Strength & Conditioning Coach
Ryan Stoneberg is in his 23rd season with the Royals and his 13th as Head Major League Strength Coach. He also served as the Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator from 2006-11 and Latin America Strength and Conditioning Coordinator from 2002-06. His current duties include coordinating all strength and conditioning activities at the Major League level of the organization. In 2015, he was named the recipient of the Nolan Ryan Award by the Professional Baseball Strength and Conditioning Society. The annual award honors an outstanding strength and conditioning coach in professional baseball.
Stoneberg joined the Royals from the Diamondbacks organization, where he served as a Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach from 1999-02. He earned his Bachelor of Science in physiological sciences from the University of Arizona in 1999, while pitching for the Wildcat baseball team. Stoneberg also played baseball and received an associate of arts and associate of math and science degrees from Lassen Community College in 1996. Under the guidance of Steve Abney, Glen Yonan and John Deal, his Cougar baseball team made the Final Four of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) twice, the only two visits in school history. He resides in Phoenix, Ariz. during the offseason, and has a daughter, Sydney.