Charles Nelson was officially announced as a UNLV football Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning on Feb. 19, 2025, under Director Tanner Maher.
Nelson came to Las Vegas after serving in the same position at Baylor in 2024. During his time in Waco, he organized and configured weight room setup and breakdown, developed and monitored velocity profiles for all student-athletes and collaborated with multiple departments to monitor performance utilizing various technology systems.
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Prior to going to the Lonestar State, Nelson spent two years in Florida from 2021-22, including working for a short time with Maher and the Gators. In that span, he was a football strength and conditioning intern at South Florida (2022) and Florida (2021). He also served three stints at Warner University in Lake Wales first as an intern and then football strength and conditioning coach and then tennis strength and conditioning coach.
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Nelson earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Warner in 2023 after playing football at his alma mater from 2018-19.
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