. He very nearly came to Storrs for college, choosing Purdue over UConn as a football recruit.
Roberts, a defensive back and special teams player for the Boilermakers, graduated from Purdue in 2013 with a degree in Health and Fitness and earned a master’s degree in Technology, Leadership and Innovation from Purdue in 2015.
Roberts and wife Alanna are the parents of four children, daughter London, son Cairo, and twins Kingston and Brooklyn.
