Comes to USF after six seasons on the Iowa State strength staff
TAMPA, DEC. 15, 2022 – University of South Florida Head Coach Alex Golesh has named George Courides (core-EEE-dis) as the Bulls’ head strength and conditioning coach.
The Collegeville, Pa., native comes to USF after six seasons serving on the strength and conditioning staff for Iowa State football (2017-22), most recently at associate head strength and conditioning coach.
“I’ve admired George’s rapport with student-athletes and his ability to maximize their potential both physically and mentally since our time together at Iowa State,” Golesh said. “He was a big part of the turnaround and success in the Cyclone program and I’m thrilled he will lead our strength and conditioning for USF football. It is great to have George and his family join our Bulls family in Tampa.”
Courides worked with Golesh for three seasons (2017-19) at Iowa State and was part of the major turn-around that saw the program go from three wins to a Fiesta Bowl victory.
Courides helped foster incredible improvement during his time in Ames. The Cyclones qualified for five-straight bowl games, annually appeared in the national rankings and totaled five of ISU’s six above-.500 conference seasons in the history of the Big 12 Conference (1996-present) since 2017.
The 2020 season was historic in many ways. Iowa State finished the regular season in first place in the Big 12 standings, made the Big 12 Championship game and qualified for a New Year’s Six bowl for the first time in school history. The Cyclones capped off the season with a 34-17 win over Oregon in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.
ISU’s eight conference wins and nine overall wins eclipsed or tied school records, and the Cyclones earned their highest ranking in school history during the season (No. 6) and postseason (No. 9).
Prior to his arrival in Ames, Courides served two seasons as a full-time intern in the NFL, working for the New York Jets strength and conditioning staff (2015-16). He assisted with the Jets player nutritional needs, program design and implementation and individual weight training regiments.
A native of Collegeville, Pa., Courides also served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Phoenixville Area High School (Pa.) in 2015 and was a graduate assistant for the East Stroudsburg University strength staff in 2014.
Courides, who is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), earned both his bachelor’s degree (2008) and master’s degree (2015) at East Stroudsburg State.
He was a member of the rugby team at ESU, helping the team win the 2007 Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union (EPRU) title.
Courides and his wife, Chloe, have a daughter, Harper, and a son, Mack.
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 26th season in 2022 while completing construction on a $22 million Indoor Performance Facility. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons and earned 16 All-America selections, including 2021 consensus All-American Brian Battie, while seeing 32 first-team all-conference selections. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and most recently making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. The Bulls posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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