Byron Jerideau is in his first season as associate director of football strength and performance/accountability at Georgia Tech.
Jerideau brings an extensive background at the Power Five conference level to The Flats, having spent seven seasons at South Carolina (2016-17; 2020-22) and Tennessee (2018-19). In his most recent stint at South Carolina, he served as assistant director of sports performance. He was also dubbed the Gamecocks’ “director of accountability,” establishing a scoring system to track football student-athletes’ off-field performance each day.
At Tennessee, Jerideau served with Georgia Tech director of football strength and performance A.J. Artis as an assistant director of football sports performance for two seasons. His two seasons at UT came after two seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach/recruiting assistant at South Carolina, where he worked with both the football and track and field teams, as well as participating in campus tours for incoming recruits.
Jerideau was also with Artis for one year at Appalachian State (2015-16), serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and working directly with the Mountaineers’ football and cheerleading programs. Jerideau’s lone season at App State also included the Mountaineers’ historic Camellia Bowl win in 2015. He began his career in the strength-and-conditioning field with an internship at Houston for five months before departing for Appalachian State.
A standout defensive tackle as a player, Jerideau began his collegiate career at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College, where he helped lead the Greyhounds to the 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association national championship game. He then transferred to South Carolina and earned three letters with the Gamecocks from 2010-12. He earned an invitation to the 2013 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and signed a contract as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Chargers later that year. He spent the 2013 season with the Chargers before embarking on his coaching career.
Jerideau earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice from South Carolina in 2012. He and his wife, Allie, have a daughter, Adalyn.
