2015 CLEMSON FOOTBALL
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF
LEFT TO RIGHT - RENDRICK TAYLOR, PAUL HOGAN, JOEY BATSON, LARRY GREENLEE, ADAM SMOTHERMAN.
JOEY BATSON DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING 19th Season at Clemson 30th Season Overall Newberry ‘85 Born June 22, 1961
Joey Batson is in his 30th year as a strength & conditioning coach at the collegiate level and 19th year as the director of football strength & conditioning at Clemson. He has served as a head strength & conditioning coach 26 of his 30 years of service. Batson was named Master Strength & Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA) in 2009. The honor is the highest given in the profession. He has had a strong impact on the program since he became director in 1997. He has had much to do with the success of the program, helping the Tigers to 16 bowl games and nine top-25 finishes, including top-15 finishes each of the last three years. While at Clemson, Batson has had a tremendous impact throughout the state at many notable high school programs. Not only does he bring professional experience to the position at Clemson, he brings experience as a football player at the collegiate level. The Travelers Rest, S.C., native was a tight end at The Citadel in 1979 before transferring to Newberry, where he was a two-year letterman and co-captain during his senior season. Batson earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Newberry in 1985 and his master’s degree in education from Clemson in 1988. He is married to the former Susan Malone of Greenville, S.C. They have two sons, Michael and Benjamin. Michael is a freshman on the 2015 Tiger footbal team.
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