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Joe Distor Jr. enters his second season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2026 as head strength coach after spending the 2024 season with the Los Angeles Rams as a strength and conditioning associate. In his role, Distor implements a holistic program to address all areas of athletic development, utilizing a variety of strength, speed, and power methods individualized to each athlete.

In 2025, Distor helped plan and execute a 10-day international road trip to Dublin, Ireland and London, England, as the Vikings became the first NFL team to play back-to-back games in two different countries. Alongside the player health and performance team, Distor helped successfully transition football operations overseas, maintaining the standards of care and support players receive during a typical game week.

Joe Distor Jr. enters his second season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2026 as head strength coach after spending the 2024 season with the Los Angeles Rams as a strength and conditioning associate. In his role, Distor implements a holistic program to address all areas of athletic development, utilizing a variety of strength, speed, and power methods individualized to each athlete.

In 2025, Distor helped plan and execute a 10-day international road trip to Dublin, Ireland and London, England, as the Vikings became the first NFL team to play back-to-back games in two different countries. Alongside the player health and performance team, Distor helped successfully transition football operations overseas, maintaining the standards of care and support players receive during a typical game week.

In one season with the Rams, Distor was responsible for the design and implementation of training programming for select position groups, including the team's running backs, tight ends and linebackers. He also worked closely with the sports medicine staff on return to play framework and execution.

Prior to his time in Los Angeles, Distor spent five seasons with the Houston Texans. Originally joining the organization as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in February of 2019, Distor was promoted to associate head strength and conditioning coach for his final two seasons with the team. In his role, Distor led all aspects of the Texans return to performance program, including auditing training splits for athletes and helping oversee the reintegration of athletes into team lifts in conjunction with the medical staff.

Distor began his NFL coaching career with the Chicago Bears as a strength assistant, spending three seasons with the organization from March 2016 to January 2019. Prior to entering the NFL, Distor worked at the collegiate level in the strength and conditioning departments at the University of Memphis (2016), UCLA (2012, 2014-16) and Arizona State University (2010-14).

Distor graduated from Arizona State with his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 2014. He also holds a Master of Science in Exercise Science (Performance Enhancement/Injury Prevention) from PennWest University California in Pennsylvania, and earned a graduate certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sport Injuries from Australian Catholic University in 2022.