University of Tennessee Athletics
Women's Basketball
Watson , Tyler
Tyler Watson
- Title:
- Director of Women's Basketball Sports Performance
- Year At Tennessee:
- 3rd
- Alma Mater (Year):
- UT Chattanooga (2014)
- Email:
- tywatson60@utk.edu
Tyler Watson is in his third year on the Tennessee women’s basketball staff, coming aboard as the program’s director of basketball sports performance on May 31, 2019.
Watson came to the Lady Vols from Missouri State, where he worked previously with head coach Kellie Harper. He spent the 2018-19 season as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the MSU women’s and men’s basketball programs as well as the women’s and men’s golf teams.
He served from December 2015 to the spring of 2018 as head strength and conditioning coach at Elon University in North Carolina. In that capacity, he oversaw all 16 athletic teams while working directly with men’s and women’s basketball in addition to volleyball, women’s lacrosse and track & field.
He previously served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at both Tennessee State and Clemson. Watson worked with women’s basketball, football and volleyball at TSU and had primary responsibility with volleyball and track & field at Clemson while assisting with football.
He holds a number of professional credentials, including USAW Level I sports performance certification, and has served internships at Southern Miss, Vanderbilt and with the Buffalo Bills.
Watson earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014.
Watson came to the Lady Vols from Missouri State, where he worked previously with head coach Kellie Harper. He spent the 2018-19 season as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the MSU women’s and men’s basketball programs as well as the women’s and men’s golf teams.
He served from December 2015 to the spring of 2018 as head strength and conditioning coach at Elon University in North Carolina. In that capacity, he oversaw all 16 athletic teams while working directly with men’s and women’s basketball in addition to volleyball, women’s lacrosse and track & field.
He previously served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at both Tennessee State and Clemson. Watson worked with women’s basketball, football and volleyball at TSU and had primary responsibility with volleyball and track & field at Clemson while assisting with football.
He holds a number of professional credentials, including USAW Level I sports performance certification, and has served internships at Southern Miss, Vanderbilt and with the Buffalo Bills.
Watson earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014.
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