Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Dr. Alex Koch (PhD, CSCS, USAW National Coach) is a professor of exercise science at Lenoir-Rhyne and has been a weightlifting and powerlifting coach since 1996. He has coached several athletes to compete at hte elite level, including one two-time World Team member for USA Weightlifting. 

Since the team's founding in 2020, Lenoir-Rhyne athletes have consistently won medals at the University National Championships for both weightlifting and powerlifting.