felipe-eichenberger
Director of Sports Performance/Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Denver Nuggets
Felipe Eichenberger is the Nuggets’ Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. In this role he is responsible for all
the team’s weight training, conditioning, daily tracking and load management, and nutritional programs.
Eichenberger went to Denver prior to the 2011-12 campaign and served five seasons as the Assistant Strength and
Conditioning coach before being named the Associate Head Strength and Conditioning coach for the 2016-17 season.
A native of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Eichenberger attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University
where he was a member of the basketball team all four years and graduated with his degree in health and sports
science.
Eichenberger interned for a sports development organization in Las Vegas where he trained current and future NBA
players after graduating college. He then came to Denver to work as a personal trainer specializing in athletic
strength and conditioning before being hired by the Nuggets.
He is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and owns a master’s degree in Kinesiology. He is
also certified as a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through NASM, RPR certified and is finishing his Muscle
Activation Technique specialist certification.