Football
- Title:
- Assistant Football Strength & Conditioning Coach
- Email:
- j.russell@rice.edu
- Phone:
- 348-4728
Jason Russell is in his first year as an assistant strength & conditioning coach for Rice Athletics.
Russell joined the Owls after spending eight months in the private sector. Prior to that, Russell served as the Director for Basketball Sports Performance at the University of Houston for three years, overseeing training for Men’s and Women’s Basketball as well as Men’s and Women’s Golf.
Prior to his stop at Houston, he spent 18 months as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at California-Berkeley, where he assisted with the football team and directed the strength and conditioning program from the Women's Gymnastics team.
He came to Berkeley after stops as a strength and conditioning assistant at Louisiana Tech University (2011-2013) and Sam Houston State University (2010-2011).
He received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Sam Houston State in 2010 and earned his master's degree in sports performance from Louisiana Tech in 2012.
Russell is a Strength & Conditioning Coach Certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.
