Episode #120: Lilly Bernardi

Lilly Bernardi is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of North Carolina. Prior to UNC, Bernardi was an Assistant Coach at Hofstra University where she worked with the Pride’s women’s soccer, baseball, women’s lacrosse, men’s golf, track & field and cross country teams in addition to being the internship program coordinator for the Hofstra strength and conditioning department and an adjunct professor. She rejoined the Hofstra staff in 2022 as a full-time coach after previously serving as a graduate assistant from 2020-2021 as well as a volunteer coach. Between her stints at Hofstra, she was an assistant coach on the strength and conditioning staff at Fordham University for one season. She also worked as a senior intern at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, NJ in 2019 before shifting to collegiate coaching.

Bernardi was a four-year member of the TCNJ women’s lacrosse team from 2016-2020, where she was a three-year starter for the Lions and a key member of two Final Four teams. She has since her playing days continued to stay active, training during the collegiate season as well as competing in powerlifting.