University of Nevada Athletics

Strength and conditioning coach Jordon Simmons came to Nevada to help usher in the Jay Norvell era, bringing a strong military and football background to the team. Earning the title of assistant head coach ahead of the 2020 campaign, Simmons enters his fifth year with the Wolf Pack in 2021.
 
Simmons, a native of Redondo Beach, Calif., comes to the Wolf Pack from North Carolina, where he opened a kickboxing gym after a year with the United States 3^rd Group Special Forces in Fort Bragg, N.C. In his time with the Special Forces, Simmons worked with wounded warriors and executed team training for groups readying for deployment.
 
Simmons and Norvell first connected in 2010 when they both worked at Oklahoma. Simmons was serving as a member of the Sooners’ strength staff, working with football, wrestling, baseball, soccer and tennis. He also took the lead and revamped the nutrition program at OU. Prior to Oklahoma, Simmons was a strength and conditioning assistant with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers from 2007-10. Simmons has also worked for the University of Alabama. His father, Jerry, spent 23 years in the NFL as the head strength and conditioning coach for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers.
 
Simmons received his bachelor’s degree in sports management with minors in exercise science and business from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2010 and his master’s in exercise physiology from Oklahoma in 2013. During undergrad at Lenoir-Rhyne, Simmons was a four-year starter on the Bears football team as a long snapper and member of the defensive unit and received first team all-conference honors in 2008 and 2009.
 
The File on Jordon Simmons
Hometown: Redondo Beach, Calif.
Education: Bachelor's, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 2010; Master’s, University of Oklahoma, 2013
 
Coaching Experience
2020-present: Director of Football Strength & Conditioning/Assistant Head Coach, Nevada
2017-19: Director of Football Strength & Conditioning, Nevada
2014-16: Owner/Operator/Manager/Head Trainer, Kickboxing Gym
2013-14: Tactical Performance/Strength Specialist, 3rd Group THOR3 Special Forces
2010-13: Asst. FB Strength Coach/Head Olympic Strength Coach, Oklahoma
2009-10: Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne
2009: Football Strength & Conditioning Intern, Alabama
2007-10: Strength & Conditioning Assistant, Carolina Panthers
 
Playing Experience
Lenoir-Rhyne: Long Snapper/Defense (2007-10)