On June 11, 2019, UIC Athletics announced the addition of Gabriel Derman as Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Derman works primarily with the men’s basketball and women’s golf teams.
Derman returns to his Midwest roots after stints at The University of Texas and The University of Washington. He spent the last two years in Seattle working with the Huskies’ baseball, golf, and tennis teams. The 2018 baseball squad made the College World Series for the first time in program history. Additionally, 11 Huskies were selected in the MLB Draft during his time. In both years, the women's golf team made National Championship appearances. Derman also assisted with the daily training for the men’s basketball team, which won the Pac-12 championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Derman helped design and administer workouts for Pac-12 Player of the Year Jaylen Nowell and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Matisse Thybulle.
Prior to his time in the Pacific Northwest, Derman spent time at UCLA where he assisted in the design and implementation of athletic performance programs for Men's Basketball.
Derman earned his Master's of Education degree in Exercise Science with a specialization in Sports Science and Sport Nutrition from The University of Texas in 2017. During his time at UT from 2015-17, he served as a graduate assistant intern for both Texas Athletic Performance, assisting baseball, men's and women's pole vault, and Texas Men's Basketball Performance. The Longhorns earned an NCAA Tournament bid in 2015-16 on the strength of a 20-win season. Between his two years at Texas, he completed an internship with DePaul Sports Performance, assisting with all sports.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science at The University of Michigan in 2015. As an undergraduate he served as an intern for Michigan Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning and also completed an internship at EFT Sports Performance in suburban Highland Park, Ill.
An Evanston native, Gabe is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association, Level 1 Titleist Perfomance Institute (TPI) Coach and is CPR/AED certified.
