COACHES
Support Staff Tommy Moffitt
Assistant Athletic Director/Strength & Conditioning Considered by many in college football to be one of the nation’s premier strength and conditioning coaches, Tommy Moffitt enters his 18th season at LSU. In 17 years with the Tigers from 2000-16, Moffitt helped strength train and condition an LSU football team that won 168 games during that span, easily the best stretch in school history. It was Moffitt’s offseason program that helped pave the way to national titles in 2003 and 2007 for the Tigers and LSU’s undefeated regular-season in 2011. Following the historic 2011 season, Moffitt was awarded the College Coach’s Choice Award by Strength Performance. Moffitt has been at the forefront of strength and conditioning around the nation in teaching fundamentals. Moffitt focuses on the teaching of strength and conditioning as well as the biomechanics of speed development Many interns, graduate assistants and full-time staff members have gone from working under Moffitt to jobs around the nation. Currently the football strength and conditioning coaches at Alabama, Florida State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, University of Texas at San Antonio, Nicholls and Northwestern State worked under Moffitt at one time. Moffitt was named the 2003 College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by America Football Monthly. Moffitt has been part of national championship football teams at LSU (twice), Miami and Tennessee. Moffitt was appointed LSU’s strength and conditioning coordinator on Jan. 10, 2000. In February 2000, Moffitt was named the 1999 Collegiate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society. Moffitt served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Miami for two years, helping head coach Butch Davis rebuild the Hurricane program. While at Miami, Moffitt was named the 1998 Big East Strength Coach of the Year. Moffitt went to Miami after four seasons, 1994-97, as associate head strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee. A 1986 graduate of Tennessee Tech, Moffitt started his career as an assistant football coach at John Curtis High School in River Ridge, Louisiana, from 1987-94, earning the 1992 National High School Strength Coach of the Year award given by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society. Born in Springfield, Tennessee, Moffitt is married to the former Jill Beron and they have three children, Clay, who is a pitcher at LSU, Aaron who is entering his freshman as a tight end for LSU, and Brady.
Shelly Mullenix
Senior Associate Athletic Trainer Shelly Mullenix began at LSU in 1997 as part of the LSU Athletic Training Staff, coming to Baton Rouge from Florida State, where she worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer from 1992-1993. She was promoted to assistant athletic trainer at FSU in 1993 and served in that capacity until December 1996. As LSU’s senior associate athletic trainer, Mullenix plays a key role in servicing the athletic training needs of the football team on a day-to-day basis. She also serves the Department of Kinesiology as a clinical supervisor for the Athletic Training Education Program. In addition to Mullenix’s role as an athletic trainer with the Football program, she also was given the title of director of wellness in the spring of 2009. As the director of wellness, Mullenix’s duties are very diverse. She serves as the athletic training liaison to the Athletic Department Assistance Program (ADAP) which helps to maintain the physical and psychological well-being of the student-athlete and is the athletic training liaison to the Academic Center for Student-Athletes, assisting in the identification and treatment of academic and behavioral issues. She works collaboratively with the Athletic Department’s sports dietitians by working with the student-athletes in providing nutritional guidance given in both team format, as well as one-on-one individualized counseling. Administratively, she assists with the recruitment of athletic training students, serves as co-coordinator of graduate athletic trainer development, and provides leadership and guidance in the development of athletic training administrative policies. Mullenix also owns Integrated Sports Management, LLC, a consulting company that provides a unique system of program administration, integrating four critical components of successful collegiate athletics: drug testing, mental health services, peer leadership and proper nutrition. Through ISM, Mullenix has consulted with several Division I programs and worked three seasons as a contracted consultant for the Miami Dolphins providing support services in the area of nutritional and psychological consultation. She is married to Matthew Mullenix and has twin daughters, Maggie and Briana.
Derek Ponamsky
Special Assistant to the Head Coach Derek Ponamsky joined the LSU football staff in September 2016 as Special Assistant to Head Coach Ed Orgeron. Ponamsky’s primary responsibilities include assisting Orgeron in the day to day organization and operation of his schedule as well as serving as the liaison to the administration on academics. Prior to being hired by Orgeron, Ponamsky hosted a daily radio show for six years on ESPN Radio in Baton Rouge. Ponamsky also worked on the pre and postgame shows for LSU football on the LSU Sports Radio Network. Ponamsky, a native of Chalmette, Louisiana, is a graduate of LSU. Ponamsky and his wife Leanne have lived in Baton Rouge since 2005, and have a daughter, Alys.
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Lauren Reagan
Director of Sports Nutrition Lauren Reagan enters her third year as LSU’s Director of Sports Nutrition. As head of LSU’s nutrition staff, Reagan is responsible for providing performance nutrition education and resources to LSU Football and all other 20 Tiger sports programs. Reagan works collaboratively with coaches and support staff to meet team and individual athlete’s nutritional needs. With the help of her two assistants and undergraduate interns, Reagan is able to implement proper nutrient timing and recovery for each athlete in and out of season. Reagan uses on campus “fueling stations”, grocery store tours, individual consultations, team talks and proper competition meals and game-time fueling to provide the essential nutrition resources for LSU athletes to reach their highest potential. Reagan, a native of Lubbock, Texas, came to LSU after spending the 2014 season as the sports dietitian for the University of Notre Dame football team. Reagan also assisted with performance nutrition for Notre Dame’s 25 other varsity sports. Reagan graduated from Texas A&M University in 2012 with a degree in nutritional sciences. She then moved to Texas Tech were she earned a master’s degree in nutritional sciences specializing in sports nutrition in December of 2013. She served as a sports nutrition graduate assistant for Texas Tech starting in May of 2013 and remained in that capacity until moving to Notre Dame the following year. Reagan officially became a registered dietitian through the Texas Tech University Dietetic Internship Program in May of 2013. Reagan is a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Keava Soil-Cormier
Coordinator of Recruiting Keava Soil-Cormier enters her fourth season with the LSU football program, serving as the coordinator of recruiting. Soil-Cormier works alongside Sharon Lewis in assisting in the organizing and overseeing of all special events associated with football recruiting, which includes directing of all official and unofficial recruiting visits. A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Soil-Cormier earned her bachelor’s degree from LSU in 2011 and her Juris Doctorate Degree
from LSU in 2014. Keava is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association and Advisory Council for Big Buddy Day of Mentoring. She is also a volunteer basketball Coach for the YMCA Summer Youth Program. Keava is an avid volunteer and believes that a little time out of our day, can impact the future of someone else.
Greg Stringfellow
Equipment Manager Greg Stringfellow enters his 12th season as LSU’s equipment manager after being elevated to the position in the spring of 2004. Stringfellow served as the interim equipment manager during LSU’s National Championship season in 2003, stepping in for longtime equipment manager Jeff Boss, who passed away in the fall of 2003 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Stringfellow, one of the many equipment managers who learned the trade under Boss, enters his 18th season overall with the Tigers. He previously served as a student assistant in the LSU equipment room for five years. As a member of the equipment staff, Stringfellow is responsible for the ordering and maintaining of equipment and facilities for the LSU football team as well as LSU’s 20 other sports. Stringfellow lettered two years in football at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, Ala., before coming to LSU, where he earned a degree in construction management in 1997. An avid golfer, Stringfellow is a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association and annually works the Senior Bowl in Mobile. He is married to the former Ashley Mitnick, a former LSU soccer standout. The couple has four children, Sarah Elizabeth, Lily Grace, Harper and Blakely.