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LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – Tanner Maher has been named UNLV football’s Director of Strength and Conditioning, head coach Dan Mullen announced Wednesday.
Maher comes to Las Vegas after two recent stops with Big 12 Conference programs over the past three seasons, spending the last two (2023-24) as BYU’s Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning.
Prior to joining the Cougars, Maher served as Kansas football’s Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2022.
Maher made two stops in the SEC along with Mullen at both Florida and Mississippi State. During his time in Gainesville, Maher spent three years as Gator football’s Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach after following Mullen from Starkville. At Florida, he directed program design, implementation and quality control. Additionally, Maher’s responsibilities included overseeing football sports science, staff development, research and application.
In his first stint with a Mullen-led team, Maher assisted the head strength coach with creating and conducting training programs for Mississippi State football from 2016-18
Before MSU, Maher held the position of Associate Director of Sports Performance at New Mexico State from 2015-16 after being promoted from his title of Strength and Conditioning Coach (2014-15).
A former tight end, Maher lettered two seasons at Tarleton State and was named Second Team All-Lone Star Conference in 2008. He later began his sports performance career at his alma mater as an intern and then graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach.
After finishing his collegiate career, Maher moved on to Whittier College in California to be the graduate assistant tight ends coach in 2011.
Maher graduated from Tarleton State with his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2011 and went on to earn his master’s degree in kinesiology from TSU in 2014.
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2025 UNLV – Director of Strength and Conditioning
2023-24 BYU – Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning
2022 Kansas – Assistant Sports Performance Coach
2018-21 Florida – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
2016-18 Mississippi State – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
2015-16 New Mexico State – Associate Director of Sports Performance
2014-15 New Mexico State – Strength and Conditioning Coach
2013-14 Tarleton State – Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
2011-13 Tarleton State – Strength and Conditioning Intern
2011 Whittier College – Graduate Assistant Tight Ends Coach
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