MIAMI (Jan. 8, 2020) – Andreu Swasey has been named the interim director of strength and conditioning at FIU, as announced on Wednesday by FIU Athletics.
Swasey will be responsible for the oversight of all athletic programs at FIU, along with serving daily as the head strength and conditioning coach for the football team. Swasey was elevated to the position after spending the past three seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, specializing in speed and agility.
Prior to FIU, Swasey spent a long tenure at University of Miami (Fla.), serving as the Hurricanes’ head strength and conditioning coach for 16 seasons. While at UM, Swasey was responsible for the successful Hurricane pipeline to the NFL. Under Swasey’s guidance, UM produced 35 first round draft picks during his tenure and well over 100 players in total drafted to the NFL.
Swasey was apart of 12 bowl games as well with the Hurricanes, including two national championship games at the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. Swasey also helped the Hurricanes win 34-straight games from 2000-02, with that streak being the longest since 1971.
Swasey had two stints at UM, with his first run coming in 1997-98 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach before moving on to coach defensive backs at Houston in 1999-00. Swasey returned to the Hurricanes in 2000 as UM’s co-head strength and conditioning coach in charge of speed and agility before being promoted to head the department and serving in that role from 2001-2016.
Swasey began his coaching career at Copperas Cove (Texas) High School, where he coached defensive backs from 1995 to 1997. Prior to his playing days at Baylor, Swasey was a standout at Fort Scott (Kansas) Junior College, where he earned second-team Junior College All-America honors in 1991 and was an all-conference honoree.
Additionally, Swasey is renowned in the football community for his strength and conditioning program as he sports a long list of current NFL players that train with him. Those players range from Jimmy Graham and Alvin Kamara to Mike Thomas and Duke Johnson to name a few.
Swasey is a graduate of Carol City High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Baylor in 1995. He and his wife, Monica, have four children – sons, Andrew and Jovon, and daughters, Ashlinn and Jaela.
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