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Iowa State University Athletics
Football
Courides, George
George Courides
- Title:
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Email:
- courides@iastate.edu
- Phone:
- 515-294-5308
George Courides is in his sixth season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for Cyclone football.
Courides has witnessed incredible improvement during his time in Ames. The Cyclones have 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 (#6) and postseason (#9).
Prior to his arrival in Ames, Courides was a full-time intern for the New York Jets strength and conditioning staff in 2016. He assisted with the Jets player nutritional needs, program design and implementation and individual weight training regiments.
He also worked with the Jets as an intern in 2015.
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.Â
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