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Josh Hingst begins his fourth season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 as director of player performance, as he embarks on his 16th NFL season. Hingst was a part of the 2022 Vikings team that finished 13-4 and claimed the NFC North title. From 2013-20 Hingst was head strength & conditioning coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, part of a team that won the first Super Bowl title for the franchise, Super Bowl LII over New England, in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium. Hingst implements a holistic program to address all areas of athletic development, utilizing a variety of strength, speed, and power methods to individualized to each athlete.

In 2013, his first year with the Eagles, Hingst played a major role in the implementation of one of the NFL's first data-driven training systems, introducing technologies such as Catapult-GPS Tracking, Omegawave and Eliteform – Velocity Based Training, that culminated in an NFC East Championship that year. Hingst strives to remain at the forefront of progressive and cutting-edge performance training methods, recently utilizing Forcedecks, Nordboard, Blood Biomarker and Microbiome testing and Zebra Tracking Systems.

Josh Hingst begins his fourth season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 as director of player performance, as he embarks on his 16th NFL season. Hingst was a part of the 2022 Vikings team that finished 13-4 and claimed the NFC North title. From 2013-20 Hingst was head strength & conditioning coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, part of a team that won the first Super Bowl title for the franchise, Super Bowl LII over New England, in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium. Hingst implements a holistic program to address all areas of athletic development, utilizing a variety of strength, speed, and power methods to individualized to each athlete.

In 2013, his first year with the Eagles, Hingst played a major role in the implementation of one of the NFL's first data-driven training systems, introducing technologies such as Catapult-GPS Tracking, Omegawave and Eliteform – Velocity Based Training, that culminated in an NFC East Championship that year. Hingst strives to remain at the forefront of progressive and cutting-edge performance training methods, recently utilizing Forcedecks, Nordboard, Blood Biomarker and Microbiome testing and Zebra Tracking Systems.

The Eagles were successful during Hingst's tenure, winning three NFC East titles, Super Bowl LII and making a return to the NFC Divisional Playoffs in 2018. After the 2017 season Hingst was awarded the Professional Strength & Conditioning Association Champions Award. The Eagles finished as the healthiest team in the league in 2016 based on games lost due to injury and finished in the top 10 of the category five times while Hingst led the program.

Prior to Philadelphia, Hingst served as the assistant strength coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2011-12). From 2009-11, he worked as the director of sports nutrition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he directed fueling practices for all 21 sports. Before his time with the Huskers, Hingst worked as the team nutritionist for the Atlanta Falcons (2008-09), where he oversaw the nutrition and assisted with strength and conditioning capacities. His first full-time position was as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Florida State (2004-08). He was fortunate to get his first start in the field as an undergrad at the Nebraska working for Boyd Epley, Mike Arthur, and the Husker Power Performance Staff.

In 2013, Hingst published "The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements," and he has written for industry publications throughout his career. He speaks regularly at conferences, holds a master's degree and is working toward a doctorate. Hingst is a registered dietician, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and has completed a number of professional development courses in the areas of speed and movement development, postural restoration and functional manual therapy techniques.

A native of Hooper, Neb., Hingst earned a pair of bachelor's degrees at Nebraska in nutritional science and dietetics, as well as in exercise science. He holds a master's degree in clinical nutrition from Florida State and has studied for a doctorate in exercise physiology at Nebraska. Hingst and his wife, Megan, have a daughter, June.