Pedro Renta returns for his second season with the Falcon coaching staff after spending three seasons as the head high school coach at Ellsworth, Wis. Renta was a volunteer assistant for three seasons with the Falcons from 2000-03.

Along with his on-the-floor coaching duties, Renta will be involved with recruiting, scouting, and player development and will coordinate the academic monitoring program. Renta, who has worked various basketball camps throughout the Midwest, will also direct the Falcon summer basketball camps.

The Milwaukee native received his undergraduate degree from UW-River Falls in Spanish education with a minor in athletic coaching in 2001. Pedro and his wife Susan reside in Hudson. They have two sons; Mateo and Andre.

Contact Pedro Renta (Pedro.Renta@uwrf.edu)

Pedro Renta

Kevin Landrum enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Falcons.

Landrum is no stranger to the WIAC, as he played his collegiate basketball at UW-Platteville from 1999-02 and served as a volunteer assistant in 2003 for his father, former UW-Platteville Coach Todd Landrum.   He has also worked with the Minnesota Timberwolves and their Youth Basketball Department for three seasons.

Landrum will be involved with recruiting, scouting, and player development and will coordinate film exchange.

Landrum will complete his undergraduate degree in health & human performance at UW-River Falls in the spring of 2007.   Landrum lives in Hudson, Wis.

Contact Kevin Landrum (Kevin.Landrum@uwrf.edu)

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Carmen Pata began his coaching career at UW-River Falls in 2000 when he was hired as the assistant strength and conditioning coach. He held that position until 2005 when he was promoted to his current position as head strength and conditioning coach.

Pata received his B.A. degree in biology, chemistry and athletic coaching from UWRF in 2000 and is completing his M.A. degree in exercise science from Texas-El Paso. Pata is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and an active member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. He has authored several articles related to strength and conditioning for the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, Indiana Wishbone Coaches Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine. He also works with local high schools¹ sport performance programs and teaches about sport nutrition. Pata is still an active competitor in Olympic lifting, weightlifting, and strongman competitions.

He and his fiancée, Katie, reside in River Falls.