Colorado State University Athletics
Football
Simmons, Jordon
Jordon Simmons
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach - Head Strength and Speed Coach
- Email:
- ramfootball@colostate.edu
- Phone:
- (970) 491-7818
Jordon Simmons joined Jay Norvell’s initial hiring staff as the Assistant Head Coach and head strength and conditioning coach after serving in the same role for five years at Nevada, bringing with him a strong military and football background to the team.
Simmons, a native of Redondo Beach, Calif., joined the Wolf Pack from North Carolina, where he operated a kickboxing gym and served as head trainer after a year with the United States 3rd Group Special Forces in Fort Bragg, N.C. In his time with the Special Forces, Simmons worked with wounded warriors and executed team training for groups readying for deployment.
Simmons and Norvell first connected in 2010 when they both worked at Oklahoma. Simmons was serving as a member of the Sooners’ strength staff, working with football, wrestling, baseball, soccer and tennis. He also took the lead and revamped the nutrition program at OU. Prior to Oklahoma, Simmons was a strength and conditioning assistant with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers from 2007-10. Simmons has also worked for the University of Alabama. His father, Jerry, spent 23 years in the NFL as the head strength and conditioning coach for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers.
Simmons received his bachelor’s degree in sports management with minors in exercise science and business from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2010 and his master’s in exercise physiology from Oklahoma in 2013. During undergrad at Lenoir-Rhyne, Simmons was a four-year starter on the Bears football team as a long snapper and member of the defensive unit and received first team all-conference honors in 2008 and 2009.
Personal Information
Hometown: Redondo Beach, Calif.
Education: Bachelor's, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 2010; Master’s, University of Oklahoma, 2013
Birthday: December 16
Simmons Experience
2022-Present: Colorado State (Assistant Head Coach/Director of Football Strength and Speed)
2020-21: Nevada (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning/Assistant Head Coach)
2017-19: Nevada (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning)
2014-16: Owner/Operator/Manager/Head Trainer, Kickboxing Gym
2013-14: Tactical Performance/Strength Specialist, 3rd Group THOR3 Special Forces
2010-13: Oklahoma (Assistant Football Strength Coach/Head Olympic Strength Coach)
2009-10: Lenoir-Ryne (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach)
2009: Alabama (Football Strength & Conditioning Intern)
2007-10: Carolina Panthers (Strength & Conditioning Assistant)
Playing Career (Long Snapper/Defense)
College: Lenoir-Rhyne (2007-10)
Simmons, a native of Redondo Beach, Calif., joined the Wolf Pack from North Carolina, where he operated a kickboxing gym and served as head trainer after a year with the United States 3rd Group Special Forces in Fort Bragg, N.C. In his time with the Special Forces, Simmons worked with wounded warriors and executed team training for groups readying for deployment.
Simmons and Norvell first connected in 2010 when they both worked at Oklahoma. Simmons was serving as a member of the Sooners’ strength staff, working with football, wrestling, baseball, soccer and tennis. He also took the lead and revamped the nutrition program at OU. Prior to Oklahoma, Simmons was a strength and conditioning assistant with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers from 2007-10. Simmons has also worked for the University of Alabama. His father, Jerry, spent 23 years in the NFL as the head strength and conditioning coach for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers.
Simmons received his bachelor’s degree in sports management with minors in exercise science and business from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2010 and his master’s in exercise physiology from Oklahoma in 2013. During undergrad at Lenoir-Rhyne, Simmons was a four-year starter on the Bears football team as a long snapper and member of the defensive unit and received first team all-conference honors in 2008 and 2009.
Personal Information
Hometown: Redondo Beach, Calif.
Education: Bachelor's, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 2010; Master’s, University of Oklahoma, 2013
Birthday: December 16
Simmons Experience
2022-Present: Colorado State (Assistant Head Coach/Director of Football Strength and Speed)
2020-21: Nevada (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning/Assistant Head Coach)
2017-19: Nevada (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning)
2014-16: Owner/Operator/Manager/Head Trainer, Kickboxing Gym
2013-14: Tactical Performance/Strength Specialist, 3rd Group THOR3 Special Forces
2010-13: Oklahoma (Assistant Football Strength Coach/Head Olympic Strength Coach)
2009-10: Lenoir-Ryne (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach)
2009: Alabama (Football Strength & Conditioning Intern)
2007-10: Carolina Panthers (Strength & Conditioning Assistant)
Playing Career (Long Snapper/Defense)
College: Lenoir-Rhyne (2007-10)
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