Football
- Title:
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Email:
- rprince@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-9204
Rodney Prince, a native of Birmingham, Ala., and graduate of Shades Valley High School, was named an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at UGA in February, 2016.
Prince is Strength & Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) and is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and is part of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). In addition, Prince is CPR and AED certified by the American Heart Association.
Prior to joining Georgia’s staff, Prince was an assistant strength coach at Louisville from 2014 to 2015. In Prince’s time at Louisville, the Cardinals reached a bowl game in each season, including a 27-21 win over Texas A&M in 2015.
From 2011 to 2013, Prince served multiple roles as a graduate assistant at Marshall University. In his first season with the Thundering Herd, he worked in the strength and conditioning department. The following season, he served under offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Bill Legg. The Herd scored 40.9 points per game in 2012, good for 7th in the nation that season. Working under linebackers coach Adam Fuller and defensive coordinator Chuck Heater the next year, Prince helped Marshall to a 10-4 record and a Military Bowl victory.
Prince was a three-year letterman as a defensive lineman at Mississippi State. He graduated in 2010 with a degree in clinical exercise physiology. In 2013, he earned a master’s degree in adult technical education from Marshall.
