Anthony Hibbert joined Duke’s athletic staff in March 2023, and serves as an assistant director of sports performance, working primarily with the football program.
Hibbert comes to Durham after a one-year stint (2022) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for football at the University of Louisville. While with the Cardinals, Hibbert helped train athletes on proper lifting techniques. Additionally, he oversaw the program’s sport science initiatives and was the program’s return to play liaison for the weight room.
Prior to that, Hibbert spent one year (2021) in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears. He served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, helping with all facets of the strength and conditioning programming.
From 2015-20, Hibbert was on staff at Oklahoma State University as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. While there, he helped maintain the GPS tracking (Catapult) and force plate (Sparta) date analysis, while teaching and instructing athletes during lifts.
Before his time in Stillwater, Hibbert was the strength and conditioning coordinator for two seasons (2013-14) at the University of Southern Mississippi. During his tenure with the Golden Eagles, he worked closely with the football and baseball programs.
In addition, Hibbert also made stops at Livingstone College as the head strength coach and wellness instructor (2012), Cardinal Newman High School as the strength and conditioning coach (2011), Carolina Panthers of the NFL as a strength and conditioning assistant (2009-10), University of South Carolina as a strength coach and graduate assistant (2005-08), and the New York Mets farm system as an assistant strength coach (2003-04)
Hibbert earned his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Methodist University in 2001. He added a master’s degree in management from South Carolina in 2009.
Hibbert holds several certifications, including a level 1 sports performance coach through USA weightlifting and a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is also a certified strength and conditioning coach and speed coach by Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and National Association of Speed & Explosion, respectively.