Darius Reese
Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
Sport Responsibilities: Football
Home Town: Duarte, CA
Currently Resides: Redwood City, CA
Birthday: June 22
Professional Education:
- San Jose State University- BA Kinesiology – Exercise and Fitness
- San Jose State University- MA Kinesiology – Exercise Physiology
Past Experience and Accomplishments:
- 2016 – Present – Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- 2015 – 2016 – Graduate Assistant; Stanford University
- 2015 – 2015 – Sports Performance Intern; Stanford University
- 2014 – 2014 – Football Strength and Conditioning Intern; Portland State University
- 2013 – 2014 – Strength and Conditioning Intern; Bellarmine College Preparatory
Biography:
The 2018 season is Darius Reese’s third as a full-time sports performance coach at Stanford. He works full-time with the football team and oversees the strength programs for wrestling and men’s gymnastics.
In 2015, Reese joined the sports performance staff as a graduate assistant, when he oversaw the annual program for men’s gymnastics and national champion women’s lightweight rowing team.
Prior to his arrival on The Farm, Reese was a professional football strength and conditioning intern at Portland State, where he assisted with all aspects of the football program.
Reese served as a volunteer strength and conditioning intern at Bellarmine Preparatory (Calif.)
Born and raised in Duarte, California, and graduated from San Jose State in 2014 with a degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise and fitness. Reese is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
“Character is who you are when no one is watching.” – John Wooden
Athletics Headlines
- Hurff Joins Field Hockey StaffThe Stanford field hockey program has started to build out its staff under head coach Roz Ellis, as Laura Hurff has joined the team as an assistant coach.
- From the Desk of Bernard Muir53 Olympians in Tokyo have Cardinal ties, more than Stanford has sent to any other Games. There are more Team USA Olympians from Stanford than any other university, and, remarkably, 22 of the 34 Cardinal sports programs that compete in the Olympics have at least one athlete represented in these games.
- Spring Academic Honor RollThree hundred and thirty-five Stanford student-athletes were named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference.
- Lemos Awarded Postgraduate ScholarshipFifth-year senior Jacie Lemos has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements on The Farm.
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics CentralStanford will once again be well represented on the world's biggest stage, with a school-record 53 athletes scheduled to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
