Adam Thackery - Football Coach

Adam Thackery

Title:
Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
Email:
adamthac@usc.edu

Adam Thackery joined the USC staff in January of 2023 as an assistant director of football sports performance.

Previously, he was the Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach at Mississippi State from 2020-2023.

He spent 4 years at Washington State (2016-2020) working in the weight room. He was a Strength and Conditioning Specialist from 2016-18, and then became the Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning from 2018-2020.

Thackery was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Miami University (Ohio) from 2012-16 working with baseball, women’s soccer, men’s swimming, volleyball and football.

He spent a year at the University of Indianapolis where he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach working with 11 different teams.

Thackery earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of Indianapolis in 2010 and his master’s degree in Kinesiology from Indiana University in 2011.

His wife, Brittany, is USC’s Director of Player Engagement. They have one daughter, Charlotte.

He was born on July 28, 1987.

Thackery is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, along with being Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association. He also holds the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Level 1, and USA Weightlifting Level 1 certifications.