Chuck Lobe enters his second season serving as strength and conditioning coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Lobe oversees all planning for in- and off-season player workout regiments to optimize performance.

      Before joining the Lightning, Lobe served as the head strength and conditioning coach for Minnesota State University from 2004-08.  While at MSU he oversaw the strength and conditioning operation for all 23 sport programs at the school.  During that time he was part of more than 23 conference championships, working with more than 60 All-Americans. Lobe worked with multiple national and conference record holders and helped the athletic department improve to fourth in the Director's Cup for division II schools.  He also helped build the foundation which led MSU to the 2009 NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship.

      A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Lobe spent six years working in various strength and conditioning positions with the Gopher athletic program prior to joining Minnesota State.  Lobe began working with Gopher student athletes as an intern in 1998 and became a graduate assistant in 2002 and a full-time assistant in 2003.  During that time he helped train seven national championship teams in four different sports, training more than 120 All-Americans in a variety of sports.