Josh Wildeman is an Instructor in Kinesiology and Sport and serves as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the USI Athletic Department. He received a bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana University in 2007 and a master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in coaching specialization from Ball State University in 2010. Josh completed his doctorate in educational leadership at USI in 2024. Wildeman received the Ohio Valley Conference Outstanding Faculty-Commitment to Student Success award in 2024 and the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022 by the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. In his tenure as a strength and conditioning coach, the USI Women's Basketball team captured the 2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference Championship, and the USI Softball team won the 2018 Division II National Championship.
Prior to coming to USI, he was an Advanced Physical Education Teacher and the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana, for eight years. During his tenure at Castle, the strength and conditioning program was awarded the NSCA Strength of America Award from 2012-14. In 2014, he was a finalist for the NSCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award. Wildeman is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach. He is also certified by USA Weightlifting as a Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer. He has been published in the NSCA Strength and Conditioning Journal, NSCA Coach and the International Athletic Administration Magazine.