Carthage College Athletics

Dexter Molinaro returned to Carthage Athletics in August 2023, as the Associate Director of Rehabilitation and Performance. Dexter's unique qualifications and experience helps him coordinate the rehabilitation, physical therapy, performance, and strength and conditioning needs of Carthage athletes. Dexter previously worked at Carthage as the director of strength and conditioning (2019), and was a member of the athletic training staff (2017-2019). Dexter is a Carthage alumni, obtaining his bachelors of arts in athletic training, and his masters of education with an emphasis in leadership. He is a board certified athletic trainer, certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NCSA, and a USA level 1 weightlifting coach.

Prior to returning to Carthage Dexter spent three seasons working as the associate director of football performance at the University of Texas at San Antonio.  He began his UTSA career working with the women's basketball and soccer programs before moving to work primarily with football in August of 2021.  Dexter worked directly with all aspects of football performance enhancement, including working on daily player development, program design and implementation, training session logistics, GPS and VBT data analysis, and intern curriculum development. In his first season with the football program, the Roadrunners enjoyed the best season in program history. UTSA went 12-2, won the Conference USA Championship, earned the first top-25 ranking in program history and advanced to the Frisco Bowl. The following season Dexter helped the Roadrunners program repeat as conference champions and again earn a top-25 ranking in FBS standings. In 2021 23 UTSA players earned All-Conference USA accolades and had two players drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Dexter and his wife Shannon live in Kenosha celebrated the birth of their first child in October 2023.