Jordan Diaz is in his second season as director of speed and associate director of football performance at Georgia Tech.
Diaz joined director of football strength and performance A.J. Artis at Georgia Tech in 2023 after two seasons together at USF, where Diaz served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach under Artis in 2021 and 2022. With USF, his primary duties included overseeing the speed, agility and conditioning aspects of the Bulls’ football program and the use and analysis of the Catapult Sports monitoring system.
Diaz joined Artis at USF after three seasons at Arizona State, where he began as an assistant coach for football performance in 2018 and 2019 before being promoted to assistant head coach for football performance in 2020. At ASU, he worked with both front-seven and skill athletes, while also monitoring the football weight room nutrition and fueling station.
His experience also includes two years as a personal trainer in his native New Jersey (2016-18) and two years as an intern and graduate assistant in the strength and conditioning program at his alma mater, South Carolina.
Diaz was a fullback and key special teams contributor at South Carolina from 2012-14. He joined the Gamecocks as a walk-on in 2012, earned his first letter in 2013 and was awarded with a scholarship prior to his senior season in 2014. He graduated cum laude from South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2014 and earned a master’s degree in human performance and nutrition with summa cum laude honors from Logan University in 2017.
