Dan Dalrymple enters his second season as head strength and conditioning coach for the Denver Broncos and 18th overall in the NFL in 2024. He was hired by the club on Feb. 25, 2023.
Dalrymple has accumulated 34 years of experience in player performance, with 17 of those years spent at the NFL level. He previously served as head strength and conditioning coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-21 before joining the Broncos.
With the help of Dalrymple during his first season in Denver in 2023, the Broncos produced their best record since the 2016 season with an 8-9 mark, including going 3-3 against AFC West foes.
Overseeing the Saints' strength and conditioning program, Dalrymple was instrumental in the team's success. During his 16-year stint in New Orleans, the Saints won 159 regular-season games (fourth most from 2006-21), seven division titles and made nine postseason appearances. The organization captured its first Super Bowl in the 2009 playoffs, defeating Indianapolis 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.
Dalrymple is regarded as one the NFL's best strength and conditioning coaches, with his routines being focused on building and maintaining strength and stamina while minimizing injuries. While in New Orleans, Dalrymple was named the NFL's Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year of two occasions, garnering the distinction in 2009 and 2018.
Prior to joining the Saints, Dalrymple spent the previous 17 years at his alma mater, Miami (Ohio) University, from 1989-2005 and spent 16 of those years as director of athletic conditioning, a program that he built from the ground up. While football was his primary focus, Dalrymple and his staff created workout regimens for every athletic program.
After working as director of athletic conditioning for 15 years, Dalrymple was promoted with the additional title of assistant athletic director in 2003. He performed both roles from 2003-05 before joining Head Coach Sean Payton, who he spent two years (1994-95) coaching with at Miami (Ohio), in New Orleans.
After taking over the supervision of the Miami (Ohio) strength and conditioning program in 1989, the football program posted a 114-64-5 record, had a streak of 12-straight winning seasons, and appeared in bowl games in 2003 and '04.
A 1988 graduate of Miami (Ohio), Dalrymple was a four-year starter (1983-86) as an offensive lineman and was a first-team All-MAC selection his final two seasons. He also earned honorable mention All-America accolades during his collegiate playing career.
In his final collegiate season in 1986, Dalrymple was named a team captain and was a key contributor to the team that went 8-4 in the regular season and won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship. He was later honored as 1-of-5 linemen on the Cincinnati Enquirer's All-20th Century Miami (Ohio) football team and was elected to the school's hall of fame in 2002.
After his college career and attending training camp with the Seattle Seahawks, Dalrymple returned to his alma mater as a student assistant coach in 1987. He served as a graduate assistant the following year (1988) before being promoted to offensive line and strength coach (1989).
Dalrymple has been certified by the National Strength & Conditioning Association since 1991 and has been honored as a finalist for the organization's Coach of the Year five times (1995, '97, '99, 2003, '06). Dalrymple became only the second NFL strength coach to receive professional Coach of the Year honors multiple times from the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.
The NSCA also honored Dalrymple with its 2022 Professional Sports Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year award.
Additionally, Dalrymple is certified by the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association as a Master Strength & Conditioning Coach. He has earned two certifications for USA Weightlifting that qualifies him to work with athletes in Olympic weightlifting and also serve as a sports performance specialist.
In 2011, Dalrymple co-authored his first book, "The Athletic Body Puzzle-The Guide for Parents and Coaches."
Head Strength & Conditioning 2023-24
Head Strength & Conditioning 2006-21
Asst. Athletic Dir./Dir. of Athletic Coaching 2003-05
Director of Athletic Conditioning 1989-2003
