Murray State University Athletics
Brian Puckett Joins MSU Athletics
11/24/2020 2:04:00 PM | General
Becomes Strength and Conditioning Director for Basketball, Golf, and Women's Tennis
Murray State Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Brian Puckett as Director of Strength and Conditioning for its men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, and women's tennis programs.
Originally from Rogersville, Alabama, Puckett joins the Racer family after spending time as a football strength and conditioning coach at Georgia Southern. While there, Puckett specialized in working with the defensive line, assisting in the development of agility drills and position-specific work while also contributing towards return-to-play efforts by implementing programs that coincided with various injury protocols.
His time at Georgia Southern was preceded by a stint at his alma mater, North Alabama, where he served as the strength and conditioning coach for the men's basketball program where they were one of the first collegiate programs to incorporate genetic testing in their strength and conditioning strategy.
Puckett also gained experience interacting with a wide variety of sports when he worked as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Athens High School.
A student-athlete himself, Puckett was a four-year letterman as a defensive lineman on the football team at North Alabama when the Lions won four-straight Gulf South Conference championships while finishing as the NCAA Division II runner-up in 2016. Â Graduating from North Alabama in 2017, Puckett earned his bachelor's of science with a concentration in fitness management.
During his college career, Puckett also had the opportunity to intern with the strength and conditioning team for the University of Georgia football program during the summers of 2015 and 2016. He then furthered his professional development in the summer of 2017 as an intern with Peak Performance Physical Therapy in Florence, Alabama.
Puckett is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA.
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Originally from Rogersville, Alabama, Puckett joins the Racer family after spending time as a football strength and conditioning coach at Georgia Southern. While there, Puckett specialized in working with the defensive line, assisting in the development of agility drills and position-specific work while also contributing towards return-to-play efforts by implementing programs that coincided with various injury protocols.
His time at Georgia Southern was preceded by a stint at his alma mater, North Alabama, where he served as the strength and conditioning coach for the men's basketball program where they were one of the first collegiate programs to incorporate genetic testing in their strength and conditioning strategy.
Puckett also gained experience interacting with a wide variety of sports when he worked as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Athens High School.A student-athlete himself, Puckett was a four-year letterman as a defensive lineman on the football team at North Alabama when the Lions won four-straight Gulf South Conference championships while finishing as the NCAA Division II runner-up in 2016. Â Graduating from North Alabama in 2017, Puckett earned his bachelor's of science with a concentration in fitness management.
During his college career, Puckett also had the opportunity to intern with the strength and conditioning team for the University of Georgia football program during the summers of 2015 and 2016. He then furthered his professional development in the summer of 2017 as an intern with Peak Performance Physical Therapy in Florence, Alabama.
Puckett is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA.
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