Roderick Moore, Jr. was hired as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Falcons on Feb. 22, 2021.
Moore joined the Falcons after spending the last two years as the Athletics Director of North America for Vald Performance, where they evaluated motion analysis, ground reaction forces, eccentric hamstring strength and bilateral asymmetry at all levels (Military, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA).
Prior to his stint at Vald Performance, he was the Vice President of Sports (US & UK) for Sparta Science for a year and was the Vice President of Sports Performance at Catapult Sports two years before that.
Moore's career started at University of Tennessee where he began as a graduate assistant strength coach (1999-2001) to assistant head strength coach (2001-04) to associate head strength coach (2004-07).
After Tennessee, Moore became the head football strength coach for Florida International University (2007-10) and was promoted to co-director of strength and conditioning for the entire athletics department (2010-12).
Moore earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Morehouse College (1993-97) before earning a master's in human performance/sport psychology from University of Tennessee (1999-2001). Moore was a football varsity letterman and a track & field varsity letterman during his time at Morehouse College.
