Football
Myatt, Jared
Jared Myatt
- Title:
- Assistant Athletic Performance Coach
- Email:
- football@iu.edu
JARED MYATT – Athletic Performance Coach
Jared Myatt was hired as an athletic performance coach for the Indiana football program on Jan. 9, 2024.
Prior to Indiana, Myatt spent one year with Live Oaks High School in Watson, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge, as the director of athletic performance. He worked with the football and baseball programs at the school and developed and installed training systems for both programs.
A one-year stop at Texas Tech (2020) as the assistant strength coach for football followed three seasons at Northwestern State (2017-19) as the director of strength and conditioning.
At TTU, Myatt worked with the specialists and oversaw supplement and nutrition inventory and implementation while with the Red Raiders.
While at Northwestern State, he oversaw 15 varsity programs and worked directly with football, among other sports. He helped develop a pair of FCS All-American wide receivers in Jazz Ferguson (2018) and Quan Shorts (2019), with Ferguson named the Southland Offensive Player of the Year.
He also worked with three top-10 round picks in the Major League Baseball Draft and helped the Demons to their first NCAA Championship appearance in program history in 2018.
His first full-time position came with Appalachian State (2017) where he headed the strength program for wrestling and assisted with the football program.
Myatt spent two stints as a volunteer assistant at Louisiana Tech (2015) and LSU (2017), which sandwiched a graduate assistant position at Mercer (2015-17), where he worked with 13 different programs, which included the nationally recognized baseball program and first-round MLB Draft choice Kyle Lewis.
A four-year collegiate career at Louisiana College included a pair of first-team All-American Southwest Conference honors and a second-team All-America nod on the defensive line from USA College Football as a senior.
He owns a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Louisiana College in 2015 and earned his master’s degree in education from Mercer in 2016.
Myatt’s professional certificates include National Strength and Conditioning Association – Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Weightlifting Advanced sports Performance Coach Certification Level One & Two, Precision Nutrition Exercise Nutrition Level One, Functional Range Systems – Mobility Specialist, Selective Functional Movement Assessment Level One, CPR/AED.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Louisiana Tech University
2015: Volunteer Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Mercer University
2015-17: Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant
LSU
2017: Volunteer Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Appalachian State University
2017: Assistant Strength Coach
Northwestern State University
2017-19: Director of Strength & Conditioning
Texas Tech University
2020: Assistant Strength Coach
Live Oak High School (La.)
2022-23: Director of Athletic Performance
Indiana University
2024-: Athletic Performance Coach
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Louisiana College
2011-14: Defensive Line
Jared Myatt was hired as an athletic performance coach for the Indiana football program on Jan. 9, 2024.
Prior to Indiana, Myatt spent one year with Live Oaks High School in Watson, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge, as the director of athletic performance. He worked with the football and baseball programs at the school and developed and installed training systems for both programs.
A one-year stop at Texas Tech (2020) as the assistant strength coach for football followed three seasons at Northwestern State (2017-19) as the director of strength and conditioning.
At TTU, Myatt worked with the specialists and oversaw supplement and nutrition inventory and implementation while with the Red Raiders.
While at Northwestern State, he oversaw 15 varsity programs and worked directly with football, among other sports. He helped develop a pair of FCS All-American wide receivers in Jazz Ferguson (2018) and Quan Shorts (2019), with Ferguson named the Southland Offensive Player of the Year.
He also worked with three top-10 round picks in the Major League Baseball Draft and helped the Demons to their first NCAA Championship appearance in program history in 2018.
His first full-time position came with Appalachian State (2017) where he headed the strength program for wrestling and assisted with the football program.
Myatt spent two stints as a volunteer assistant at Louisiana Tech (2015) and LSU (2017), which sandwiched a graduate assistant position at Mercer (2015-17), where he worked with 13 different programs, which included the nationally recognized baseball program and first-round MLB Draft choice Kyle Lewis.
A four-year collegiate career at Louisiana College included a pair of first-team All-American Southwest Conference honors and a second-team All-America nod on the defensive line from USA College Football as a senior.
He owns a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Louisiana College in 2015 and earned his master’s degree in education from Mercer in 2016.
Myatt’s professional certificates include National Strength and Conditioning Association – Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Weightlifting Advanced sports Performance Coach Certification Level One & Two, Precision Nutrition Exercise Nutrition Level One, Functional Range Systems – Mobility Specialist, Selective Functional Movement Assessment Level One, CPR/AED.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Louisiana Tech University
2015: Volunteer Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Mercer University
2015-17: Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant
LSU
2017: Volunteer Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Appalachian State University
2017: Assistant Strength Coach
Northwestern State University
2017-19: Director of Strength & Conditioning
Texas Tech University
2020: Assistant Strength Coach
Live Oak High School (La.)
2022-23: Director of Athletic Performance
Indiana University
2024-: Athletic Performance Coach
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Louisiana College
2011-14: Defensive Line
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