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Most recently, Jackson spent the 2020 season as head of training and football coach in South Carolina for coach Will Muschamp.
LOGAN, Utah – Paul Jackson named Utah’s top football strength and conditioning coach, was announced on Friday by Aggie football coach Blake Anderson.
Most recently, Jackson spent the 2020 season as head of training and football coach in South Carolina for coach Will Muschamp.
Prior to South Carolina, Jackson spent eight years as chief of force and football coach for Ole Miss, working for coaches Hugh Freeze and Matt Luke. During Jackson’s tenure at Oxford, the Rebels achieved four cup appearances, including the consecutive New Year’s Six in 2014 and 2015.
Jackson came to Oxford after spending 2011 at Southern Miss, where he oversaw the strength and conditioning of the entire USM athletics department with direct responsibility for football. In its only season there, the football team had its best record in school history with 12-2 and won the US Conference championship.
Jackson arrived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, after serving in 2010 as Director of Athletic Conditioning for Football in Miami (Ohio). In his only season, he helped the Redhawks in the 2010 MAC championship and a victory in the 2011 GoDaddy Bowl, becoming the first team in NCAA history to go from double-digit losses to double-digit wins in one year (1 -11 in 2009 to 10-4 in 2010).
From 2007-10, Jackson served as an assistant strength coach at LSU, working directly with Tigers football and volleyball teams. During his time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jackson won a SEC and national championship with the football team, as well as three consecutive SEC Western Division and a SEC championship with the volleyball team. While working for the Tigers, Jackson worked and was guided by the legend of strength and conditioning Tommy Moffitt.
Born in White Plains, NY, Jackson started out in the business as a professional trainee strength coach in the NFL’s New York Giants. He also spent time as a performance improvement specialist at Parisi Speed School in Garwood, NJ, where the focus is on sport-specific speed and agility training, as well as combined preparation.
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength & Conditioning Association.
During his college days in Montclair State (NJ), Jackson studied football, spending time with both the defender and the linebacker. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2006 and later received a master’s degree in kinesiology from LSU in 2009.
He is married to ex-Kristina Hull, who played softball at Georgia Tech and was a hopeful winter skeleton Olympian. The couple met when they were both on the LSU strength and conditioning team.
PAUL JACKSON ARCHIVE
History of Coaching
2021- State of Utah – Main Strength and Conditioning Trainer
2020 South Carolina – Core Strength and Conditioning Coach
2012-19 Ole Miss – Core Strength and Conditioning Coach
2011 Southern Mississippi – Core Strength and Conditioning Coach
2010 Miami (Ohio) – Athletic fitness director for football
LSU 2007-09 – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Trainer
Bowl games (9)
Ole Miss (4): Sugar bowl 2016; 2014 Peach Bowl; 2013 Music City Bowl; 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl
Southern Miss (1): Hawaii Bowl 2011
Miami (Ohio) (1): 2011 GoDaddy Bowl
LSU (3): 2010 Capital One Bowl; 2008 Chick-Fil-A Bowl; BCS National Championship 2008
National Championship (1)
LSU (1): 2007
Conference Championship (3)
Southern Miss (1): 2011 – Conference USA
Miami (Ohio) (1): 2010 – Mid-American Conference
LSU (1): 2007 – Southeast Conference
Game experience
2004 Montclair State (NJ) – Fullback / Linebacker
Education
LSU 2009 – Physical Education (MS)
2006 Montclair State (NJ) – Kinesiology (BS)
Family
Wife – Kristina