Rudy Thomas is in his second season at Marquette as a strength and conditioning coach.

Thomas designs, implements, and supervises year round periodized strength, speed, and conditioning programs for Marquette women's basketball.

Prior to his hiring at Marquette, Thomas served as a strength coach at the University of Iowa where he worked with women's and men's basketball, as well as Olympic sports. He was also was an assistant strength coach at Stanford University where worked with the men's and women's basketball, track and field, volleyball and soccer teams, and served brief stints as an intern at Ohio State University and USF.

Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a concentration in strength and conditioning in 2001.

He earned a masters' of science degree from Boise State University in exercise physiology in 2004.