Lewis Caralla is in his fourth season as Georgia Tech’s head football strength and conditioning coach.
Caralla has previously served as the head strength and conditioning coach for three different NCAA Division I FBS programs, most recently at Buffalo, where he was named Football Scoop’s 2018 Strength Coach of the Year.
His career stops also include directing strength and conditioning at Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas and serving as an assistant at Michigan, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech. His previous stint at Georgia Tech came in 2010-11.
Originally from Tarpon Springs, Fla., Caralla and his wife, Lori, have three children: Marshall, Ali and Ava.
| THE LEWIS CARALLA FILE | ||
| PERSONAL | ||
| Hometown | Tarpon Springs, Fla. | |
| Family | Wife: Lori; Children: Marshall and Ali | |
| Alma Mater | Defiance, 2008 | |
| PLAYING EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2005-08 | Defiance (RB) | |
| COACHING EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2007 | USF | Intern |
| 2008 | Virginia | Intern |
| 2009-10 | Mississippi State | Graduate Assistant |
| 2010-11 | Georgia Tech | Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| 2011 | Mississippi State | Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| 2012-14 | Michigan | Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| 2015 | North Texas | Director of Strength and Conditioning |
| 2016-17 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Director of Strength and Conditioning |
| 2018 | Buffalo | Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| 2019- | Georgia Tech | Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach |
FULL BIOGRAPHY
With 15 years of experience and having previously served as the head strength and conditioning coach for three different NCAA Division I FBS programs, Lewis Caralla joined Georgia Tech’s football staff as head football strength and conditioning coach in 2019.
Even prior to coming on board head coach Geoff Collins’ staff in 2019, Caralla was familiar with Georgia Tech, as he previously served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Yellow Jackets in 2010-11, working with the Jackets’ football program and directing the strength program for Tech’s nationally ranked golf team.
Prior to his return to The Flats in ‘19, Caralla spent the 2018 season as the head strength and conditioning coach at Buffalo, where he was named Football Scoop’s Strength Coach of the Year. In his lone season at Buffalo, Caralla helped turn around a team that went 8-16 over the previous two years into a squad that won the MAC East Division championship and earned the program’s first bowl berth since 2013 (and third all-time).
Before his one season at Buffalo, Caralla was director of strength and conditioning at Louisiana-Lafayette (2016-17) and North Texas (2015). His career also includes stints as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Michigan (2012-14), Mississippi State (2011) and Georgia Tech (2010-11), a graduate assistant at Mississippi State (2009-10) and an intern at Virginia (2008) and South Florida (2007). During his one season as a full-time assistant at Mississippi State in 2011, he worked on the Bulldogs’ football staff with Collins, who was MSU’s co-defensive coordinator.
Originally from Tarpon Springs, Fla., Caralla was a two-time all-conference running back at Defiance (Ohio) College, where he also earned academic all-conference accolades twice and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in wellness and corporate fitness in 2008. He earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from Mississippi State in 2010.
Caralla and his wife, Lori, have three children: Marshall, Ali and Ava.
