Georgia Tech Completes Football Strength Staff Football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

APARTMENTS AJ Artiswho has spent the past three years overseeing football strength programs at Tennessee and USF, has been named Georgia Tech’s director of football strength and performance, head coach Brent Key announced on Thursday.

In addition to Artis, the Georgia Tech football strength, performance and conditioning staff is rounded out by:

• Byron Jerideau assistant director of football strength and performance/accountability
• Jordan Diaz director of speed and assistant director of football performance
• Tyler Smith football strength and rehabilitation director
• Sean Boyle performance manager/assistant director of football strength and conditioning

A rising star in the strength and conditioning industry, Artis, 29, has amassed three years of experience as a football strength and conditioning director at the NCAA Division I FBS level before turning 30 years old. He comes after serving as a director at Tech. of football strength and conditioning at USF in 2021 and 2022 and as director of athletic performance for football at Tennessee in 2020.

AJ has quickly become one of the most respected strength coaches in America and I am very excited to have him lead our strength and conditioning efforts here at The Flats,” said Key. He did a great job during his three seasons as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at USF and Tennessee, comes highly recommended by people who have worked with him throughout his career and stood out during the interview process as the right person for our student. Georgia Tech athletes.

Before taking over at Tennessee, Artis served as the assistant director of football athletic performance at UT for two seasons (2018 and 2019) under then-director Craig Fitzgerald. Artis was promoted to lead the Vols’ strength and conditioning efforts following Fitzgeralds departure to the National Football Leagues New York Giants.

Prior to his arrival from Tennessee, Artis spent two years on Duke’s strength and conditioning staff (2016-17). With the Blue Devils, Artis worked directly with football, which won the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl and featured future NFL first-round draft pick Daniel Jones, and field hockey, which was ranked in the top five nationally throughout the 2016 campaign.

Artis began his career working one year as a graduate assistant at Appalachian State (2015-16) and an intern at his alma mater at Campbell (2014-15). While working with App State’s football program, the Mountaineers became the first team to win a bowl game in their first year of FBS eligibility in 2015. He also oversaw the strength and conditioning of Appalachian’s field hockey and golf programs. He worked with several teams as an intern at Campbell, including football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.

Artis was a three-year letterwinner in football at Campbell from 2012-14, starting as a wide receiver before moving to tight end his final two seasons. A three-year member of the Campbells Academic Honor Roll, he earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2015. He earned a master’s degree in exercise science from Appalachian State in 2017. He and his wife, D Janelle, have two daughters, Amoura and Alianna.

Jerideau brings an extensive background at the Power Five conference level to The Flats, having spent the last seven seasons at South Carolina (2016-17; 2020-22) and Tennessee (2018-19). In his most recent position at South Carolina, he served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Performance. He was also named the Gamecocks’ director of accountability, creating a scoring system to monitor the off-field performance of football student-athletes every day.

At Tennessee, Jerideau served as Artis’ assistant football athletic performance coach for two seasons. His two seasons at UT came after two seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach/recruiting assistant at South Carolina, where he worked with both the football and track and field teams and attended campus tours for prospective recruits.

Jerideau also spent one year with Artis at Appalachian State (2015-16), serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and working directly with the Mountaineers’ football and cheerleading programs. Jerideaus’ lone season at App State also included the Mountaineers’ historic Camellia Bowl win in 2015. He began his career in strength and conditioning with a five-month internship in Houston before heading to Appalachian State.

A defensive standout as a player, Jerideau began his college career at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College, where he helped lead the Greyhounds to the 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association national championship game. He then transferred to South Carolina and earned three letters with the Gamecocks from 2010-2012. He earned an invitation to the 2013 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Chargers later that year. He spent the 2013 season with the Chargers before entering a coaching career.

Jerideau earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice from South Carolina in 2012. He and his wife, Allie, have a daughter, Adalyn.

Diaz joins Artis at Georgia Tech from USF, where he served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach under Artis in 2021 and 2022. At USF, his primary responsibilities included overseeing the speed, agility and conditioning aspects of the Bulls football program, as well as exercise and conditioning. Catapult Sports Monitoring System Analysis.

Diaz joined Artis at USF after three seasons at Arizona State, where he served as assistant football performance coach in 2018 and 2019 before being promoted to associate head football performance coach in 2020. At ASU, he worked with both the front seven and skill athletes, while overseeing football weight room nutrition and gas station.

His experience also includes two years as a personal trainer in his native New Jersey (2016-18) and two years as an intern and graduate assistant in the strength and conditioning program at his alma mater in South Carolina.

Diaz was a Fullback and a key special teams contributor at South Carolina from 2012-14. He joined the Gamecocks as a walk-on in 2012, earned his first letter in 2013 and was awarded a preseason scholarship in 2014. He graduated cum laude from South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2014 and earned a master’s degree in human performance and nutrition, summa cum laude, from Logan University in 2017 .

Smith is also familiar with Artis, having been on his staffs at USF and Tennessee. Smith originally joined Artis as assistant director of football performance at UT in January 2021, after which he moved to USF as an assistant under Artis.

Smiths experience at the FBS level also includes stints as a strength and conditioning intern at South Carolina in 2019 and Duke in 2016. He also has extensive experience as a head strength and conditioning coach at three high schools Airport HS (West Columbia, SC 2017-18), River Bluff HS ( Lexington, SC 2018-19) and St. Josephs Catholic School (Greenville, SC 2020).

Smith played collegiately at South Carolina State, where he served as special teams captain in 2014 and helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships (2013-14) and the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs in 2013.

He graduated from SC State with a bachelor’s degree in physical activity management in 2016. He and his wife, Kalifa, have a daughter, Ava Noelle.

Boyle enters his third year as Georgia Tech’s assistant strength and conditioning coach for football. He came to Georgia Tech in 2021 from Colorado State, where he spent 2020 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Prior to his one season at Colorado State, he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at his alma mater at Temple in the 2019 season. He also has six years of experience as a private personal trainer and performance coach.

Boyle played collegiately at Temple from 2008 to 2013, appearing in 36 games as an offensive lineman and helping lead the Owls to their first bowl in 30 years in 2009. He was a member of the Temple and Mid-American Conference academic honor rolls. named to the Big East Conference All-Academic Team in 2012.

The brother of Pat Boyle, Georgia Tech’s coordinator of football research and analytics, Boyle earned two degrees from Temple, a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science in 2012 and a master’s degree in kinesiology in 2014.

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