Completed Event: Wrestling at Rider on December 14, 2025 , Win , 26, to, 15
Final
Wrestling
26
at Rider
15
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Wrestling
Billy De La Espriella
- Title:
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Olympic Sports
- Email:
- billydela@ou.edu
Billy De La Espriella serves as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Oklahoma volleyball and wrestling programs. He is responsible for design, oversight, and implementation of all training and sports performance development for the programs.
Prior to Oklahoma, De La Espriella served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Florida, where he was responsible for implementation of training for men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s swim, and women’s lacrosse. In this position, De La Espriella contributed to two track and field national championships and five conference championships between sports.
Before his stint at UF, De La Espriella was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Northern Arizona University while pursuing his master’s in educational leadership with a higher education and community college focus, where he worked with men’s and women’s cross country and distance runners and men’s and women’s tennis. During his time at NAU, the teams he worked with won six conference championships and trained multiple individual national champions, as well as men’s cross country winning a national championship.
De La Espriella earned his bachelor’s in applied exercise science with a human performance focus from Springfield College. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, De La Espriella played men’s volleyball and was part of the 2017 and 2018 National Championship teams.
De La Espriella has been a member of the NSCA and has had his CSCS since 2019. He additionally has his USAW Level 1 certification.
Prior to Oklahoma, De La Espriella served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Florida, where he was responsible for implementation of training for men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s swim, and women’s lacrosse. In this position, De La Espriella contributed to two track and field national championships and five conference championships between sports.
Before his stint at UF, De La Espriella was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Northern Arizona University while pursuing his master’s in educational leadership with a higher education and community college focus, where he worked with men’s and women’s cross country and distance runners and men’s and women’s tennis. During his time at NAU, the teams he worked with won six conference championships and trained multiple individual national champions, as well as men’s cross country winning a national championship.
De La Espriella earned his bachelor’s in applied exercise science with a human performance focus from Springfield College. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, De La Espriella played men’s volleyball and was part of the 2017 and 2018 National Championship teams.
De La Espriella has been a member of the NSCA and has had his CSCS since 2019. He additionally has his USAW Level 1 certification.
WR Highlights: OU 40, Duke 6
Sunday, December 21
WR Highlights: OU 23, SIUE 13
Sunday, December 21
WR Highlights: OU 41, Tarleton State 9
Sunday, December 21
WR Highlights: OU 26, Rider 15
Sunday, December 14
