Football
- Title:
- Director of Football Performance Nutrition
- Email:
- collierm@sports.uga.edu
Collier Perno, a native of Athens, was named Director of Football Performance Nutrition at Georgia in February of 2019.
Perno came to Georgia after serving in a similar capacity at the University of Florida. She was the Gators’ Coordinator of Sports Nutrition for two years, beginning in May of 2015, and was named Head of Sports Nutrition for the football program in April of 2017.
Perno earned her B.S. degree in Human Environmental Sciences, Food and Nutrition from the University of Alabama in 2013. She earned her Master’s degree in Dietetics from Georgia State University in 2014.
Perno has a number of familial ties to the University. Her father Lou Perno is a 1980 UGA graduate and was a student athletic trainer on the national championship football team. Cousins Donn and David Perno played baseball at UGA, the latter eventually serving as head coach from 2002-13.
