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South Dakota State University Athletics
MORRIS NAMED DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE
3/4/2025 4:00:00 PM | Football
Nathan Morris has been selected as the director of football performance at South Dakota State University.
"The strength coach is integral to the development of our program and is really the right-hand man of the head coach in a lot of ways," Jackrabbit head football coach Dan Jackson said. "Nate brings a ton of experience and I'm excited about his urgency, his passion and his energy. He's going to do big things to develop us physically."
Morris served the past three years as assistant athletic director for sports performance at Sacramento State, where he led strength and conditioning efforts for the Hornet football program and provided oversight for the remainder of Sac State's 21 varsity sports.
From 2020-21, Morris worked as assistant strength and conditioning coach and sports science coordinator for Colorado State football. In that role he used cutting-edge technology to collect and analyze data and then create strategies for practice and training sessions, with a focus on working with the skill position players.
During the 2019-20 academic year, Morris was head strength and conditioning coach at Missouri Southern State in Joplin, Missouri.
He began his professional career in 2016 as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant at Midwestern State. From there, he interned at Texas in 2018, where he worked directly with the offensive and defensive lines, wide receivers and defensive backs for a Longhorn squad that went on to win the Sugar Bowl.
Morris graduated from South Alabama in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science and added a master's in exercise physiology from Midwestern State in 2018. He holds certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
At South Dakota State, Morris will work with a football program that has qualified for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs 13 seasons in a row, including winning back-to-back national titles in 2022 and 2023.
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"The strength coach is integral to the development of our program and is really the right-hand man of the head coach in a lot of ways," Jackrabbit head football coach Dan Jackson said. "Nate brings a ton of experience and I'm excited about his urgency, his passion and his energy. He's going to do big things to develop us physically."
Morris served the past three years as assistant athletic director for sports performance at Sacramento State, where he led strength and conditioning efforts for the Hornet football program and provided oversight for the remainder of Sac State's 21 varsity sports.
From 2020-21, Morris worked as assistant strength and conditioning coach and sports science coordinator for Colorado State football. In that role he used cutting-edge technology to collect and analyze data and then create strategies for practice and training sessions, with a focus on working with the skill position players.
During the 2019-20 academic year, Morris was head strength and conditioning coach at Missouri Southern State in Joplin, Missouri.
He began his professional career in 2016 as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant at Midwestern State. From there, he interned at Texas in 2018, where he worked directly with the offensive and defensive lines, wide receivers and defensive backs for a Longhorn squad that went on to win the Sugar Bowl.
Morris graduated from South Alabama in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science and added a master's in exercise physiology from Midwestern State in 2018. He holds certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
At South Dakota State, Morris will work with a football program that has qualified for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs 13 seasons in a row, including winning back-to-back national titles in 2022 and 2023.
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