Football
Smith, Drew
Drew Smith
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
- Email:
- smithae@usc.edu
- Phone:
- (213) 740-0067
Drew Smith enters his third season as Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance.
He joined the USC staff in December of 2021.
He spent the 2021 season as an assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Oklahoma. Among his duties, he oversaw the day-to-day operation of the structural load management system put in place for football, utilizing GPS tracking units. He also worked in digital media design for the football strength staff, which included recruiting presentations, daily team messages and performance testing displays.
He was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Connecticut for 2 years (2019-20). He assisted in all aspects of the football strength and conditioning program as well as authoring and implementing all physical preparation programs for the women’s lacrosse team.
Before that, he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Southern Mississippi during the 2018-19 season.
He spent the 2017 season at Rutgers as an intern football strength and conditioning coach.
He was the head strength and conditioning coach at Newark (N.J.) East Side High in the 2016-17 season. He also was an intern sports performance coach at Parabolic Performance & Rehab in New Jersey in 2017 and was a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at Frank H. Morrell High in Irvington (N.J.) in the spring of 2016.
He received his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Kean University in 2018 and his master’s degree in kinesiology from Southern Mississippi in 2019.
He was born on May 31, 1996.
Smith is a Certified Speed Specialist by the National Association of Speed and Explosion. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Certified Functional Movement Screener, Certified FRC Mobility Specialist, Certified Reflexive Performance Reset Practitioner, and has earned Level 1 certification as a Sports Performance Coach by USA Weightlifting.
He joined the USC staff in December of 2021.
He spent the 2021 season as an assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Oklahoma. Among his duties, he oversaw the day-to-day operation of the structural load management system put in place for football, utilizing GPS tracking units. He also worked in digital media design for the football strength staff, which included recruiting presentations, daily team messages and performance testing displays.
He was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Connecticut for 2 years (2019-20). He assisted in all aspects of the football strength and conditioning program as well as authoring and implementing all physical preparation programs for the women’s lacrosse team.
Before that, he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Southern Mississippi during the 2018-19 season.
He spent the 2017 season at Rutgers as an intern football strength and conditioning coach.
He was the head strength and conditioning coach at Newark (N.J.) East Side High in the 2016-17 season. He also was an intern sports performance coach at Parabolic Performance & Rehab in New Jersey in 2017 and was a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at Frank H. Morrell High in Irvington (N.J.) in the spring of 2016.
He received his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Kean University in 2018 and his master’s degree in kinesiology from Southern Mississippi in 2019.
He was born on May 31, 1996.
Smith is a Certified Speed Specialist by the National Association of Speed and Explosion. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Certified Functional Movement Screener, Certified FRC Mobility Specialist, Certified Reflexive Performance Reset Practitioner, and has earned Level 1 certification as a Sports Performance Coach by USA Weightlifting.
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