Kansas State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
AJ Kloss
- Title:
- Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
- Phone:
- (785) 532-3859
A.J. Kloss begins his fourth season as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Kansas State baseball and women’s golf teams. He enters his 11th overall season with the K-State strength and conditioning staff and his ninth in a full-time role.
In all, Kloss trained 42 All-Big 12 selections, including nine on the First Team, between the four sports as well as first-round MLB Draft pick Kaelen Culpepper, consensus All-American Tyson Neighbors, two Big 12 Freshman of the Year in tennis’ Maria Linares (2018) and basketball’s Ayoka Lee (2019). He also helped train 2017 WNBA Draft pick Breanna Lewis.
In 2022, Kloss worked with the K-State football team, implementing strength and condition programs to help the Wildcats capture the big 12 Championship title in Arlington, Texas.
Kloss moved over to work with the men’s basketball team in 2021-22 after spending seven seasons (2014-21) working with the women’s basketball and women’s tennis teams, including the last five in a full-time capacity. During that span, he helped the Wildcat women’s basketball team earn 125 victories, including 57 in Big 12 play, while advancing to the postseason on five occasions, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament. The women’s tennis team was also successful during his tenure training the team, registering three consecutive winning seasons (2017-20) and advancing to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
During his tenure with the women’s basketball team, Kloss was part of the support team that helped aid former Wildcat Peyton Williams in balancing her two-sport schedule with the basketball and volleyball teams. Williams was a two-time First Team All-Big 12 selection (2019 and 2020) in basketball and a 2019 Second Team selection in volleyball.
While working with the women’s basketball team, Kloss was not only responsible for designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs, but also created and helped facilitate individualized rehabilitation programs for student-athlete recovery from surgical procedures or injuries.
Kloss is a 2013 graduate of Iowa, where he was a strength conditioning intern assisting with the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning programs for the Hawkeye volleyball, rowing, tennis, golf, track and field, field hockey, baseball and men’s basketball teams. He earned his undergraduate degree from Iowa in health and human physiology.
Kloss is a certified member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). In 2014, he was named the Lance Vermeil Scholarship award winner from the CSCCA.
Kloss and his wife, Erin, reside in Manhattan. He earned a Master’s degree from K-State in counseling and student affairs with an emphasis in Intercollegiate Athletics in 2016.
In all, Kloss trained 42 All-Big 12 selections, including nine on the First Team, between the four sports as well as first-round MLB Draft pick Kaelen Culpepper, consensus All-American Tyson Neighbors, two Big 12 Freshman of the Year in tennis’ Maria Linares (2018) and basketball’s Ayoka Lee (2019). He also helped train 2017 WNBA Draft pick Breanna Lewis.
In 2022, Kloss worked with the K-State football team, implementing strength and condition programs to help the Wildcats capture the big 12 Championship title in Arlington, Texas.
Kloss moved over to work with the men’s basketball team in 2021-22 after spending seven seasons (2014-21) working with the women’s basketball and women’s tennis teams, including the last five in a full-time capacity. During that span, he helped the Wildcat women’s basketball team earn 125 victories, including 57 in Big 12 play, while advancing to the postseason on five occasions, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament. The women’s tennis team was also successful during his tenure training the team, registering three consecutive winning seasons (2017-20) and advancing to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
During his tenure with the women’s basketball team, Kloss was part of the support team that helped aid former Wildcat Peyton Williams in balancing her two-sport schedule with the basketball and volleyball teams. Williams was a two-time First Team All-Big 12 selection (2019 and 2020) in basketball and a 2019 Second Team selection in volleyball.
While working with the women’s basketball team, Kloss was not only responsible for designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs, but also created and helped facilitate individualized rehabilitation programs for student-athlete recovery from surgical procedures or injuries.
Kloss is a 2013 graduate of Iowa, where he was a strength conditioning intern assisting with the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning programs for the Hawkeye volleyball, rowing, tennis, golf, track and field, field hockey, baseball and men’s basketball teams. He earned his undergraduate degree from Iowa in health and human physiology.
Kloss is a certified member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). In 2014, he was named the Lance Vermeil Scholarship award winner from the CSCCA.
Kloss and his wife, Erin, reside in Manhattan. He earned a Master’s degree from K-State in counseling and student affairs with an emphasis in Intercollegiate Athletics in 2016.
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