Yale

Dante Edwards joined Yale Athletics in March 2025 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. He works with the women's basketball team along with the swimming and diving teams and the sprinters and jumpers for the track and field teams.

Edwards came to Yale from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, where he held a similar role.

Edwards played professional football overseas from 2021 to 2023 while also working as a personal trainer at the YMCA. He then worked as a Sports Performance Coach and Speed Lab Director at Pride Fitness, a private sector facility in Pleasant Valley, Mo., from 2023 until 2025.

Edwards earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science from Benedictine College and a master’s degree in the same field from Leeds Beckett University.

Edwards is from Kansas City, Mo.