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Kirstin Foncham joined the University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics (DRIA) as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in October 2025.
 
Foncham came to Penn following a stint with the Philadelphia Eagles, where she was a Rotational Football Operations Fellow in the summer of 2025. Prior to that, she was in Frisco, Texas, first as a personal trainer at EXOS Performance then at Cowboys Fit at the Star before doing an NFL Combine Apprenticeship at the Sports Academy.
 
Foncham attended Louisiana State University, where she was a student manager with the women’s basketball team and earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a concentration in physical activity. She then stayed at LSU to earn her Master’s in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise physiology, doing internships in strength and conditioning as well as sports data analytics.
 
Foncham is on course to receive certification as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) in December. She is a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer with the National Academy of Sports Med (NASM), and holds Level 1 Coaching Certification from USA Weightlifting. Foncham also is BLS/CPR/AED certified by the American Heart Association.