Jason George joined the Jaguars in 2009 as assistant strength and conditioning coach. George has spent the past 11 seasons as a head strength and conditioning coach on the collegiate level.

George served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Fordham from 1998-2008 where he was primarily responsible for coaching the football team. He was named the Atlantic 10’s College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2000 and also received the school’s Iron Major Award as the university’s coach of the year.

Prior to joining Fordham, George served as the graduate assistant strength coach at Kansas while completing his master’s degree in education with a double specialization in sports psychology and sport administration. George worked with the Jayhawks football team with the development, instruction, and evaluation of in-season and off-season strength, speed, and conditioning programs. He was also directly responsible for the strength and conditioning programs for the men’s tennis and women’s soccer team as well as assisting with the men’s basketball program.

George is a 1991 graduate of the University of Manitoba, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a double major in physical education and psychology and was an Academic All-Canadian on the football team. Following graduation, he served as the strength and conditioning coach/assistant football coach at St. Paul's High School while he started his graduate work at the University of Manitoba.

George is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA). He received the 1995 Grey Cup Legacy Coaching Scholarship awarded to an amateur sports coach that "has demonstrated academic and other abilities indicating high potential in the field of coaching.” He also received the 1994 Lord Strathcona Trust Fund Scholarship given to a University of Manitoba graduate student in "high academic standing who has demonstrated strong community leadership and service.” George was also nominated for the 1996 3M Manitoba Amateur Coach of the Year Award at St. Paul's.

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BACKGROUND

St. Paul's High School 1992-96, Kansas 1997-98, Fordham 1998-2008, Jacksonville Jaguars 2009