Cuonzo Martin hires Nicodemus Christopher as strength coach

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[June 01, 2012]

Cuonzo Martin hires Nicodemus Christopher as strength coach

Jun 01, 2012 (The Knoxville News-Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Tennessee announced Thursday night that Nicodemus Christopher has been hired to oversee all strength and conditioning efforts related to the men's basketball program. Christopher has spent the last year as a sports performance assistant at Purdue.

"We're eager to bring Nicodemus on board," said UT coach Cuonzo Martin in a UT release. "I talked to a lot of people whose opinions I value, and the things people had to say about his level of knowledge and work ethic really stood out. I believe he's going to do a great job for us, and I think he'll relate well to our players." Christopher replaces Troy Wills, who joined UT in 2003 and was not retained by Martin.

Christopher was responsible for softball and track and field at Purdue, while also assisting with men's basketball as a speed and conditioning coordinator.

"I'm excited about the opportunity to come to Tennessee and work with one of the best and most progressive coaching staffs in college basketball," Christopher said. "I'm also excited about the vision for the program under coach Martin's guidance." A native of San Diego, Calif., Christopher received a bachelor's degree in health and human performance from Baylor (2007) and a master's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis on biomechanics and anatomical kinesiology from the University of Texas at Tyler (2010).

Christopher was a volunteer assistant strength and conditioning coach at Stanford in the fall of 2010, and he is a USA Weightlifting certified sport performance coach.

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