John Grieco, who has 15 years of strength and conditioning coaching experience at the collegiate level, enters his first season on an NFL staff with The Oakland Raiders.
John Grieco, who has 15 years of strength and conditioning coaching experience at the collegiate level, enters his first season on an NFL staff with The Oakland Raiders.
Grieco comes to the Silver and Black following two years as the head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He was named the top strength and conditioning coach in the country by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society while at ULM.
Prior to his time at ULM, Grieco served four seasons at the director of strength and conditioning at UNLV, where he oversaw the strength and conditioning efforts for all of athletics department’s 17 varsity sports with an emphasis on the football program. He spent the previous two seasons at East Carolina University, serving as the director of the Pirates’ football strength program and as an assistant strength coach.
A 1995 graduate from the University of Florida, Grieco went began his coaching career at his alma mater from 1995-2003. During his time in Gainesville, he worked with various programs, including the football, baseball, softball and track and field teams. He was part of a Gator football program that went to eight bowl games, including winning the national title in the 1996 Sugar Bowl. Florida also won the Orange Bowl (1998 & 2001) twice and the Florida Citrus Bowl (1999) during that span.
A member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association, Grieco is a Master Strength & Conditioning Coach and is a member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association. He and his wife, Jamie, have a son, Nicholas, and a daughter, Gianna.
