Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Phone:
- 940-369-7430
- Alma Mater:
- Old Dominion, 2019
Lysette “RC” Rivera-Cortes was named the strength and conditioning coach for the North Texas women’s basketball team in the summer of 2022.
RC was with Bucknell’s strength and conditioning for two seasons where she worked with eight different sports.
Prior to Bucknell, she was at Georgia Southern University, where she had been serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. In her time with the Eagles, Rivera-Cortes worked with the men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, and cheerleading teams.
RC is a 2019 graduate of Old Dominion University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. In August 2020, she completed a master’s degree in exercise science from ODU, and she also worked with the Monarchs’ women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and swimming and diving teams as a graduate assistant.
RC is a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). She has completed USA Weightlifting Level One (USAW-1) certification. She is also a certified nutrition coach (PN-1) and a registered yoga teacher (200 Hr-RYT).
