Jared Myatt - Football Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Jared Myatt

Title:
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

Jared Myatt enters his first season at Texas Tech as he serves as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Red Raider football program.

Myatt arrives in Lubbock after spending three seasons as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Northwestern State where he designed and implemented workout and nutrition plans for football and a variety of other sports. In addition, Myatt led Northwestern State’s effort to install a nutrition and snack center in its football field house, providing student-athletes valuable resources before and after workouts.

A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Myatt accepted the position with Northwestern State after serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State. He was the primary wrestling strength and conditioning coach with the Mountaineers and also assisted with the creation and implementation of workouts for the football program.

Myatt began his professional career as the head strength and conditioning intern at his alma mater, Louisiana College in 2015 before later serving as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana Tech and then as a graduate assistant at Mercer University.

While at Mercer, Myatt created strength and conditioning plans for almost all of the Bears’ sports programs, while also completing his master’s degree in higher education leadership in December 2016. He spent the next three months as a volunteer assistant at LSU, working specifically with the football, baseball and volleyball programs.

Myatt earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science in May 2015 after wrapping a four-year career as an All-Conference defensive lineman for Louisiana College. He was the program’s Defensive Lineman of the Year for both the 2013 and 2014 seasons and was a first team Academic All-America Southwest Conference selection in 2014.

Myatt is a National Strength and Conditioning Association certified strength and conditioning specialist. He is a Level 1 and 2 certified USA Weightlifting advanced sports performance coach. Additionally, Myatt is CPR and AED certified and holds a Level 1 exercise nutrition certification.