University of Georgia Athletics
Football
Maurice Sims
- Title:
- Associate Director of Strength & Conditioning
- Phone:
- 706-542-9204
Maurice Sims joined the University of Georgia football staff as the Associate Director of Strength & Conditioning in January 2020.
Prior to his arrival in Athens, Sims spent a season on the University of North Carolina strength & conditioning staff as an assistant for football under Brian Hess in 2019. The Tar Heels completed the season with a 55-13 win over Temple in the Military Bowl.
Sims came to UNC after spending two seasons on Army’s football strength & conditioning staff (2017-19). Army finished the 2017 season 10-3 and highlighted its year with an Armed Forces Bowl win over San Diego State. The next season, Army rolled to an 11-2 mark and topped Houston 70-14 in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Sims served as the head sports performance coach at Stack Sports Performance and Therapy in Atlanta (2016-17) before his time with Army.
Sims spent the 2014-15 seasons as a football assistant strength & conditioning coach at Indiana under Mark Hill. He was the head of the operations for the development training program and assisted with the development and implementation of sport specific training programs.
Before Indiana, Sims spent two seasons working with Cedric Walthaw at North Carolina A&T (2012-14) as an associate director of strength & conditioning. He worked with the basketball, baseball, softball and track & field programs and assisted with football. Sims also worked at Bethune-Cookman from 2010-12 under mentor Medgar Harrison and worked with football, basketball, tennis and track & field.
Sims started his coaching career as a football strength intern at the University of Tennessee under the guidance of head strength and conditioning coach Ron McKeefery in 2010.
A Knoxville, Tenn. native, Sims earned his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Tennessee-Chattanooga and his master’s degree in Transformative Leadership from Bethune-Cookman. He is certified through the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (SCCC) and National Strength & Conditioning Association (CSCS). Sims was an all-conference defensive back at Concord University prior to transferring to Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Prior to his arrival in Athens, Sims spent a season on the University of North Carolina strength & conditioning staff as an assistant for football under Brian Hess in 2019. The Tar Heels completed the season with a 55-13 win over Temple in the Military Bowl.
Sims came to UNC after spending two seasons on Army’s football strength & conditioning staff (2017-19). Army finished the 2017 season 10-3 and highlighted its year with an Armed Forces Bowl win over San Diego State. The next season, Army rolled to an 11-2 mark and topped Houston 70-14 in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Sims served as the head sports performance coach at Stack Sports Performance and Therapy in Atlanta (2016-17) before his time with Army.
Sims spent the 2014-15 seasons as a football assistant strength & conditioning coach at Indiana under Mark Hill. He was the head of the operations for the development training program and assisted with the development and implementation of sport specific training programs.
Before Indiana, Sims spent two seasons working with Cedric Walthaw at North Carolina A&T (2012-14) as an associate director of strength & conditioning. He worked with the basketball, baseball, softball and track & field programs and assisted with football. Sims also worked at Bethune-Cookman from 2010-12 under mentor Medgar Harrison and worked with football, basketball, tennis and track & field.
Sims started his coaching career as a football strength intern at the University of Tennessee under the guidance of head strength and conditioning coach Ron McKeefery in 2010.
A Knoxville, Tenn. native, Sims earned his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Tennessee-Chattanooga and his master’s degree in Transformative Leadership from Bethune-Cookman. He is certified through the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (SCCC) and National Strength & Conditioning Association (CSCS). Sims was an all-conference defensive back at Concord University prior to transferring to Tennessee-Chattanooga.
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