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
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