Strength & Conditioning Certifications:
• National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA CSCS)
• National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer (NASM CPT)
• EXOS Performance Specialist (EXOS XPS)
Analisse Rios ‘08, who recently completed her fourth season on the sidelines overall and second as the top assistant for the Connecticut College women’s soccer program in 2019, has been serving in an elevated role as a strength & conditioning coach for 12 Camel sports since the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year.
Before being elevated to her current position, Rios focused on leading the squad’s strength & conditioning efforts which benefited two Camel teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2016 and 2017. This included designing offseason workout and lifting programs, employing functional fitness workouts at practices during the fall, facilitating team and individual warmups and cooldowns on game days, and helping the student-athletes attain their personal and team fitness goals.
Rios, a former member of the Bolivian Women’s National Soccer Team, has had her responsibilities increased to include supporting men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, field hockey, and volleyball. She also began a new position as the head strength & conditioning coach for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun in 2020.
In addition, Rios has been heavily involved in primary and secondary education for the past decade by serving as a classroom teacher in the New London Public Schools as well as the Dual Language and Arts Magnet Middle School in Waterford. She has also been involved with the Southeast Soccer Club as a head coach, assistant coach and fitness group coach since September 2016, and she has most recently been named the head strength & conditioning coach for the Connecticut Sun of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) beginning in 2020.
A native of Bolivia, Rios graduated from Connecticut College in 2008 and was a member of the Camel women’s soccer and track & field programs. She is a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA CSCS), a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer (NASM CPT), and an EXOS Performance Specialist (EXOS XPS) who holds USSF “F” and “E” Licenses as well as CPR and First Aid certifications.
