Derek Owings

Derek Owings joined the UCF Football staff in January of 2018 to serve as the assistant director for football sports performance.
 
Prior to landing in Orlando, Owings was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Utah State for two seasons.
 
Owings earned his bachelor’s degree from Mercer in 2016. During his time in Macon, Ga., Owings lettered  as a tight end on the football team, was a two-time academic all-conference selection and served as  an undergraduate student intern in sports performance. He also interned with Barwis Methods in 2014 and with the University of Michigan Olympic Sports in 2015.
 
He holds the following certifications: CSCS-NSCA, USAW – Level 1, Metabolic Analytics Practitioner, Precision Nutrition L1, 
Body Type Nutrition - Foundations Academy, CPR & AED – ARC.