Julian Whitehead

Julian Whitehead joined the Gamecocks’ Strength and Conditioning Staff in January 2020. He worked with Paul Jackson, Carolina’s Director of Football Strength & Conditioning at Ole Miss from 2016-19. He had prior stops at Middle Tennessee State, Kent State and at a private training facility in Atlanta.
 
Whitehead is a former member of the Ole Miss football team, where he was a two-time letterwinner at defensive back and earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2011. He then finished his playing career at Murray State University where he was also a two-time letterwinner at defensive back and earned his master’s degree in human development and leadership in the fall of 2012.
 
A native of Stone Mountain, Ga., Whitehead is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA, a Sports Performance Coach through USA Weightlifting (USAW) and a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).