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Jay Omer

Jay Omer

TitleHead Strength & Conditioning Coach
OfficeSAB 109

Years at BYU

2000-2014

Years Overall

1984-2014

Of Note

  • Retired from BYU in 2014 after a 43-year career that includes more than 30 years in college atheltics at six different universities
  • Served as BYU's head strength & conditioning coach for 14 seasons
  • Responsible for implementing and directing team weight training and conditioning programs for each of the university’s 21 intercollegiate sports
  • Came to BYU after spending eight seasons at Georgia Tech as the Director of Player Development, responsible for overseeing the strength and conditioning program for Tech’s 16-sport athletics program
  • Honored by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as the Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year for the Atlantic Coast Conference
  • Joined the Yellow Jacket staff in January 1993 after three years as the strength and conditioning coach at Washington State
  • Previously served as Director of Strength and Conditioning at East Carolina University from 1987-90
  • Also worked as an assistant strength coach at Tulane University from 1985-87 and as a graduate assistant at Auburn University from 1984-85
  • From 1976-84, was the head football coach and athletic director for the Duchesne School District in Roosevelt, Utah for Union High School

Playing Career

An all-conference offensive lineman for Snow College (1969)

Education

  • Auburn (1985, master's degree in education with an emphasis in exercise physiology and strength training)
  • Southern Utah (1972)
  • Orem HS (1967)

Hometown

Orem, Utah

Personal/Family

  • Married to the former Vicki Reynolds
  • Has two daughters and two sons