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
- Final Weekly HonorFor the second time this season, redshirt junior Zach Ryan was named the Pac-12's Player of the Week, following a championship-clinching goal over the weekend.
- This Week's Games CanceledDue to COVID-19-related issues within the Cardinal program, Stanford baseball's Wednesday game at Pacific, as well as the three-game home series against Washington this week, have been canceled.
- Malone Claims Final Weekly HonorHaving captured the NCAA all-around and high bar titles to help guide Stanford to the 2021 national championship, junior Brody Malone has been named CGA National Gymnast of the Week.
- Roemer Rakes in AnotherJewel Roemer earned her third MPSF Newcomer of the Week this season. She is currently third on the team with 26 goals for No. 2 Stanford.
- Tourney TimeNo. 19 Stanford (8-2, 6-2 America East) opens play as the No. 3 seed and squares off against Maine in Thursday's semifinal round of the America East Championship.
